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Hillary Clinton couldn’t get out of South Carolina fast enough after a resounding political defeat at the hands of Barack Obama supporters who garnered 55% of the vote for the Illinois Senator compared to her 27% in Saturday’s Democratic Primary. She ignored the typical conciliatory speech which usually includes expressing gratitude for supporters in favor of heading off to Tennessee to generate a facade of success that will prove to be hollow by the time voters there place their vote amongst the multitude of other primaries slated to take place on “Supper Tuesday,” February 5th. She’ll have more to cry about when she finds her public has seen through her divisive campaign and rejected it’s viscous tactics. (more…)

Politics garnered most of the front page of last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times as might be expected in this Presidential Primary season. The major story was titled

“McCain gains edge with win; Clinton prevails in Nevada.”

A small subtitle notes

“She outpolls Obama among women, the less affluent and Latinos. Romney trounces his Republican rivals.”

While he appears in this line little detail is provided of Romney’s victory in Nevada’s Republican race amongst nearly three full pages of election coverage. (more…)

A Federal Holiday observing the birthday of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was first celebrated in 1986 after being signed into law in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. Not until the year 2000 was it observed in all 50 states. In the intervening years many questioned whether a simple Baptist minister who helped organize a bus protest deserves a memorial day on par with those honoring such great Americans as Presidents Washington and Lincoln. Truth is, most Americans know so little about the man, or for that matter, know little of Washington or Lincoln. (more…)

The party of Political Correctness found itself adrift with the theme of race reverberating through the media coverage of the battle between Democratic Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the week leading up to the Michigan Primary. Hillary’s statement about Lyndon Johnson’s Presidency making the civil rights legislation of 1964 possible was seen by some as diminishing the role played by Martin Luther King. (more…)

Barack Obama all but had the 2008 New Hampshire Presidential Primary wrapped up according to pollsters, the political pundits, the Obama camp as well as the Clinton camp. Every body but the voters. Consensus among the polls was that Obama’s lead was safely beyond the margin of error, as high as 10 percentage points in some cases. However, the earliest results indicated something different was coming about. When the day was done Hillary Clinton would finish with 39% of the Democratic vote to Barack Obama’s 36%. (more…)

Governor Mike Huckabee took time to garner hunting garb for the photos appearing in the local media before tomorrow’s Iowa Caucuses. Image is everything in his campaign to capture the votes of Evangelical Christians and gun rights advocates that dominate Republican politics in the state of Iowa, particularly among caucus goers. When substance finally comes into play the folksy vanier will wear thin and his support will wither. (more…)