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All the news unfit to print for Saturday, February 9, 2008

YES HE CAN
CLEAN SWEEP: NEBRASKA, WASHINTON, AND LOUISIANA GO FOR OBAMA!

Let it be..

All the news unfit to print for Thursday, February 7, 2008

Kyson Stowell, 11 months, is shown in a hospital in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Kyson was found in a field, about a hundred yards away from a house, after a severe storm went through Castalian Springs, Tenn., Tuesday, Feb. 5. His mother, Kerri Stowell, was killed.
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A SIGN OF HOPE AMONG DESTRUCTION

All the news unfit to print for Wednesday, February 6, 2008

A funnel cloud of the tornado that touched down in Atkins, Ark., is seen at about 5 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008. The photo was taken outside Atkins High School. Tornadoes across four Southern states tore through homes, ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses in a rare spasm of violent winter weather that killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more.
(AP Photo/The Courier, Mike Avery)

HUMAN TRADEGY UNFOLDING ACROSS THE SOUTH..

Winter tornado outbreak in the South.. deadliest in 20 years..

Storms kill dozens..

Meanwhile, temperature hits near 70 in New York!

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NOAA says winter tornado outbreaks are not rare..

Stories of how people reacted.. one man pulled a couch over his head, bank workers ran to a vault; many others didn't have anywhere to go..

The search is on for survivors..

Latest..

Heavy snow from Michigan to Canada.. high winds along the Mid-Atlantic coast..

Arkansas: Governor Beebe Declares 10 Counties State Disaster Areas In Wake Of Tornadoes..

Farms and livestock damaged..

Thousands without power..

Death toll continues to climb..

Labels: Breaking news, Weather

MCCAIN Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Illinois Missouri New Jersey New York Oklahoma ROMNEY Colorado Massachusetts Minnesota Montana North Dakota Utah HUCKABEE Alabama Arkansas Georgia Tennessee West Virginia DEMOCRATS CLINTON Arizona Arkansas California Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oklahoma Tennessee OBAMA Alabama Alaska Connecticut Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Kansas Minnesota Missouri North Dakota Utah

McCain, Hillary get California..

Democratic race for delegates a dead heat..

All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Too close to call in California at midnight..

ONLY MINUTES TO GO: AMERICA READY TO SEE HOW CALIFORNIA VOTED

MINNESOTA AND IDAHO FOR OBAMA

Presidential-type moment . .during her .. victory? speech moments ago, Hillary Clinton mentioned that we need to pray for the lives lost today during horrid tornados and severe weather in Arkansas and Tennessee..

Trying that above the fray thing.

Trouble was the timing.. The revved up crowd a little confused whether to applaud, but instead just raised their HILLARY signs so she wasn't able to be seen...

Huckabee's speech sounded like he won ..
Romney speaking now. Tremendously large bags under his eyes show the campaign has worn him down .. But he is speaking that he will go on.

Sleep or no sleep.

And as a tired Romney spoke, Huckabee got Georgia called in his favor..

MAJOR FLASH: CONNECTICUT GOES FOR OBAMA!

THE MAVERICK STACKS UP STATES
THE LIKELY REPUBLICAN, A 20TH CENTURY BOY

NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE FOR HILLARY .. OBAMA TAKES THE CAUCUS..

BIG WINS FOR MCCAIN TONIGHT--- IN STATE HE WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IN NOVEMBER

10 PM CALLS:

UTAH MORMOM COUNTRY: ROMNEY..

OBAMA ROCKS CAUCUS IN NORTH DAKOTA..
UTAH GOES FOR OBAMA

CLINTON: JERSEY GIRL

CLINTON GETS NEW YORK
OBAMA GETS DELAWARE

COMING WITHIN MINUTES

9 pm ET: Kansas (Dems only), Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico (Dems only), New York LATER TONIGHT: 10 pm ET: Idaho (Dems only), Montana (GOP only), North Dakota, Utah 11 pm ET: California 1:30 am ET: Alaska You'll have to stay awake yourself to watch Alaska.. Most will be asleep..

FLASH AT 8:55: HILLARY CLINTON TAKES MASSACHUSETTS.. Shot at Senator Kennedy?

GOOD SOURCES

FROM CNN:DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN VOTE TOTALS BY STATE AND LIVE DELEGATE COUNT

DRUDGE REPORT

NEWS WIRE..

NATIONAL REVIEW

The Sunday morning sidewalk

Random rakings..From around the world.

Virginia Beach police seize Abercrombie & Fitch ads.. Ad image..

China warns that the worst is not over in weather story..

Concern mounts over rising troop suicides..

Bishop in Philippines bans 'healing priest'..

Keep her calm! Claim: Woman has amazing powers that causes lights to flicker when she is stressed..

Grandmother forced to pay before getting into ambulance..

Labels: Random rakings

Maybe second best video of the week

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

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Game Day

Labels: Sports

WHAT IF I'M WRONG?

I have been before. I made a few primary predictions that never came true. And I thought Ron Paul would catch on a little more than he did..

I made a prediction in a previous post that I think John McCain and Hillary Clinton will face each other this fall .. boring America while they do.

But what if..

