She’s starting to tank in the polls. Gallup has her down 9 points and Rasmussen has her down 10 points. The polls are tightening in Pennsylvania, and slowly the superdelegates continue to break for Obama.
It’s only a matter of time. Obama will be the nominee by June.
Also, McCain has not been able to build on his earlier lead when Obama was dealing with the Wright issue. The polls are now basically even, which means McCain is in trouble as well.
Barack Obama talks about the economy and taxes with Maria Bartiromo. His proposals make sense. Some taxes will go back to the rates during the Clinton years, while many middle class Americans will get a tax cut. When asked about some of the tax increases, Obama has a great response:
Why raise taxes in a slowdown? Isn’t that going to put a further strain on people?
There’s no doubt that anything I do is going to be premised on what the economic situation is when I take office next January. The thing you can be assured of is that I’m not going to make these decisions based on ideology. I’m not a dogmatist. My opponents to the right would like to paint me as this wild-eyed liberal, but I believe in the market. I believe in entrepreneurship. I believe in capitalism, and I want to do what works. One of the problems with the Bush Administration has been its rigidness when it comes to economic policy. It doesn’t matter what the problem is, they’ll say tax cuts. Trade deficit? Tax cuts. Slowdown in manufacturing? Tax cuts. At a certain point, if you’ve only got one arrow in the quiver, you’re going to have problems.
$109 million over 7 years, and the Clintons still haven’t released their tax returns from last year.
This raises tons of questions. First, how much money is enough? With all the money they made on books fees trading off their political celebrity, why did Clinton have to push the envelope with so many speeches? What favors does he “owe” follwing these payments?
Also, what about the $15 million Bill Clinton earned advising Ron Burkle? Again, does he need to get mixed up in this stuff given how much money he was already making?
None of this even touches on contributions to the Clinton library and to Bill Clinton’s foundation.
Just like Rudy Giuliani, the Clintons have to answer for their business dealings. It’s one thing to cash in but it’s quite another to try for the Presidency AFTER cashing in.
Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr might run for President as a Libertarian. If he decides to run, this could be a huge blow to John McCain.
Can a conservative former congressman who helped impeach President Clinton, is a board member of the National Rifle Association and has done contract work with the ACLU dent Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid?
That’s exactly what Mr. McCain would face if Bob Barr, the former Republican who joined the Libertarian Party two years ago, wins his adopted party’s presidential nomination.
Barr is one of many Republicans who are fed up with today’s Republican Party that has embraced the religious right and has abandoned the principles of small government and freedom. The Ron Paul candidacy showed that there is real support for traditional libertarian positions, and Barr could present a protest votes for conservatives who are fed up with the GOP.
And he’s adding tons of new donors.
The campaign says he raised more than $40 million from more than 442,000 donors, more than 218,000 of whom were giving for the first time. It’s a well Obama’s barely begun to tap.
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