Maria Shriver Endorses Obama
Maria Shriver, spouse of the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and member of the Kennedy Family, decided to endorse Barack Obama on Sunday Morning at a rally in Westwood, California. Shriver said that she wanted a President that stood for unity. Wonder if she also wanted some T.V. time after seeing other members of her family and her husband all over the T.V. last week.
Maria Shriver woke up Sunday morning and decided to surprise the audience at a rally for Senator Barack Obama in Los Angeles, materializing alongside Oprah Winfrey and telling the crowd she was there because she sought “an America that’s about unity.”
But not the family kind. Ms. Shriver is a member of the Kennedy clan, and in the past week, her relatives have split over the Democratic race, publicizing their preferences on opinion pages and at campaign events.
Source: MSNBC
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Sphere: Related ContentHuge Advertising Bills For Super Tuesday
The Presidential candidates are putting their money where their mouths are (literally) by putting money back into the economy with some outrageous advertising fees being paid for Super Tuesday. Chalk one up for the corporate medias wallet. The Democrats are spending tons more than the Republicans and most of it in the pricey California Market. Obama gets the title of the big spender as he is spending more than his democratic rival Hillary Clinton. If he manages to get in office, hopefully he will not retain that title.
Twenty-four states are on the line on Super Tuesday, set up to be a do or die day for many candidates hoping to create an image of invincibility. To help with that image-making, several candidates will shell out a record $20 million on ad blitzes across the country in the run-up to Feb. 5.
The large bulk of that sum — 90 percent — will be spent by Democrats.
The biggest spender is Barack Obama. He is taking out ads that will run during the Super Bowl in about two dozen states. That’s on top of the $4 million in advertising Obama spent in the final week of January — the bulk of it in California.
Through Super Tuesday, the Illinois Democratic senator is expected to spend roughly $11 million nationwide. The second biggest ad buyer heading into Super Tuesday is Hillary Clinton. In the final week of January, she spent $3.5 million, also mainly targeting California, with another $8 million going to ads hitting on the themes of economic instability and her experience.
The Republicans are spending a lot less, with Mitt Romney leading the GOP spenders. His campaign has yet another infusion of cash loaned from his personal fortune - giving himself about $35 million to date. But Romney is expected to spend only about $2 million to $3 million on Super Tuesday costs.
Source: Fox News
Sphere: Related ContentCalifornia To Only Allow Registered Republicans To Vote Republican
Registered Republicans will be the only ones to vote on a Republican ballot in California during the Primary on Tuesday. In a move that supposedly makes sure independents won’t hurt the Republican Party Nominee, they will inevitably lose a lot of votes on the Republican side that will now to the democrats (at least during the Primary).
About 34 percent of voters in California are registered Republicans, and are the only voters allowed to cast ballots in the Republican presidential race on Tuesday.
California Republicans changed the rule last year to close the primary to prevent independents from participating. Now, voters who register as independents may participate only on the Democratic ballot.
State Republicans say this is to ensure that independents don’t band together and intentionally vote in a weak candidate.
“It’s not unusual. Twenty-three other states have closed primaries. Most that have registration by party have closed primaries. What we’ve seen recently is people joining our party specifically so they can vote in the primary,” said California Republican Party chairman Ron Nehring.
Political analysts say this could give Democrats an unfair leg up in the California primaries. Some Republicans in the Golden State agree.
Source: Fox News
Sphere: Related ContentClinton and Obama Make Nice During CNN California Debate
After the media had set the stage for a fierce debate, Obama and Clinton looked more like lambs than the lions, during the CNN California debate. At the end of the debate, the candidates embraced and it seemed like they were reunited lovers, instead of rivals.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the most part cordially, over immigration, health care and the war in Iraq in their first one-on-one debate as they faced high-stakes Super Tuesday contests that could go a long way toward determining the party’s presidential nominee.
Clinton on Thursday night emphasized that the nation needed a president ready to go to work on “Day One.” Obama responded: “Part of the argument that I’m making in this campaign is that it is important to be right on Day One.”
Clinton defended the increasingly high-profile role of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, in her campaign and his recent sharp criticism of Obama. “At the end of the day, it’s my name that is on the ballot.”
Both were asked about the possibility of a “dream ticket” of Clinton-Obama — or Obama-Clinton.
“Obviously there’s a big difference between those two,” Obama said. “I respect Senator Clinton, I think her service to this country is extraordinary.” But he said, “We’ve got a lot more road to travel” before such a decision.
Clinton agreed it was too early to discuss running mates.
Both predicted that one of them would be the next president in a history-making inaugural. Obama would be the first black president, Clinton the first female president.
Making amends for his apparent snub of her at Monday’s State of the Union Address, Obama assisted Clinton by pulling back her chair as the debate — televised on CNN — began and ended. They then embraced.
Source: MSNBC
Sphere: Related ContentArnold Schwarzenegger Endorsing John McCain
The Governator is set to endorse John McCain sometime this afternoon/morning. This is going to be a big deal inside the Republican party and because of Schwarzenegger’s high profile, it will help McCain in public voting as well.
Sphere: Related ContentReagan Library Debate or The Romney and McCain Show
They might as well have called this debate the McCain/Romney Show. It is hard to tell any of questions with McCain and Romney bickering so much. Anderson Cooper, who is normally is a good reporter, had no ability to control McCain or Romney. Total time that Huckabee and Paul got to talk was maybe 12 minutes total. We did learn that Mitt Romney has the ability to be extremely long winded without saying much. John McCain seemed to be out of it, and it was obvious that he hates Mitt(en) Romney.
Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul both did well with what time they got. Huckabee came to his own and Ron Paul’s defense at one point saying that he didn’t go to the debate to watch McCain and Romney to take swings at each other, but that he wanted a chance to take a few swings at some questions himself, and for the moderators to pay some attention to the two guys at the end of the table( meaning himself and Ron Paul). Overall, there can’t be a proclamation of a winner of the debate, because it was more like an arguing match between McCain and Romney. Huckabee and Paul definitely made more of their limited time than Romney or McCain.
Sphere: Related ContentJohn McCain Leading Polls In California
Republican John McCain has a nice lead in California according to most Polls currently out. California has 170 delegate for the Republican primary. If McCain comes out winning the Florida Primary today, he will probably be seen as the front runner going into Super Tuesday where 21 other States besides California will be having their primary. If McCain picks up California, he will not have that tough of a road to hoe to get the Republican Presidential nod.
The Arizona senator is 13 points ahead of his closest rival in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Monday: Thirty-nine percent of likely California Republican primary voters back McCain, while 26 percent support former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
For McCain, that’s a 19-point jump in the polls since the last CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey conducted in the state two weeks ago. Romney made gains as well, rising 10 points over the past two weeks.
Source: CNN
Sphere: Related ContentHillary Clinton Gets To Name Cheney
When at CSUN (California State University Northern), Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton was asked by a supporter what V.P. Cheney’s first name was and her reply was “Dick, … thats right, Dick.” Before that someone had asked her about what she thought about Britney Spears, and she went into a hyena like laugh, turned around and walked away from the Camera. Scandalous Hillary, simply Scandalous.
Source: Bumpshack
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