Barack Lost The South Carolina Debate

Poll: Clinton rebounds over Obama USA Today a 15 percentage-point lead ..... She is the choice of 38% of the Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters surveyed, up 7 points from a survey taken three weeks earlier. Obama is at 23%, 3 points lower than before.

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South Carolina Debate

The question was if another 9/11 style attack were to occur, will you retaliate? Hillary gave the correct answer. She said if it can be determined who was behind the attack, the retaliation should be swift and strong. Obama did not answer that question right. He went on a detour suggesting it is important to make sure the intelligence is not faulty, blah blah blah.

The answer was Afghanistan, not Iraq. Osama was behind 9/11, and he was in power by proxy in Afghanistan. So the attack to drive the Taliban out of power was a legitimate act of a sovereign country.

Obama has to be careful not to let the ultra left hijack his anti-war agenda.

The Mayor of New York City has to deliver crime control. That is a basic aspect of the job. Similarly the President Of The United States has to offer security. That is a basic part of the job. That is how the office is designed. You are Commander In Chief.

I think Obama got thrown off balance because he for a moment thought it was a trick question to do with his strength: his opposition to the "dumb" war in Iraq. That is not what it was. A lot of Americans do fear there might be another big attack. It might not come in the form of planes. It might be a dirty bomb, it might be something else. We know the intention is there on the part of Al Qaeda. They just have not been able to carry it out yet.

Iraq has been W's trillion dollar mistake. Obama has the right stand. But he does have to deliver on the basics of being Commander In Chief.

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Clinton stronger, Giuliani still strong Chicago Tribune Clinton has regained a double-digit advantage after an earlier survey found a smaller – 31 to 26 percent – edge over Obama. ...... And if the name of Gore – the former vice president who ran for president in 2000 but says he isn't running this time around – is removed from the equation, Clinton gains more support: With a 45 – 27 percent margin over Obama.
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Poll: Clinton rebounds over Obama USA Today a 15 percentage-point lead ..... She is the choice of 38% of the Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters surveyed, up 7 points from a survey taken three weeks earlier. Obama is at 23%, 3 points lower than before. ...... "You should expect a fair bit of bouncing around," Franklin says. ...... Clinton strategist Mark Penn attributes her boost in the poll to her performance in the opening debate April 26. "At the debate, people got the first chance to see them all side-by-side," Penn says, "and I think she is looking very ready to lead." ........ Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters chose Clinton over Obama, 56%-37%. ....... 35% of Clinton's backers cite her experience; 23% favor her positions on issues; 17% like the fact that she is a woman. Ten percent mention her husband, former president Bill Clinton. ...... 37% say either that they don't like Clinton, that she has "too much baggage" or that she is more polarizing than he is. Ten percent say he has a better chance of being elected president.
Clinton won't cede Illinois to Obama Chicago Tribune Clinton met with a group of African-American ministers Monday and said she was not conceding the black vote to her rival ...... "I am not ceding any voter, anywhere, to anyone" ...... Clinton, who had breakfast with Mayor Richard Daley, an Obama supporter. ..... it will take some time for "people to get to know me" as her friends have, to conclude that she's "a person just like everybody else." ....... "I know that I am maybe not the most charismatic person in this race.
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Violent Protests Greet Sarkozy’s Election in France New York Times hundreds of people arrested, hundreds of cars gutted and hundreds of windows smashed in several cities across in France. ........ the square — the site of the July 14, 1789, uprising that is celebrated annually ....... slogans like “Sarkozy Fascist” scrawled on walls around Paris. ..... While Mr. Sarkozy is most despised by minority youths in the country’s poor housing projects on the outskirts of major French cities, most of the violence took place in city centers. ...... mostly white and below the age of 30
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Paris sacks publicist Sydney Morning Herald The 26-year-old hotel heiress, who parlayed her party lifestyle into worldwide fame ....... "The premise of her fame is being naughty,'' he said. ``This is a career move for her. It simply fuels the fascination. She can only win with this.''
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Buffett: Index funds better for most investors Reuters "A very low-cost index is going to beat a majority of the amateur-managed money or professionally-managed money," Buffett said ...... investors shouldn't flock to increasingly popular hedge funds, where managers typically receive a fixed fee plus a percentage of profits. ..... many investors actually fare worse in actively managed funds. He said many funds perform well when they're small, but struggle to keep up when investors chase that early performance, and pour in cash. ........ Buffett cited Fidelity Magellan (FMAGX.O: Quote, Profile, Research, a top-performing fund through the 1980s, but which has lagged S&P 500 over the trailing one, three, five and 10-year periods. ....... Berkshire estimates that its per share book value rose at a 21.4 percent compounded annual rate from 1965, when Buffett took over, to 2006, compared with a 10.4 percent annual gain for the S&P 500 including dividends.


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