The bickering between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is dominating the headlines of horse-race politics, but Ari Melber of The Nation said a better storyline is playing on YouTube.
That story is of an Obama speech about America’s moral crisis and how it has become a hit on YouTube even though the speech runs more than 30 minutes — not your typical three-minute clip on the video-sharing site. Here’s the video:
Categories: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Culture
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The Golden Rule teaches us to treat others like we want to be treated. The Golden Rule of Politics is a bit different: Treat others like you have been treated — good, bad or ugly.
That rule is on display in a new video distributed by the presidential campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton, which contrasts what Clinton rival Barack Obama said about a single-payer healthcare system in 2003 and what he said in a Democratic debate last night. Here’s the video:
Where could Clinton’s campaign possibly have gotten the idea of attacking an opponent by using his own flip-flops against him? Oh, I don’t know, maybe from the third top Democrat in the race, John Edwards.
Categories: Politics, Health, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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If you want the truth about John McCain, just ask Mike Huckabee.
That’s the message of an advertisement that McCain’s presidential team posted online today. It features Huckabee singing the praises of his top rival for the Republican nomination in tomorrow’s South Carolina primary. Here’s one Huckabee quote about McCain: “John McCain’s a hero in this country; he’s a hero to me.”
The ad is brilliant strategy, and the timing is perfect.
Here are two other recent online candidate ads, one by McCain and one by Rudy Giuliani, another of his GOP rivals:
Categories: South Carolina, Politics, Barack Obama, John McCain, AdWatch, Mike Huckabee
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Pollsters, pundits and all manner of political observers were astounded yesterday when Hillary Clinton bested Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in New Hampshire. Now they’re trying to make sense of it all.
The Republican battle was less dramatic but no less momentous in that it vaulted John McCain back into contention for the nomination after many analysts had written him off during the summer. He defeated Mitt Romney.
Here’s some of the video chatter available online (more to be inserted as I find it):
Associated Press
John Fund of The Wall Street Journal
The Politico
Steve Clemons and Mark Schmitt of the New America Foundation
Categories: New Hampshire, Politics, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain
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