Red Hot & Blue Politics

Doing some post-general election clean up of our “Red Hot News” section to archive campaign tidbits for historical purposes. Nothing new here, unless you are a new visitor.
Obama wins, but she would like to say … Principle and PUMAs win … Lieberman and three US Senate races still undecided … Florida, Arizona, and California ban [...]

Here are some Democratic bloggers who have articulated their reasons why they are not voting for Barack Obama. Keep checking back because I will be adding more to the list through tomorrow.
i am a feminist, i am a women’s activist, i am voting for sarah palin, by Prameela Bartholomeusz, DNC Platform Committee Member
i am supporting [...]

Florida started early voting on October 20 for the general election match up between McCain and Obama (the Lord of lies, flip floppery, voter fraud, caucus fraud, race-baiting, and dirty politics). Traditionally, I’ve voted on election day, November 4, for all the Democrats, even the weakest of Dems. Why? Because I’ve been a loyal and [...]

Former presidential candidate and rightful democratic party nominee, Hillary Clinton, turned 61 on Sunday, October 26. (H/T to Alegre for the reminder).
Hillary spent part of the day in Chicago fundraising for Obama and keynoting the AIPAC conference. She is a better Democrat than I am and certainly far more gracious. I wouldn’t lift a [...]

I cleaned up our “Red Hot News” section and wanted to archive the news during the economic crisis and bailout for historical purposes. Nothing new here, unless you are a new visitor.
House passes porky bailout bill. Wachovia walks away from Citigroup deal, will merge with Wells Fargo.

Just in time for Halloween, the Chinese are at it again with adding the toxic chemical, melamine (which is commonly used in coatings and laminates, wood adhesives, ceiling tiles and flame retardants) to artificially boost protein levels in milk (like they did with pet food last year). Over 50,000 children in China have become ill [...]

The debate tonight is a go. McCain released a statement confirming his attendance. Of course, we all know that it should be Hillary and McCain debating tonight, but because we now live in Bizarro World, it will be Obama and McCain. Hillary could beat both of them in the debate blindfolded with one hand tied [...]

By author, Ron. Originally posted at Hillary Clinton Forum on September 22, 2008. Reposted with author’s permission.
Obama often says that McCain voted 90% of the time with Bush. What he doesn’t say is that Obama himself voted 88% of the time with Bush and even voted for the Cheney energy plan. Hillary didn’t and [...]

Following the announcement of high-profile Hillary supporter, Lynn Forester de Rothschild’s endorsement of John McCain, two more Clintonistas endorsed the McCain-Palin ticket last week. On a McCain campaign conference call with reporters on Friday, September 19, Miguel D. Lausell, Senior Political Advisor to Hillary Clinton, and Clinton Delegate-at-Large, Luchy Secaira endorsed McCain-Palin. The McCain campaign [...]

According to CNN, high profile Hillary Clinton supporter, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild is dumping Obama and will be backing McCain. The announcement is set for sometime today on Capitol Hill a few blocks away from the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.
From CNN’s political ticker:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter [...]