Obama compared to Osama News24 Obama and FoxNew York Times Mr. Ailes, at an awards dinner, had said this: “And it is true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don’t know if it’s true that President Bush called (Pakistani President Pervez) Musharraf and said, ‘Why can’t we catch this guy?’” ...... Mr. Obama remarked on Sunday:
I didn’t take great offense at the joke,” Obama said in an Associated Press interview while campaigning in Iowa. “I have been called worse.”
..... pressure mounted for Nevada to drop Fox as a sponsor. Earlier in the week, fellow Democratic candidate John Edwards informed Markos Moulitsas, of DailyKos, in an email from a campaign spokesman, Jonathan Prince, that he would not attend...... Edwards wasn’t even aware of the controversy between the activists, including MoveOn.org, Fox and Nevada Democrats .... “I saw the list of debates that we had and the list of things we’re doing specific in Nevada, and I said, ‘Why are we doing Fox?’ I said, ‘No, tell them no.’ ” Asked whether he knew about the bloggers’ concerns, Edwards said, “I didn’t personally know, no.” ...... I was generically aware that the Net-roots hates Fox. OBAMA RESPONDS TO FOX NEWS CHIEF’S BAD JOKE: Fox’s Roger Ailes ...Eurweb.com Citing an off-putting comment by Fox News chief Roger Ailes about Senator Barack Obama, the Nevada Democratic Party announced Friday it had canceled an August debate that would’ve been co-hosted by the cable channel. ....... "I didn't take great offense at the joke," Obama said in an Associated Press interview while campaigning in Iowa. "I have been called worse." ..... Nevada Democrats already were under criticism by MoveOn.org Civic Action, a network of liberal activists, for the partnership with Fox, which the group called "a mouthpiece for the Republican party." Michelle Obama Steps Up Role In Husband's Campaign WBBM780 Michelle Obama, an extraordinary stump speaker and potentially one of Sen. Barack Obama's most effective surrogates, is poised to step up her role in her husband's presidential campaign. ...... "I hate following my wife," Obama joked, speaking at a New York fund-raiser Friday night after being introduced by Michelle. When someone in the crowd yelled that Michelle should run, Obama said, "Yeah, she's too smart to run. It is true my wife is smarter, better looking. She's a little meaner than I am." ...... Michelle Obama switched her University of Chicago job to part time ...... "I want to assure everyone who's really deeply worried about us -- you know they worry about our safety and how we're going to hold it together as a family ... because politics is a rough and tumble sport.... We're ready for this because we really don't have any other choice." Report: Clinton, Obama battling earlyUnited Press International an early and sharp start .... Clinton, D-N.Y., has been dogging remarks and events by Obama, D-Ill., in an unusually early sparring match ....... For Clinton's part, her campaign managers have been working to blunt Obama's perceived momentum ..... Clinton is running as an establishment candidate with an emphasis on "proven leadership," while Obama is "all about authentic, inspirational leadership. ..... Obama would be making a huge mistake to try to be Hillary, and Hillary would be making a huge mistake to try to be Obama Obama, Clinton Sparring EarlyFocus News Q&A with Barack Obama Muscatine Journal Up-close with the candidate: Local Dems get some time alone with ObamaMuscatine Journal Candidate packs the house during meet-and-greet at West Middle SchoolMuscatine Journal
McCain is not even in the game. The guy even looks tired. Hillary had all the sizzlesazzle in the 1990s. She was great. And she is more like Ted Kenney than Bobby Kennedy, destined to be a great Senator. Edwards tried his lucky charm the last time around. He gave us Bush. How do you forgive that?
Obama is for today. He opposed the Iraq War from day one at a time when that was the lonely thing to do. That pretty much separates him from the rest of the bunch.
Obama's presidency will finally launch the new century in America. Bush turned the clock backwards. A recent global poll showed the citizens of the world put the US in the same league of displeasure as Iran and North Korea. Bush earned that for the US.
Governing China Caught between right and left, town and countryFOUR years of double-digit growth, soaring government revenues, low inflation and a manageable budget deficit might be cause for celebration in other countries. But China's leaders are anxious. Inequalities are growing, corruption is rampant, grumbling widespread. Ideological battles between free-marketeers and left-wingers threaten to impede reform. ..... Three years ago China added a clause to its constitution saying that private property was “not to be encroached upon”. .... Direct criticism of leaders is still virtually taboo in China. .... the leadership itself invited discussion by publishing a draft of the law in 2005—a very unusual move in a country that normally keeps its legislative processes shrouded in secrecy. ..... it would be unprecedented for delegates to reject a bill. .... Sweeping privatisation of housing since the late 1990s has radically changed the social and political fabric of urban China. ..... the number of “mass incidents” in China had fallen to about 23,000 last year from 26,000 in 2005. ..... Since 2004 leaders have vowed to build a “harmonious society”, making it risky for low-level governments to report data suggesting that unrest is growing. ..... party regulations still give unelected party chiefs the final say over village affairs ...... the frequent sale of state-owned enterprises at rock-bottom prices to their managers .... It says the sale of state assets to corrupt officials, the super rich and foreign multinationals is illegal and unconstitutional. Among the more than 3,200 signatories are seven former government ministers or deputy ministers, five former provincial leaders, a sprinkling of retired senior military officers and about 50 professors at the party's Central School, an academy for top officials. ...... State-owned enterprises with no hope of turning a profit will “exit the market” by 2008. ..... what party leaders announced in late 2005 would be a “new socialist countryside” with subsidised health care and free schooling for all. ..... A medical-insurance scheme, launched in 2003, is to cover 80% of rural areas by the end of this year, up from 50% at present. The aim is to have complete coverage by 2010. ..... The armed forces have enjoyed double-digit budget increases for most of the past 15 years. The leadership knows well whom it really needs to keep happy.