Democrat.

Today, that is a strange word, because the folks who claim that mantel are decidedly different from anyone claiming to be a Democrat from the past.   However, it needs to be noted these people who claim today to be Democrats are not to be associated with Democrats of the Roosevelt or even Truman eras.  Though [...]

John Edwards gives Political Pond Scum a Bad Name

Lawyer politicians are an unsavory breed apart; the typical one is quite capable of forgetting key anniversaries when they don’t match their current political memes, or even forgetting personal commitments they make to people in need. But it takes a special kind of low life, a mutant variety, to cheat on a dying woman (whose [...]

John Edwards leans towards a Clinton endorsement

Despite the rumor that Bob Novak set by saying that Edwards might get the attorney general post in an Obama administration, Edwards is leaning towards endorsing Hillary Clinton. John Edwards campaigned for four years in Iowa, I think he realizes his only chance is to be the vice-president to one of the campaigns. Apparently Obama [...]

The New Face of the Anti-War Movement

He is the new face of the Anti-War Movement. His appearance is timely, coming at the dark hour that ushers in new NATO policies of nuclear first-strikes. His advent is heralded by plans to increase the size of our standing army. And the new face of the Anti-War movement greets the latest “signing statement” of [...]

John Edwards drops out of the race

I was not expecting my favorite of the three candidates on the Democrat side to drop out so soon, I really thought he’d go through Super Tuesday at least. I was wrong, though, and the former senator plans to announce his plans to drop out at 1PM EST today. We will miss you, John Edwards. Now [...]

Edwards counting on a brokered convention

It is looking like the Democrats will have a brokered convention this August, too. The Republicans, of course, will probably have one so long as Romney keeps up some form of momentum. The candidate John Edwards needs a brokered convention. He comes in a modest third in most of the races so far, and is [...]

Obama wins S.C. Primary

Barack Obama won today’s South Carolina primary by a large margin, managing 55% of the Democrat votes. This is bad news for Senator Clinton, as Obama has pulled further ahead in the delegate count. Meanwhile, John Edwards has yet to do better than a 3rd place finish. Why does he persevere? Perhaps he’s looking for [...]

Obama Polling Ahead in South Carolina

According to the latest polls, Democrat Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is 13 points ahead of rival Hillary Clinton.  Meanwhile, Edwards appears to be catching up to Clinton, possibly even getting close to second place. It’s still a close national race as far as the two front runners are concerned, though Edwards isn’t looking good.  Polling [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr

Here are some snippets of MLK, and more below with expanded MLK and bonus JFK material, appropriate for the day. “Don’t let anybody make you think that God chose America as his Divine, Messianic Force To Be, a sort of policeman of the whole world.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. The Kennedy brothers, JFK and [...]

Sgt Carter for Ron Paul

Stand up and salute a true patriot. Time is short, but men like this, given public exposure, can make an enormous difference. Watch. Link. Repeat. See also:Civil Disobedience.

Nevada is where it’s at

At 3:48 PM CST, Romney is at 52.65%, while Ron Paul is at 13% and McCain at 12.9%. The others are far enough behind that they probably do not pose a threat to the top three. Only 38% of the caucus votes have been counted, but I have been watching the reports come in for [...]

Could John Edwards break through?

Looking at a new Nevada poll, the former senator hit 27 percent. I am no fan of John Edwards but I dislike both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and I have a little hope that Edwards would be the nominee in the end. Candidate Percent Barack Obama 32 Hillary Clinton 30 John Edwards 27

The Hillary machine gets to work

Hillary Clinton’s only hope to keep her campaign going against Obama is to attack him and to make herself appear the victim. As the Politico reports, Clinton appeared on Tim Russert’s Meet the Press yesterday to attack Obama and, as I said, make herself appear the victim. One major point of attack that has been [...]

John Edwards pushes into South Carolina

Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards has spent more time in South Carolina than Obama or Clinton in the past month. He won the state in the 2004 Democratic primaries. Could John Edwards win it again? It’s a possibility, but a long shot, I think. Edwards is determined to make a stand here, but he [...]

Clinton defeats Obama

Hillary Clinton has squeaked by Barack Obama in tonight’s New Hampshire Primary, MSNBC said. “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, pulling out a stunning victory over Sen. Barack Obama in a contest that she had been forecast to lose.” At last check, Clinton was carrying about 39% of the votes, [...]

Fooser’s New Hampshire Predictions

I did mediocre with the Iowa predictions. Though I was able to predict the Hillary Clinton upset, with her falling to third. It was just a matter of who was #1 and #2, I picked Edwards and Obama ended up winning with room to spare. I think I’ll do better this time, so here goes: [...]

Why the Iowa Democratic Caucus is better than others

With the media talking about how complicated and arcane the Democratic Caucus is for Iowa, one would think it would take a long time to explain the process and people would be bewildered about why they would choose such a process. After reading a few brief explanations of how this works, I have come to [...]

Ironic Twist Ahead?

Zogby International now puts Ron in a three way Iowa tie for fourth place with Rudy and Fred, but with McCain only three points ahead and all alone in third place, “margin of error”-wise, it’s a four way tie for third. If Paul is under-polling (New Hampshire Republican chairman, McCain’s campaign chairman, and John Zogby [...]

Fooser’s Democratic Iowa Predictions

1. John Edwards 2. Barack Obama 3. Hillary Clinton 4. Joe Biden 5. Bill Richardson 6. Dennis Kucinich 7. Chris Dodd 8. Mike Gravel I’m going for the big upset here, and what a night it would be if Hillary Clinton places 3rd in Iowa. The Democratic caucuses work different than the Republican ones here, [...]

Iowa predictions

It’s the last day of the year and given that Iowa’s caucus is on Thursday, January 3rd, today seems a good time for the Political Inquirer staff to make it’s predictions on Iowa. Mike already made his predictions here, others will probably come after me so I’ll compile them all at the end of the [...]