Influence

Money can raise awarness of what each candidate is doing an by donating money to the president he may help you by pushing a bill or law that you want to get passed what it it basically is you scratch my back I scratch yours.

Clinton Says She's Not Seeking Vice Presidency (Update1)

Clinton Says She's Not Seeking Vice Presidency (Update1)

June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton today distanced herself from efforts by supporters to pressure presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama to pick her as his running mate.

The day after saying she will end her historic bid for the Democratic nomination and endorse Obama, the New York senator's aides sought to tamp down suggestions she is vying to be the party's vice presidential candidate or is behind efforts to draft her for the role.

Clinton ``is not seeking the vice presidency, and no one speaks for her but her,'' spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a written statement. ``The choice here is Senator Obama's and his alone.''

The two rivals held a private meeting tonight at Clinton's Washington home, the New York Times reported on its Web site, citing Democratic officials. The session was initiated by Clinton, and Obama delayed his return to Chicago for the discussion, the Times reported.

Earlier in the day, Obama sought to cool down speculation about who he would choose for a running mate.

``I've said before that Senator Clinton would be on anybody's short list,'' he told reporters in Bristol, Virginia. ``But I am not going to discuss who is being considered, how they're being considered. We're just not going to talk about this anymore.''

Push From Supporters

Clinton's strengths in parts of the Democratic electorate have led many of her supporters to push for a joint ticket. Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television and a Clinton backer, this week sent a letter to House Majority Whip James Clyburn asking him to urge the Congressional Black Caucus to push Obama to pick Clinton as a running mate.

``Why take a risk?'' Johnson said in an interview with Bloomberg Television today. ``Senator Clinton delivered voters that Senator Obama did not.''

While Johnson said Clinton ``definitely would like to be vice president if invited,'' Wolfson's statement sought to end talk that she is campaigning for the job. It didn't rule out her accepting the job if offered.

Another Clinton supporter, Lanny Davis, special counsel under President Bill Clinton, has begun an online petition to push for a joint ticket.

``We ask you to select Senator Clinton in recognition of the more than 17 million Democrats who supported her at the polls,'' Davis wrote to Obama in an appeal yesterday.

Closing the Campaign

Clinton plans to end her campaign, which brought her closer than any woman in history to the U.S. presidency, with an endorsement of Obama two days from now.

``I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise,'' Clinton, 60, said in an e-mail to supporters early this morning.

She hasn't said what her next steps will be or what role she would want in the general election campaign.

Obama, 46, clinched the nomination two days ago when he amassed the required number of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August. Clinton said she will help ``rally the party'' behind Obama in his campaign against presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, an Arizona senator.

In his first action as the Democratic Party standard- bearer, Obama today said the party would no longer accept campaign donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.

Campaign Help

Obama took steps to reach out to Clinton supporters today, praising her campaign and inviting assistance from Bill Clinton. The former president repeatedly attacked his wife's rival during the primaries, generating criticism from Obama's supporters.

``I think Bill Clinton is an enormous talent and I would welcome him campaigning for me,'' Obama said while campaigning in Bristol.

On the stump, he and McCain, 71, squabbled over how to boost the availability of wind and flood insurance for Florida hurricane victims and other victims of national disasters.

Obama overcame the many advantages Clinton had when she entered the race in January 2007. She had one of the best-known names in Democratic politics because of the popularity of her husband and a deep well of fundraisers and supporters throughout the country.

Obama racked up victories in caucus states by energizing hundreds of volunteer activists. Clinton hardly contested many of the caucus states and as a result fell well behind in the delegate count.

While there have been rumors going around that hilary was debating on whether she would run for vice president under obama which hilary just stated she will not be doing. I feel this is a shame because they are both great and seem they would be good together.

Daniel Del Rivero

Obama Wins Democratic Presidential Nomination

Obama Wins Democratic Presidential Nomination

"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States," he told 17,000 joyful supporters in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the same arena where the Republican Party convention will be held in September.

His announcement came after projections indicated he had gained enough delegates to clinch the nomination. However, his rival, Hillary Clinton, refused to concede, saying in New York that, "This has been a long campaign and I will make no decisions tonight."

The New York senator said she would talk with party leaders and supporters before deciding on her next move.

There were suggestions that Obama was considering naming Clinton, who was looking to become the first woman to stand for U.S. president, as his running mate.

"Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign not just because she's a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she's a leader who inspires millions of Americans," he said.

Tuesday night saw Obama win at least 15 delegates in South Dakota and Montana. He also picked up a number of superdelegates, including some who had previously backed Clinton.

Obama, 46, the son of a black Kenyan father and white mother from Kansas, will go into the November U.S. presidential elections as the first black candidate in the country's history.
He will face the Republican Party candidate, John McCain, 71.

I think this will be a great presidential campaign because even McCain said he was the underdog in this it will be great to see who come out on top!

Daniel Del Rivero

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

Continuing to distance himself from the Bush White House, McCain also promised not to undercut legislation, as President Bush has done, with signing statements pledging to enforce only certain aspects of the bill.

"I will exercise my veto if I believe legislation passed by Congress is not in the nation's best interests, but I will not subvert the purpose of legislation I have signed by making statements that indicate I will enforce only the parts of it I like," he said. "I will respect the responsibilities the Constitution and the American people have granted Congress, and will, as I often have in the past, work with anyone of either party to get things done for our country."

I don't hate him but I'm not a big fan of McCain. However, I like his way of thinking on this.

Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas

Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas

In an op-ed published Friday in The Washington Post, former Clinton State Department official James Rubin said that McCain, responding to a question in a television interview two years ago about whether U.S. diplomats should be working with the Hamas government in Gaza, said:

"They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy toward Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so ... But it's a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that."

Hmm...interesting...

Bush, Saudis to discuss soaring gas prices

JERUSALEM - President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Saudi Arabia at obtaining help for soaring gas prices at home.

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"What's on my mind is peace," Bush told a group of Israeli youth leaders gathered for a short talk with him at the Bible Lands Museum, dedicated to the history of civilizations in the Bible. "I believe it's possible. I know it will happen when young people put their minds together."

The discussion in the grass under an olive tree in the museum's garden was Bush's last stop of a two-day visit to Israel to mark its 60th anniversary. The young people who spoke to the president and first lady Laura Bush before the media were ushered out seemed eager for an end to the long fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.

But Bush's second trip to Israel in four months ended without progress.

The two sides have been negotiating since December, but nothing visible has emerged from the secretive process. Both the Israeli and Palestinian leaders are weak among their own constituencies and fresh violence from the Gaza Strip and settlement activity by Israelis are diminishing an already precious supply of trust. The president did no negotiating while he was here. In a much-anticipated Knesset speech on Thursday, he only gently urged Mideast leaders to "make the hard choices necessary," but made no mention of concrete steps

gas prices still going up damn u bush

Can a Dead Woman Vote?

Can a Dead Woman Vote?

Will the late Florence Steen's absentee ballot count in South Dakota's primary?
At the conclusion of her victory speech in Charleston, W.Va., on Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton told the story of a supporter named Florence Steen, who passed away last Sunday. The 88-year-old South Dakotan had just voted for Clinton by absentee ballot, ahead of the state's June 3 primary. It's a touching story, but will her vote still count?

No. As dictated by a 2001 state law, the South Dakota Department of Health is responsible for furnishing the county auditors with a list of registered voters who have died each month. This information is used to update the state's electronic voter-registration file, which was created by a different 2001 law. Absentee ballots are collected by county auditors and remain sealed until the election, so if an absentee voter dies prior to the election, then her ballot is never opened.

Hillary needs all the help she can get maybe puppies and kittens next.

Is Hillary Clinton Pulling a Ralph Nader?

Is Hillary Clinton Pulling a Ralph Nader?

As people vomited in the street from the gas, others ran blindly and the police shouted orders over bullhorns to disperse, a young man I was sharing the doorway with turned to me. He was calm and smiled before asking me, “What do you know about Ralph Nader”? I half shrugged, to question his timing, and he handed me a flyer.....It appears after Tuesday’s near-meaningless victory in West Virginia that Hillary Clinton has the same designs. The only problem is that this time, young Americans have found someone to rally around in the name of change who is not a trouble-making outsider, but a viable candidate. In light of that, even though the race is all but un-winnable, Hillary has had to readjust herself as the champion of a different group of Americans: old, white, poor, uneducated and subtly racist. You could say she is now positioning herself as a Ralph Nader for Hillbillies.

That phrase would be funny if it weren’t true....Now, you don’t have to be from humble means to advocate for the poor, but you do have to be genuine. Hillary only recently positioned herself as a populist, when she realized it was her only remaining option to combat the inclusive, optimistic and successful candidacy of Barack Obama.

If Hillary Clinton was sincere about helping the people of West Virginia, she might have told the story of that state’s most famous resident: Lynndie England.

This was entertaining because Hillary is showing this new identity as a fighter for the "little man" but she has no clue what happens in these areas. Ralph Nader could pull off this tactic because he came from much humbler beginnings.

Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas

WASHINGTON - Democrats accused Sen. John McCain Friday of hypocrisy on the question of whether the United States should negotiate with terrorists and dictators, saying the certain Republican nominee had previously been willing to negotiate with the militant Palestinian group Hamas.

In an op-ed published Friday in The Washington Post, former Clinton State Department official James Rubin said that McCain, responding to a question in a television interview two years ago about whether U.S. diplomats should be working with the Hamas government in Gaza, said:

"They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy toward Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so ... But it's a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that."

talking about the middle east and supporting but he is being accused

Elections

elections are the way leaders are chosen to be leaders in countries.

GROUP

I think cannibalism is wrong and immoral

influence

Money can help raise awarness of what each candidate is doing or what they are planning to do during election time. also the donations toword arganizations can help push the president into pushing towards a law that may benifit us U.S. citezens like for example gas prices if they just set gas prices to a limit people wont be so worried and people wont lose so much money and the minum wage wouldnt have to be hired if t he gas prices weren that much and the houses werent so expensive but the only way for president can know about thesse problems is for people to start giving money and helpi8ng convinse4 for a better america

Money

money can ruin lives and it can saved them. ur in good hands thats allstates stand... or is is it allstates stand

$$MONEY$$

I think money affects politics because lobbyists control the white house. It is bad because the more money you have can lead to the more say you have in government. The regulate money usage.

Money in Elections

Money keeps the voice of the little man out of the whitehouse which is wrong.

Elections

Well, elections are interesting.....not more interesting than cannibalism though.

Cannibalism

Cannibalsim....it really sucks. Why would anybody want to eat another person?

Cannibalism

Armin Meiwes was jailed for eight-and-a-half years for eating an acquaintance, advised others not to follow his example.

Elections

Elections aren't truly the consensus of the nation

cannibalism and warm bodies

we want to blog about cannibalism and warm bodies and what it does to you

elections

something about election