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Obama’s education rollout - First Read - msnbc.com

I liked this guy. I thought he had some good ideas on the front of turning around the country and restoring the national character.
I applauded that he was taking on education.
So how is he going to pay for it?
By cutting NASA and leaving us with no manned launch capability of course.
Short-sighted idiot.

Frak. I’m left with nothing.
Ron Paul is all I’ve got and there’s no way in hell he’s going to win.
Sad day.

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Well I got to watch this debate. As I expected - too many candidates at this stage to get much substance.
It was enough to get some impressions of all of them - which I had been lacking up till now.
Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain got a lot of time. Chris Matthews didn’t do the best job of balancing.
Romney - Definitely the most polished. He makes my skin crawl though. I can’t tell what he really believes.
Giuliani - Waffled. I still don’t think this guy has anything close to what we need.
McCain - Wanted to seem decisive but came across as kind of angry to me.
Ron Paul got cut off hard by Matthews when he even got a chance to speak. It was noticeable.
The evolution question was interesting. As was the fact that any of them raised their hands to say they didn’t believe in it.
I couldn’t catch who all did (edit: It was Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee) - but I figure it was the more overtly religious ones.
The guy that actually surprised me the most was Mike Huckabee.

But - no real revelations. I still can’t vote for any of them (with the possible exception of Ron Paul - who cannot get nominated).

Ultimately - if I were betting I’d say Romney will be the nominee.

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Transcript to South Carolina Democrat Presidential Debate 4/26/2007

http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-042607-krg-debate_part1.1023b3ba.html

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Obama Outlines His Foreign Policy Views - New York Times
“America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America,” Mr. Obama said. “We must neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission — we must lead the world, by deed and example.”
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The Swamp - Chicago Tribune - Blogs.
In political fundraising, success often yields more success.

Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign said Thursday that it took in an additional $435,000 via the Internet during the 24-hour period that followed its Wednesday morning announcement that he had raised $25 million during the first quarter.

The campaign says the contributions came from more than 4,600 people, including nearly 4,300 who had not previously given.

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Keep it up, Barack.

Let’s see if he can sustain this.

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The Raw Story | Kucinich: ‘Impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran’
During a speech on the House floor on Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) declared that “impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran.” The 2004 presidential candidate, who is running again in 2008, told RAW STORY that his House floor statement “speaks for itself.”

“This House cannot avoid its constitutionally authorized responsibility to restrain the abuse of Executive power,” Kucinich said on the floor today. “The Administration has been preparing for an aggressive war against Iran. There is no solid, direct evidence that Iran has the intention of attacking the United States or its allies.”

Kucinich noted that since the US “is a signatory to the U.N. Charter, a constituent treaty among the nations of the world,” and Article II states that “all members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” then “even the threat of a war of aggression is illegal.”

“Article VI of the U.S. Constitution makes such treaties the Supreme Law of the Land,” Kucinich continued. “This Administration, has openly threatened aggression against Iran in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the U.N. Charter.”

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012500764.html

WASHINGTON — Every American should have health care coverage within six years, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday as he set an ambitious goal soon after jumping into the 2008 presidential race.

“I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country,” Obama told a conference of Families USA, a health care advocacy group.

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Be very interesting to see where this goes and what his ideas to accomplish it are.