It only has 3 electoral votes, but if Montana turns to Obama, it could be a signal of a larger movement in the West. Barack Obama’s campaign has touted its 50 state strategy as a method for both becoming competitive nation-wide, and helping Democratic candidates down-ticket. While the entire West Coast (CA, OR, WA) should be easy plays for the Democratic nominee, Obama also has aimed at Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. But each of those states offer demographic reasons, whether it is due to hispanics, immigrants, environmentalists or the economy, that give some encouragement for the Obama campaign to invest resources in them. Montana did give Bill Clinton its electoral votes in 1992, but that was to a large degree due to Ross Perot (who got 26% in MT in ’92) taking away votes from George H.W. Bush that year.
According to the U.S. census , Montana is 90.8% white, 0.4% black, 2.5% Hispanic, and a few percentage native American. In terms ...
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Around The Horn From: feeds.feedburner.com Post Date: 2008-12-03 13:41:39
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Clues Obama Won’t Govern Center-Right
Concerned
that Obama’s cabinet appointments foreshadow a subtle desire to govern
from the center-right? Illinois-based political consultant and friend
of the site Robert Creamer says that progressives need not fear. "Obama
ran a campaign," he writes, "that clearly and unequivocally described
priorities that will turn Amer... more
TO THE SURPRISE, AND no doubt, dismay of many conservatives, Bill Kristol closes his November 17 column for The Weekly Standard, with earnest congratulations for Barack Obama and suggests, of all things, support:We at The Weekly Standard congratul...... more
Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, agency review teams for President-elect Barack Obama have swarmed into dozens of government offices, from the Pentagon to the National Council on Disability.
... more
Maybe Hank Paulson, the Bush Administration’s Old China Hand and friend of Beijing, won’t get such a warm reception on his final trip to China as treasury secretary. Paulson is now on his way to Beijing for two days of...... more
I’m thrilled to report a major victory for polar bears, endangered bowhead whales and other species that live in and around the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
A federal appeals court has just ruled that the Bush Administration’s approval of Shell’s plan to drill for oil next to the Refuge in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea is illegal.
You share the credit for this fantastic victory because it was your generous support of NRDC that allowed us to wage this long but successf... more
If the TARP were a private company, it would have a Sarbanes-Oxley problem. The Government Accountablity Office has just published its take on the TARP. Among the many conclusions reached is that the TARP lacks adequate internal controls , one of the key requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley. What’s worse, the Treasury hasn’t figured out how to discern whether the TARP is working to relieve financial markets or whether banks are complying with the requirements of the bailout law.
So... more
Recently, there have been some rumblings in the Democratic Party that Senator Clinton should gracefully end her bid for the party’s presidential nomination. Nonetheless, Clinton seems hell-bent on sticking it out to the very end.
There are some good reasons and some bad reasons for her to end her campaign, and maybe even reasons for her to stay in the game. But what do you think, Seminal readers? Is it time for Senator Clinton to toss in the towel?
Comment away! ... more
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Chris Hedges recently published an article called "The Dangerous Atheism of Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris," ( http://www.alternet.org/rights/80449 ) but he failed to include in it any indication of what he thinks is dangerous about their atheism. He thinks they have horrible political opinions, but does not explain how those relate to atheism.
He thinks they have a fetish for science and technology, but does not explain how that r... more
Matt Stoller made a very interesting observation yesterday . Talking about McCain’s first general election advertisement, he said:
McCain is obviously hinging his whole campaign on his POW time in Vietnam, with this spot closing with ’An American President Americans Have Been Waiting for’. This is a frequent tool he deploys when he speaks with the press, saying things like ’I haven’t been questioned this hard since Hanoi’.
I can’t help but think t... more
Hat tip to quiet Bill for posting this video over at the Agonist , along with the accompanying commentary from Steve Watson at Infowars . As Watson describes,
"The footage was shot at a free Tibet peaceful assembly in New York on the 14th of March.
It shows the protestors holding flags and signs and peacefully walking down the street towards the UN building in the Turtle Bay neighborhood only to be accosted by police officers with batons.
One officer identified as "Delgado" is seen in ... more
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