The Bloom Is Off of the O’Malley Rose

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was once a rising young star among the liberal elite. That no longer appears to be the case.

Accustomed to being treated like left-wing royalty, O’Malley has no real part to play in this week’s Democrat National Convention. While Marylanders Barbara Mikulski, Steny Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen and Elijah Cummings all have speaking roles, O’Malley has been relegated to the role of average delegate.

Why? O’Malley justifies the cool breeze because of his early support for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Perhaps. It is more likely because O’Malley is an unpopular Democrat governor in one of the bluest of blue states.

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Democrats Unite Around Obama

Yesterday’s DNC Convention Rules Committee meeting told us that Democrats would UNITE. Here is a prime example:

COUNT THE VOTES BARACK!

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Democrats Not Being Very Democratic

David Anderson of DelawarePolitics.net gives us the skinny on how the Obama forces are trying to overturn the will of the people who voted for Hillary.

Liberalism always talks a good game.

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Hypocrisy and Hillary

You won’t often see me quoting the Huffington Post, but they have a fabulous article on that great liberal icon – Hillary Rodham Clinton (sorry, we’re supposed to leave the “Rodham” part out this year).

Hillary’s been trying to get anything to stick on Barack Obama. One of the trees she’s been barking up is regarding Obama’s ties to nuclear power giant Exelon Corporation. Guess who else is raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from Exelon? Clinton’s chief strategist Mark Penn.

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McCain, Clinton Win Florida Primaries

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pulled out a five point victory over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s Florida GOP primary. While there is still no clear victor for the GOP nomination, this win was particularly important victory for McCain. After McCains victory in the South Carolina primary, pundits repeatedly made the point that McCain had yet to win a closed GOP primary. The New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries are open primaries allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot. Closed primaries, like Florida’s, only allow registered Republicans to vote.

Florida GOP Primary Results
John McCain	36%
Mitt Romney	31%
Rudy Giuliani	15%
Mike Huckabee	13%
Ron Paul	3%

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) managed to beat Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) with 50% of the Democrat vote compared to Obama’s 33%, with 14% going to former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. This should not be viewed as a particular victory for Clinton. Given that the DNC forced candidates to pledge not to campaign in Florida after Clinton had already built an organization in the state gave her a huge advantage. Despite this huge advantage, Obama still pulled within 17 points, far less than his victory over Clinton in South Carolina.

cross posted at the Campaign Edge

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Yes We Can!

Democrat Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has been criticized by his Democrat opponents for acknowledging that Ronald Reagan was the last great paradigm shift in way that America is governed. Obama is also taking another cue from the Ronald Reagan campaign of 1980 – optimism and change.

We must remember that the GOP gave away their Congressional majorities in 2006. The Democrats did not win, and certainly not with new ideas. Even in 2008, Obama’s remaining opponents (Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC)) are embracing a negative rhetorical approach to this campaign. Obama, on the other hand, has adopted a positive and uplifting rhetorical style that is far more reminiscent of Reagan’s “Morning in America” than Bill Clinton’s “I feel your pain”.

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Even when Obama is conveying the exact same concept as Clinton or Edwards he manages to deliver it in a more uplifting package.

cross posted at the Campaign Edge and Red Maryland

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Obama Blow Out In South Carolina

Democrat Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) defeated his chief rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), in today’s South Carolina Democrat primary by a 2 – 1 margin. With 100% of the precincts reporting, Obama had garnered 55% of the vote with Clinton winning 27%. Former Sen. John Edwards had 18%.

While this win certainly does not guarantee Obama the nomination, he has certainly gained momentum going into Florida’s primary on January 29th. While Clinton was prepared for a loss, pundits were predicting a 10% – 15% margin. Instead Obama has managed to beat the candidate who was thought to be the inevitable nominee by 28%.

After finishing a distant third in his home state, and a state that he won in 2004, it is questionable as to how long Edwards can remain in the race. While Edwards does possess some personal wealth, he cannot self-finance in a national race like Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Without a victory behind him, Edwards fundraising will probably slow to a trickle.

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GOP Hopefuls Agree on One Thing – Hillary Clinton is Unworthy of the White House

The GOP Presidential candidates put aside their differences long enough at Thursday’s debate to agree that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is unworthy of being President. The candidates agreed that Clinton is “weak on Iraq” and that she is sure to raise taxes.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went so far as to state that Clinton would “waive the white flag of surrender” if elected.

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Hillary Clinton Claims That She Must Counterattack

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) claims that “she would rather focus on issues“, but must set the record straight in response to attacks by opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). While there is no question that Obama has been attacking Clinton, it’s a matter of opinion as to who started the mudslinging.

Clinton loses all credibility on this issue by claiming that the actions of her campaign are are merely an attempt to “set the record straight”. Attacking Obama for ties to a Chicago slumlord (one example) is not setting the record straight. Counterattacking may be a valid campaign tactic, but it is not the same thing as “setting the record straight”.

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‘New York Times’ Endorses Clinton, McCain

Perpetuating the stereotype that Florida is a sunnier, kinder and gentler colony of the “Big Apple”, the New York Times has chosen to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for the nominations of their respective parties on the eve of the Florida primary. As usual, the opinions of America’s paper of liberal record are well written, clear, and persuasive to the casual reader. It is unfortunate that the assumptions upon which their logic is based have so few facts to back them up.

The Times’ endorsement of Sen. Clinton was to be expected. The last true ’70′s liberal in the race is the one that is most in tune with the views of the Times’ publishers and editorial board. The Times’ is quite adamant in their reasoning, which will also be used in their endorsement of the Democrat nominee in the general election: Read more

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