http://www.sinclairwatch.org Political Roundtable: News, Opinion and Commentary Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:32:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John Edwards’ reluctance to refute allegations that he had an affair and child with his former videographer could jeopardize his potential role as a Democratic National Convention speaker and surrogate for his party’s presumptive nominee. The former North Carolina senator has been relatively low-key since dropping out of the ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/edwards-party-role-clouded-by-allegations/ Photo Courtesy: The National Enquirer Lee Stranahan, meet Cassandra. “Democracy on the Web” turned tyranny of the majority for writer, blogger, and media maker Lee Stranahan.  Stranahan dared to predict the conundrum in store for progressives with rumors swirling around John Edwards and a baby born to one of his ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/edwards-role-at-convention-compromised/ A prominent conservative Republican has stated the obvious: In a tough year like this, Democrats could probably have defeated Republican John McCain with a flawed, but seasoned candidate like Hillary Clinton. But long-suffering liberals convinced their party to go with a messiah rather than a dependable nominee — and ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/stating-the-obvious/ So yesterday I see the clip showing Obama answering one of McCain's stupidities directly. Today I see this viaI don't begrudge Obama R&R, but can't he and the Democratic Party figure out a way for him to get his rest without setting himself up for an article such as this? ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/really-is-obama-naive/ OK, we can’t drill our way out of the current gas price crisis, but the mere lifting of the off shore drilling ban by President Bush took the wind out of the speculator’s sails and the price of a gallon of gas dropped below $4.00 per gallon, and without ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/nancy-pelosi-and-barack-obama-on-drilling-no-no-no-videos/ At least, that paraphrase is my interpretation of a recent bit of news-commentary on the statistics of party affiliation: the share of the electorate that registers as independent has grown at a faster rate than Republicans or Democrats in 12 states. The rise has been so significant that in ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/nyt-nonpartisan-voters-practically-a-third-party/ ."He absolutely does have to (resolve it). If it's not true, he has to issue a stronger denial," says a Democratic strategist who ran Edwards' 1998 Senate race. "It's a very damaging thing. "The big media has tried to be responsible and handle this with kid gloves, but it's clearly ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/opening-john-edwards-back-door/ It’ll be interesting to see if Hawai’i Sen. Daniel Inouye draws any flak from fellow Democrats for going to Alaska to campaign with embattled Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, Inouye’s best friend in the Senate whose re-election is in trouble after he was indicted for corruption. You’d think a Democratic ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/inouye-will-be-inouye/ Nixon formulated it, Reagan mastered it, and Bush inherited it, but are changing in the beloved region. I’ve wrote about the upset victories in Miss. and La earlier this year. And the Democratic strategy of keying in on local conservative candidates to run on the core social conservative issues ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/the-southern-strategy-of-the-21-century/ Oh, great. I guess it's time for another shirtless Obama photo op.I wish now that I had noted all of the days that Barack H. Obama has taken off since last December. Campaigning must be GWBush hard for him. Oh, well. The Obamas are off to Hawaii on vacation, where ... http://www.sinclairwatch.org/2008/08/07/obama-vacations-while-clinton-attacks-bush/