Results for: Democratic Presidential Candidates

Shameless in Sacramento
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2008/02/03/shameless_in_sacramento
– Not only will Super Tuesday likely offer a decisive advantage to one of the candidates vying for both parties’ presidential nomination … On Tuesday, in addition to the presidential primary, California voters will cast ballots for or against Proposition 93. … Listen to a supporter of Prop 93, Scott Wiener, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, who wrote recently, “The reduction in…
Bill Clinton: Rogue Co-President In Waiting
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickmorrisandeileenmcgann/2008/02/02/bill_clinton_rogue_co-president_in_waiting
– opposition parties and candidates from participating in the election. … Yet, in late 2006, as his wife was laying the ground work for a presidential race and serving in the U.S. … At last night’s Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton was bluntly asked what Bill Clinton would be like in a Hillary Clinton…
Bush Against Romney
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/02/02/bush_against_romney
– Jeb Bush, has not endorsed any presidential candidate. … Hoffa Neutral Teamsters President James Hoffa tells friends he still will not choose sides between Democratic presidential candidates … Busting Pork An effort by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen.…
George Soros, Meet John Jay
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandrews/2008/02/02/george_soros,_meet_john_jay
– You can vote in the presidential poll and help choose candidates for local, state, and federal offices, as well as issues for the party … If you’re at a Democratic caucus, it’s likely they were not. … How had such concerns, I probed, helped Republicans win seven of ten presidential elections since 1968?…
A New "Old Hat" in the Ring
https://townhall.com/columnists/richtucker/2008/02/01/a_new_old_hat_in_the_ring
– It’s a shame that the Kennedy family has already tossed its collective weight behind Barack Obama in the Democratic race for the … After all, we haven’t heard from all the Democratic candidates yet. After watching Sen. … He might sweep both the Democratic and Republican primaries, if only he were eligible to compete in both.…
America In Flux
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/02/01/america_in_flux
– We're at that lull in the presidential primary season when pundits try to make the most of the least election returns. … Twenty-two states - count 'em, 22 - will be holding presidential primaries that maybe fateful day. … If she wins the Democratic presidential nomination, of course Hillary Clinton will be able to unite the party - as no one else could…
Democrats Want to Lose... But Republicans Don't Want To Win
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2008/01/31/democrats_want_to_lose_but_republicans_dont_want_to_win
– Just a few months ago, the 2008 presidential contest seemed predetermined. … The Democratic referees warned the Clintons to stop the eye gauging. … Even stranger, the various Republican candidates began invoking Ronald Reagan's three-decade-old tenure as the new litmus test of the…
The Unmaking of the American Presidency
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2008/01/31/the_unmaking_of_the_american_presidency
– Last Tuesday night's results from Florida in both the Democratic and Republican Party presidential primaries were what I expected … He refused to allow candidates to campaign in the state. … Make no mistake: Much of the Democratic establishment in this nation had abandoned Hillary Clinton.…
The Fall of the House of Clinton
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2008/01/31/the_fall_of_the_house_of_clinton
– The endorsement of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign by three Kennedys from different generations was a political trifecta for the … It represents a potential divorce between the Democratic establishment and the Clintons. Recall the early 1990s. … Democrats were desperate for a presidential candidate who could take back the White House after 12 years of Ronald Reagan and George…
Bill Clinton Plays the Race Card -- and Loses
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2008/01/31/bill_clinton_plays_the_race_card_--_and_loses
– Black Republican candidates fail to attract support from black voters. Maryland Lt. Gov. … The Democratic Party does not. Blacks are more pro-life than nonblacks. The Democratic Party adamantly defends Roe v. Wade. … The Democratic Party remains adamantly against it.…
It's About to Get Real Ugly
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2008/02/18/its_about_to_get_real_ugly
– Before the primary season began the Democratic Party reached an agreement with its potential presidential candidates that they would … by the candidates vying for the nomination. … ; thus, at the Democratic Convention the super delegates could literally decide the winner.…
How We Got This Primary Process
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/02/17/how_we_got_this_primary_process
– In 1952, for instance, the Democratic barons selected Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson at the convention instead of the popular Sen. … The disastrous 1968 Democratic National Convention shattered confidence in this efficient but undemocratic system. … George McGovern deliberately weakened the role of the conventions, making primaries the determining force in picking presidential candidates
Foreign Policy Under A Microscope
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2008/02/17/foreign_policy_under_a_microscope
– WASHINGTON -- Foreign policy has slipped to the periphery of presidential politics, displaced by a nonexistent recession as the … risk by the essentially unconditional withdrawal of forces that both Democratic candidates promise. … The Democratic nominee will probe, and voters have nine months to ponder, the implications of that probability.…
Hillary's "McGovern" Problem
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/02/16/hillarys_mcgovern_problem
– against Democratic opponents they consider too liberal. … for the Republican presidential nomination, former Arkansas Gov. … Mike Huckabee, will become McCain's vice presidential running mate.…
It's All About the Vice President Now
https://townhall.com/columnists/leeculpepper/2008/02/15/its_all_about_the_vice_president_now
– s apparent nomination is having on the GOP, are liberals also intentionally ignoring the undeniable void of influence the two Democraticcandidates pose in the Middle East? … Assuming he receives the GOP Presidential nomination, voters should now seriously be considering whom he selects as his Vice President…
Runner-Up Maybe?
