Tag Archives: nomination

Sarah Palin in 2012

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Lee

Rasmussen reports today that Sarah Palin is the choice of 64% of Republicans for the 2012 Republican nomination, and that a staggering 91% of Republicans have a favorable impression of her (equally remarkable, 65% rate their view as ‘highly favorable’). … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics | Tagged 1976, 2012, conservative, establishmentarian, Foreign affairs, George HW Bush, Gerald Ford, GOP, grassroots, Howard Baker, John McCain, nomination, Palin, poll, Rasmussen, Reagan, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin | 6 Comments

Food For Thought

Posted on June 4, 2008 by MichaelW

After speculating upon Hillary Clinton’s strategic thinking with respect to the Democratic nomination, James Taranto concludes (emphasis added): To summarize, Mrs. Clinton maximizes her chances of becoming president if she (1) does enough damage to Obama to snatch the nomination … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, MichaelW's Page | Tagged Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, nomination, party loyalty, patriotism, running mate, strategy, vice president, vp | 1 Comment

Impeach Bush in 2009

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Lee

Meet Shirley Golub, a feisty San Franciscan who is challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic nomination in the 8th Congressional District of California, on the grounds that she’s just not anti-Bush enough. Shirley fears above all that if Bush isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 8th district, Bush, California, congressional district, democratic, Democrats, Nancy Pelosil, nomination, San Francisco | 3 Comments

A Sexual Imagination is Not a Crime

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Serguei Kovalev) Christopher Hitchens once said that the trouble with biographers of Thomas Jefferson, is that there appears to be the collective assumption on their part that the great man was without a penis. I’m reminded of this truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al Franken, Christopher Hitchens, classics, criticism, Dan Franck, democratic, dildo, election, essay, fantasies, Greek, homosexual, humanity, imagination, kinky, lascivious, leather, Liza Porteus Viana, love, lust, magazine, market, minnesota, misogyny, nomination, NSFW, olisbos, penis, picture, Playboy, pleasure, political, porn, profit, Russian, senate, Serguei Kovalev, sex, thomas jefferson | Leave a comment

Obama The Brave

Posted on February 21, 2008 by MichaelW

Obama the Confident: Barack Obama’s campaign, riding a wave of 10 straight victories in the contest for the Democratic nomination after wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii, today urged Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable and accept defeat. Obama’s campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page | Tagged Barack Obama, concede, delegates, Democratic Party, Election 2008, Florida Delegates, Hillary Clinton, Michigan delegates, nomination, superdelegates | Leave a comment

McCain’s Secular Conservatism

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Lee

photo: Chris Dunn The Moderate Voice takes a good and short look at McCain’s politics and notices a compelling absence of social conservative moral lectures, as well as a preference for stressing the characteristics of conservatism that Americans find most … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Conservatism, election, government, hope, McCain, moderate, nomination, pragmatism, realism, Republican, secularism, social conservatism | Leave a comment

Challenging the Super-delegates

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Lee

Obama in Chicago: “If this contest comes down to superdelegates, we are going to be able to say we have more pledged delegates, which means the Democratic voters have spoken. Those superdelegates, those party insiders would have to think long … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, democratic, election, insiders, nomination, party, superdelegates | Leave a comment

Frontrunnerless

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Lee

Some people are very happy about the Michigan results: media firms. As Ken Wheaton points out in Advertising Age, with there still being no clear frontrunner for the GOP nom, spending on advertising is about to go through the roof.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged , advertising, election, GOP, Ken Wheaton, Mitt Romney, nomination, Republicans | Leave a comment

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