Elections - February 2007

Here is the latest copy/paste article from the liberal campaign front. Will Obama and Miss Hillary actually make it to the poll times or will one get sidetracked by slurring the other?

WASHINGTON - The rival presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) traded accusations of nasty politics Wednesday over Hollywood donor David Geffen, who once backed Bill Clinton but now supports his wife's top rival.

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The Clinton campaign demanded that Obama denounce comments made by the DreamWorks movie studio founder, who told New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in Wednesday's editions that while "everybody in politics lies," the former president and his wife "do it with such ease, it's troubling."

The Clinton camp also called on Obama to give back Geffen's $2,300 contribution.

Campaigning in Iowa, Obama refused.

"It's not clear to me why I'd be apologizing for someone else's remark," the Illinois senator said.

For her part, New York Sen. Clinton sidestepped questions, leaving the issue to her aides to discuss.

"I'm just going to stay focused on my campaign and I'm going to run a positive campaign about the issues that affect the people in our country," she told The Associated Press in an interview in Nevada. She was participating a candidate forum in Carson City.

The Clinton team seemed eager to continue the attack. With Obama in Iowa, aides arranged for former Iowa attorney general Bonnie Campbell to criticize him in a conference call with reporters.

In the newspaper interview, Geffen also said Bill Clinton is "a reckless guy" and he does not think Hillary Clinton can bring the country together during a time of war, no matter how smart or ambitious she is.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs added another criticism of Clinton.

"It is also ironic that Senator Clinton lavished praise on Monday and is fully willing to accept today the support of South Carolina state Sen. Robert Ford, who said if Barack Obama were to win the nomination, he would drag down the rest of the Democratic Party because 'he's black,'" Gibbs' statement said.

Ford later apologized. The Clinton campaign said it disagreed with Ford, but the senator has embraced his support.

Another Democratic presidential candidate, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, said at the candidate forum that Obama should denounce Geffen's comments. "We Democrats should all sign a pledge that we all be positive," Richardson said.

2007-02-21 15:59:20 · 9 answers · asked by chole_24 5

2007-02-21 14:08:10 · 7 answers · asked by Duffman 5

I clicked on Canada/politics/elections and found no questions about Quebec elections but three about Clinton and his wife.

How come questions put in French on this site are discarded by the hamster?

Isn’t Canada a country with two official languages?

2007-02-21 13:34:02 · 10 answers · asked by Louloute Ministre Désinformation 5

was elected different times, not at the same time.
For US History

2007-02-21 12:32:19 · 3 answers · asked by Shawn 1

Will we have an "Arkansas Mothers for Truth" group saying Hillary is a lesbian and molests children?

Will the American public be stupid enough to fall for the same trick a second time?

2007-02-21 12:12:27 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 12:07:24 · 9 answers · asked by havegunwilltravel45 1

I personnaly think she is a great humanatarian. If I lived in the states I would vote for Oprah.

2007-02-21 11:53:17 · 27 answers · asked by a p 4

Who is taking all these polls. Where do they get their information.
Serious answes only. No jokesters please.

2007-02-21 11:46:31 · 12 answers · asked by cwigg 3

2007-02-21 11:44:59 · 7 answers · asked by james s 1

Is he worried because of the stuff ups?
Is the Labor party lacking in good policies?
Is this just the Labor Party strategy to diss the other party?

How dirty is ethical for politicians to be?

2007-02-21 11:00:31 · 2 answers · asked by Nikita (Australian) 4

politics

2007-02-21 10:46:25 · 16 answers · asked by iofagbems 2

2007-02-21 10:38:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I say eliminate the Electoral College system.

2007-02-21 09:37:08 · 10 answers · asked by Jeff W 2

2007-02-21 09:05:47 · 13 answers · asked by tom the plumber 3

You know he will after his Oscar and the concerts this summer....He thinks he's the most popular guy in the country!

2007-02-21 08:04:28 · 15 answers · asked by panthrchic 4

2007-02-21 08:01:01 · 19 answers · asked by Ansre Man! 3

And in either case, what will it mean for the United States if such a person is elected President?

2007-02-21 07:34:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you know any of the candidates for the french elections?
And who do you prefer : Mr Sarkozy?Ms Royal?

2007-02-21 06:46:57 · 3 answers · asked by marco 5

I'm wondering IF Rudy Guiliani has announced yet, and if not, IS there a date by which he must announce?

2007-02-21 06:46:46 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 06:38:15 · 7 answers · asked by lone wolfe 3

2007-02-21 06:35:42 · 3 answers · asked by jezzieinny 1

who do u think will became the next president of USA and do u think under his/her leadership would America regain its respect which we lost under the present lousy administration

2007-02-21 06:09:47 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 05:51:13 · 6 answers · asked by xcr0ss_my_heartx 4

Many states have primary elections and all of them are limited to voting only for members of one party. If you register as Republican you can only vote in Republican primaries. The same holds true for Democrats. I have no idea what the independants do.

You may be a registered Republican but the person you favor for President is a Democrat. You can't vote for him/her until the General election. By that time they may not even be in the race any longer.

Surely there has to be a better way. Let's hear your solution. I don't know about you but I haven't been pleased with either parties choices for President for several elections. I'm really open for suggestions.

2007-02-21 05:18:24 · 4 answers · asked by namsaev 6

I think this is all on him now, because he can't still be getting bad intelligence from his people unless they want to make him look bad. Believe me it's working, even though he's a lame duck prez he shouldn't take down the rest of the party with him. Sooner or later these guys are going to start cutting attachments to him, doesn't he realize this?

2007-02-21 05:07:46 · 10 answers · asked by ChaliQ 4

2007-02-21 04:43:51 · 4 answers · asked by Roy P 1

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2007-02-21 04:39:12 · 5 answers · asked by Cut The Crap 2

do you know the mass number of people(males especially) who would not stand for this let alone our US MILITARY being run loudmouth women who knows nothing about warfare

2007-02-21 04:17:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hey guys this is a topic we are looking at in my government class and I could use some help, I'm having trouble coming up with good answers for#2. Any ideas will be appreciated! thanks so much!

1:Do you think that with the role money plays in campaign and elections today in the US
people like you and I (average people) can run and win elelctions easily? Why or why
not?

2: How can the campaign process be structured to level the playing field for all
Americans?

2007-02-21 03:59:32 · 8 answers · asked by luv4horses 2

in reference to their work for country

2007-02-21 02:56:10 · 16 answers · asked by raj 1