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/02/15/runner-up_maybe
candidates, including Sen. … Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign. Mr. … Gilchrest came within a few hundreds votes of defeating then-incumbent Democratic Rep.…
Hillary: By Any Means Necessary
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/02/14/hillary_by_any_means_necessary
– True enough, except one tranche of delegates has a democratic legitimacy the other doesn't. … Hillary herself was once a democratic supremacist. … At least until that strong belief ran up against her pursuit of a presidential nomination.…
Made in Vietnam
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/02/14/made_in_vietnam
– As late as 2000, while traveling aboard his presidential campaign bus, Mr. McCain told reporters: "I hated the gooks. … Trying to put a happy face on a most divisive Democratic presidential contest, pitting one-time party pin-up girl Sen. … Dean stressed that Democrats are "fortunate to have two fantastic candidates that people are excited about."…
The McCain Candidacy
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamrusher/2008/02/14/the_mccain_candidacy
– begin by acknowledging that I was one of the many who thought that Mitt Romney, rather than John McCain, would be the Republican presidential … But New York City mayors are not the stuff from which Republican presidential candidates are normally fashioned, and it continued to … As I have warned before, 2008 has all the earmarks of being a Democratic year.…
For Democrats, Failing Grades on Iraq
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/02/14/for_democrats,_failing_grades_on_iraq
– And in one of few foreign-policy exchanges in the Democratic debates, Obama said he would personally engage in unconditional negotiations … Michael O'Hanlon, a Democratic defense and national-security adviser at the Brookings Institution, also finds Obama's approach dangerous … However, both candidates have little-noticed caveats on their withdrawal plans that they rarely if ever talk about on the campaign…
McCain Talks Unity, Iraq on Blogger Call
https://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/2008/02/13/mccain_talks_unity,_iraq_on_blogger_call
– Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain expressed optimism regarding his ability to unite the Republican Party, progress … Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.…
Walking Wounded
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/02/13/walking_wounded
– One Republican presidential candidate we don't hear much about is former Reagan administration ambassador Alan Keyes, who yesterday … Check with mom That was Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. … candidates.…
Conservatives: Sitting Out 2008 is the Height of Idiocy
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2008/02/13/conservatives_sitting_out_2008_is_the_height_of_idiocy
– Intraparty squabbles are constant with regard to choosing presidential candidates. … The GOP isn't constructed to nominate conservative candidates. It is constructed to win. … It's the conservative base's responsibility to nominate conservative candidates. In 2008, the conservative base failed.…
Dem's "Dream Ticket" : Why It Won't Happen
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2008/02/13/dems_dream_ticket__why_it_wont_happen
– With the two Democratic candidates nearly tied in the number of delegates they’ve amassed, and the prospect of months more of ferocious … As the closely-matched battle continues to rage, and the Democratic leadership agonizes over what to do about seating the contested … Hillary would also find it difficult to use the Vice Presidency as a stepping stone to a future Presidential run.…
The Bradley Effect?
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/02/11/the_bradley_effect
– Thanks to the Democratic Party's proportional representation, it is not easy to say a week later. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. … Was this presumed 20-point reversal caused by the Bradley Effect, which has worried Democratic leaders about Obama since he became … the stalemate for the party's presidential nomination.…
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