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OK, I’m Convinced Obama Is The Next Dukakis

Posted by AJStrata on May 12th, 2008

I had not really seen any connection between Sen Obama’s campaign and the disastrous campaign of Governor Michael Dukakis against George Bush Sr in 1988. But that was up until I read Susan Estrich try and make the case Obama is not another Dukakis. Tried and failed, that is. By the time […]

WSJ Agrees 2008 Is The Year Of The Centrist

Posted by AJStrata on May 11th, 2008

Hyper partisanship is out. The American people, who largely do not obsess about politics, is fed up with those who do obsess to the point there is no answer they will accept on any issue - except the answer of the extremes. The liberals tasted this in 2006 with the Ned […]

2008 - The Year Of The Centrists

Posted by AJStrata on May 8th, 2008

As a conservative independent I of course like to view the world through my only lens of preferences, but I think it is safe to say I have my biases fairly well checked when I claim this year Americans are heading away from the hyper-partisan fringes, weary of nearly 3 decades of hyper-partisan rancor and […]

As The Pressure Builds To Blow Apart The Democrats ….

Posted by AJStrata on May 8th, 2008

One thing the News Media forgets is voters don’t like their apparent influence and efforts to twist a race towards their preferred candidates. Typically this meddling in our democracy by the very liberal news media (note their multi-year effort to get us to surrender in Iraq, which is why many times I refer to […]

Clinton’s Morning-After Hangover

Posted by AJStrata on May 7th, 2008

Well, it seems Clinton did not pull off the big win she needed, while Obama did in NC. But if you step back from the media hype we still have the same basic tie that has been in place for weeks. The Democrat party voters are split and not budging one way or […]

Live Blogging The IN & NC Primaries

Posted by AJStrata on May 6th, 2008

5:50 PM Eastern: Here we go again, with early exit polls leaning Obama - which have been proven wrong time and time again in these primaries. Huge turnout has never helped Obama (recall how PA played out!). So all the hype about exit polls showing a large Obama lead in NC are […]

Primary Predictions 05_06_08

Posted by AJStrata on May 6th, 2008

Well, I was going to predict it was going to be a good day for Hillary Clinton. I am sure she will do well in Indiana, but North Carolina was going to be the test of whether she had some momentum (or, conversely, if Obama was losing support). The problem we have […]

Boy this does not take much discussion to see how this picture of Obama buddy and 1960’s terrorists bomber stomping the US flag one month before 9-11 will play out for Clinton this week. Poor Barack, he never seemed to see it coming.

The caption above says, in part, about Ayers and the Weather […]

Rev Wright’s Wicked Revenge Is Destroying Barack In NC

Posted by AJStrata on May 1st, 2008

Bumped To The Top - Major Update: This has been one successful hit job by Wright (and others?) on Obama because all the polls are showing major drops for Obama. Check out the Gallup Daily tracking poll and how Obama has been hammered this week:

Wright and Clinton supporter Dr Reynolds must be so proud […]

Watch For Delegate Blowback

Posted by AJStrata on May 1st, 2008

The Party Machine is out and taking the vote from the voters in the Democrat contest. Super Delegate endorsements are flying fast and furious as the party realizes their two candidates are taking damage and their supporters are becoming entrenched.
A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to […]

Michelle Obama On AC360 - Live Blogging

Posted by AJStrata on April 30th, 2008

I am ‘live blogging’ the Michelle Obama interview on Anderson Cooper 360 in anticipation some major news may break as Michelle stands by her man and takes on Rev Wright. So here we go!
10:02 PM Eastern: Michelle is introduced as a ’steely’ woman - which implies some sparks are going to fly. […]

OK, it has been reported all week that the person who coordinated and oversaw Rev Wright’s appearance at NPC was Clinton supporter Dr Barbara Reynolds. So what has the Clinton campaigned denied today regarding Rev Wright’s media spectacle? They denied they were supporter Dr Reynolds:
Tommy Christopher: I need to confirm that no-one connected […]

Wright’s Damage To Obama Is Brutal And Swift

Posted by AJStrata on April 30th, 2008

The polls are showing that Obama is taking on damage in reaction to the Rev Wright’s media spectacle Monday:
early half of Democrats (48 percent) think Hillary Clinton has a better chance of beating John McCain in November — 10 percentage points higher than the 38 percent who think Barack Obama can win, according to a […]

Michelle Obama To Take On Wright Tonight

Posted by AJStrata on April 30th, 2008

This is one interview I will not be missing - Michelle Obama will be on Anderson Cooper’s 360° tonight to address the Judas Wright:
Hey Bloggers,
Just wanted to let you guys know about our program tonight:
AC360° will have the first primetime sit-down interview with Michelle Obama, wife of Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
We’ll talk about how […]

Why The Silence From Reynolds And Clinton Regarding Wright?

Posted by AJStrata on April 30th, 2008

Major Update Below - bumped to the top
I posted yesterday on the strange coincidences surrounding Jeremiah Wright’s gleeful torpedoing of Obama in a series of public forums which culminated in Obama having to schedule a news conference in order to stem the damage being done to his campaign. I noted the fact that the […]