US Politics
Doubling Down on Obama: A Gambler’s Guide to the Election
I think its fair to say that as more and more becomes known about Obama, the more and more I become convinced that I’ll be able to say I told you so the day after the general election in November.
Obama is a political unknown. He talks a good talk, but can’t walk a good […]
The Jeremiah Wright Contradiction
To understand why Barack Obama finally decided to sever his ties with pastor Jeremiah Wright, one only needs to reach for a copy of Dreams from My Father .
After meeting Wright for the first time, Obama recalls thumbing through a church brochure, reviewing the guiding principles of Trinity United. He described one particular passage […]
PG Exclusive Interview: Wayne Allyn Root steps up as “rebel with the pitchfork,” seeks Libertarian nod
This article is part two of a three part series on the Libertarian nominating contest.
Pulling out his veto pen on March 8, 2008, President George W. Bush was able to successfully thwart congressional efforts to ban the use of certain harsh interrogation tactics by Central Intelligence Agency officers. This veto marked only the ninth […]
Saul Williams Sells More Than Shitty Tee Shirts
Politics and music have had and continue to positively affect one another. Musical culture has been the unifying base of many movements that have created political change. Conversely, politics has created the motivation for many musical movements. In addition, as race plays a central role in the current Presidential campaigns Political Grind is happy to […]
Walking the Road that Buckley Built
Conservative writer and PGN contributor Michael Johns argues that modern conservatism owes much of its success to William F. Buckley, Jr., who built conservatism as an alternative to the Great Society’s vast expansion of federal governmental control and built conservatism as the most consequential political and intellectual movement of modern times.
Political Grind Exclusive Interview: Energized Senator Gravel sets sights on Libertarian run
Arlington, VA—Surrender is not a term that appears in former United States Senator Mike Gravel’s lexicon. Gravel, who until a few weeks ago was a candidate for the Democrat Party’s presidential nomination, announced his departure from the Democrat flock and a new affiliation with the Libertarian Party last week.
Gravel, who served in the upper chamber […]
Do McCain supporters know where he stands on Immigration?
For many, apparently not.
According to the poll below, it looks like a lot of voters on both sides are unclear as to where the candidates they are supporting really stand on immigration.
This is very interesting to me, because I truly believe that immigration is going to be a major issue in this campaign cycle, for […]
The Four Options for the Democratic Nomination and the Best Plan Going Forward
There are essentially four options left for the Democratic nomination. They depend upon three factors: who wins Pennsylvania, who wins Indiana, and whether Florida or Michigan get revotes.
The possibilities
1.Clinton wins Pennsylvania, Indiana and Florida and Michigan get revotes.
Outcome: Clinton wins
2. Clinton wins Pennsylvania, Indiana and Florida and Michigan do NOT get revotes.
Outcome: Clinton will win […]
Ferraro Censoring Forgotten in Rev. Wright Hullabaloo
The recent commentary on the racial politics of the 2008 campaign by former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 Democrat nominee for Vice President of the United States, is just the latest example of a party paying for the sins of several decades of foolhardy pandering to identity politics. Unfortunately for Ms. Ferraro, the long-running spat […]
The Math of the Delegates: It’s Going to be Close. Really Close.
More coverage at Thoughts on the World and The International Relations Blog
So it’s come down to this: an all out fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. Let’s take a quick look at the current numbers:
Obama: 1402 pledged (non-super) delegates
Clinton: 1240 pledged (non-super) delegates
Keep in mind, 2025 delegates are needed […]
Obama must face the real experience gap as Clinton makes case for nomination
Despite her not-so-surprising victories in Rhode Island, Ohio, and Texas, Senator Hillary Clinton is still facing a tremendous uphill climb to win the Democrat nomination. Upcoming primaries in Mississippi and Wyoming will further add to Senator Obama’s delegate lead, making Clinton’s quest for the nomination even more difficult.
ABC News reported on Wednesday, March 5 that […]
Obamacans Looming Large in Texas?
Obama and Clinton are currently virtually tied in Texas…
From CNN:
In the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday, 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters said Obama is their choice for the party’s nominee, while 46 percent backed Clinton.
But taking into account the poll’s sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for Democratic […]
88 Years After Defeat, Wilson’s Specter Still Haunts National Campaign
Thanks to the seemingly inevitable nomination of Senator John McCain, Republicans across the nation need to sit back, take a deep breath, and think long and hard about the direction and future of their party and principles, just as the Democrat Party was forced to do after a fateful election 88 years ago.
While the definition […]
More Super please…
Super Bowl? What Super Bowl? America’s and the media’s attention now focuses squarely on the biggest day in politics since the Court ruled for Bush in 2000.
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