So much for being the candidate of change.
Barack Obama, says the New York Times, has selected Senator Joseph Biden as his running mate, a Washington insider the type of which Obama had claimed he wanted to avoid in his administration of “change.”
And, if that doesn’t make Obama look like a hypocrite consider this: Biden [...]

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After Barack Obama returned to the U.S. following his trip to Europe and the Middle East, many asked the question: why didn’t he get a bigger “bounce” in the polls? Why was he still not, as the Clinton’s argued during the primaries, “not closing the deal?”
Well, a new poll out today by Reuters/Zogby raises a [...]

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Here it comes. Speeding at us. Thought it would never arrive. The Democratic Party Convention in Denver.
And, although Barack Obama will be the party’s nominee, unless he chokes on a fish bone or something weird like that, once again, all eyes will be on the Clintons…Hillary in particular.
When it was announced last week that [...]

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Is this 2008 or 1968?  All this newly revived cold war rhetoric is starting to get a bit out of hand…even if no one really means what they are saying.
A big shot Russian general (I guess all generals are big shots?) mouthed off to a Russian news agency that Poland is leaving itself open to [...]

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Now that the Russians are firmly planted on Georgian soil, the international guessing game is whether they will stay?
The truth is, no one really knows at this hour. Politicians both here in the U.S. and overseas have been somewhat baffled by Russia’s behavior and are unsure what to make of it.
As of this writing, Russian [...]

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It didn’t take long for the Russia-Georgia war to play an increasingly important role in the U.S. presidential elections.
Republican John McCain going out of his way to stress his experience to deal with the situation.
The clear message: He is ready to be president and Democrat Barack Obama is not.
In fact, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman said [...]

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