Virginian Federalist: Clinton Wins Big on Tycoon Tuesday

The progressive blogosphere is abuzz with the news that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, has announced a preliminary plan detailing his vision for health care reform. What is noteworthy about his plan is that, as currently proposed, it is more progressive than even the plans President-elect Barack Obama put forth during the primary and general election. While it incorporates the public-private marketplace system proposed by Obama, it go... more

The Washington Post reports there's increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama camp is not overly happy with the usual suspects for secretary of state these days and that the field might be expanding somewhat beyond Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and maybe former Democratic senator Sam Nunn of Georgia . There's talk, indeed, that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) may now be under consideration for the post. Her ... more

Hillary Clinton is rumoured to be in the running for Obama’s new Secretary of State. If Obama appoints Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State, that would help healing the deepening rift between Clinton supporters and the rest of the Democrats. At the primary elections, there were 18 million voters for Hillary Clinton. (more…) ... more

I received this flier in the mail the other day from the North Carolina Republican State Executive Committee. Clinton and McCain look like they’re in love, judging by the cover, and the copy is just adulatory: “With intensity and hard work, she left 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling” and, on the inside, “I share Senator Clinton’s goal of promoting women to more important roles throughout our government. By the end of my first time, I promise yo... more

The outcome of the election was not a surprise. A Dem win by either Senator Clinton or Obama became a near fait accompli the moment McCain clinched the nomination in a year in which the economy was the dominant issue for the electorate. The real shocker would have been a McCain upset. But like many other [...]... more

Per Fox News Pass the popcorn.  This one ain’t over yet. [...] ... more

What is victory worth to you? As Theodore Roosevelt wrote during World War I, “Fear God and take your own part!� Gideon at Red State has an informative post about the anti-war $20 million push to stop John McCain and end the war in Iraq, and he listed [...] ... more

John McCain has sealed the deal, and obtained the required number of delegates in order to win the Republican nomination for president.  Meanwhile, the battle rages on within the Democratic Party with Hillary Clinton making a late comeback that keeps her candidacy alive, and the opportunity for Democratic infighting to [...] ... more