A new poll from California shows Mitt Rommney is actually ahead of John McCain and Barack Obama leads Hillary there. Obama is also tied with Hillary in Missouri and New Jersey.

I am standing with my prediction of McCain/Hillary .. but I would not be surprised if I was wrong.

I actually hope I am. I don't think I could hack 9 months of hearing McCain/Clinton back and forths.. I think I would be like most of the country and lose interest quickly.

And if it's Hillary vs McCain, forget about those 20 somethings voting. Excitement will be lost quickly.

Labels: Campaign 2008

Random rakings: The politicial version

A brief detour from the Sunday morning sidewalk for some other issues with the campaign and presidential election ..

Links of interest:

Stars come out for Barack Obama music video.. Watch the video here, "Yes We Can!"

Clinton/Obama in close race..

MTV debate wrap up: My personal thoughts .. Mike Huckabee tried to them kids what he thought they wanted to hear.. Ron Paul told them pretty much everything they didn't want to hear.. Obama told them a lot of what they wanted to hear.. And finally, a late Hillary Clinton really wasn't heard.. Here's the MTV report ..

Mitt Romney wins Maine caucus, followed by John McCain and Ron Paul..

Ron Paul sets hopes on Alaska primary..

Obama raises $32 mil in one month!

A well-scriped Kodak moment..

Labels: Campaign 2008

Perhaps Pat Buchanan said it best today:

"If you've got a Hillary and McCain race, you've got a third option: That's the pistol on the bed table"

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COULDN'T AGREE MORE! And I bet a lot of America agrees, too..

But as I sadly lamented in a previous post today, the numbers as they are today are favoring a race of McCain vs Hillary.. There is still time for movement on the D side, R side is stagnant, no matter what Ann Coulter says.

Obama.. Prove me wrong.. Yes we can.

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Also today, FOS site (friend of the SCHMUCKRAKER site) Purpleminded.com, explains why he is going to vote for Barack Obama ..

Labels: Campaign 2008

STATE BY STATE.. BY STATE BY STATE

Tuesday is practically a national primary .. the unbelievable amount of states voting on one day is amazing. A national contest which can make or break Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee on the Republican side, and either elevate or cause a descent in the Obama or Clinton camps respectively..

Electoral-Vote.com providing some of the best coverage of polling data from state to state..

Among the numbers

In New York, it's Clinton 54% Obama 38%.

Almost the same in New Jersey, Clinton 51% Obama 39%..

In the South:

Tennessee: Clinton 59% Obama 26%..

Georgia: Clinton 36% Obama 52%.. Georgia will most likely be a victory for Obama..

Tied up in Alabama: Clinton and Obama both with 47% in latest polling..Some other polls in the state have Obama starting to lead Clinton

Clinton's home state of Arkansas.. Commanding lead over Obama, but no major polls have been conducted recently in the state..

Possibly a time to shine in Missouri: Obama down by four points to Clinton, 48%-44% in latest data.. could be a big win..

Illinois: The home state of Obama.. He still leads, but it's narrow.. 51% to Clinton's 40%..

Minnesota: Another nail biter, Electoral-Vote puts Clinton 40% and Obama 33% but, but some other polls have showed tighter numbers.. Most likely still going to Clinton..

North Dakota votes.. but you would never know it. No polls of substance have been released. It's a caucus..

Not in Kansas anymore: Obama edging up .. Clinton 27% Obama 22%..

Where the wind blows down the praire: Oklahoma seeing a huge Clinton surge.. 44% to Obama's 19%..

New Mexico: Haven't seen too many polls from state.. perhaps being hidden in Area 51..

Colorado: Obama leading 34% to Clinton 32%..

Utah: Not too many concerns there. No major polls of substance have been released..

Arizona: Clinton leading by 10 points over Obama, the key vote this Tuesday will be women, according to many pundits. Latest local news polls conducted in the state show a slipping Clinton, but the decider will most likely be gender..

Who da ho? Idaho: Clinton losing in latest number by 2 points.. 33% Obama 31% Clinton. A close race getting closer.. Clinton once had a commanding lead there..

Alaska: It's still a state. And there aren't many polls to report.. Pollsters frozen over up North..

And finally, the big one: California: Latest numbers show a close race. CLinton 43% Obama 40%..

On the Democratic Side, there aren't winner take all states like there are on the Republican side. The delegates will get divied up.. California could get tricky..

In latest polls, McCain leads in the following states for Super Tuesday:
All of the Northeast states voting Tuesday..
West Virginia Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Arizona, and California..

Tuesday could be major for McCain. He may wrap up the Republican nomination in one night..

States voting this coming Tuedsay:

On the GOP side: Alabama Primary 48 Republican delegates Alaska Caucus 29 Republican delegates Arizona Primary 53 Republican delegates Arkansas Primary 34 Republican delegates California Primary 173 Republican delegates Colorado Caucus 46 Republican delegates Connecticut Primary 30 Republican delegates Delaware Primary 18Republican delegates Georgia Primary 72 Republican delegates Illinois Primary 70 Republican delegates Massachusetts Primary 43 Republican delegates Minnesota Caucus 41 Republican delegates Missouri Primary 58Republican delegates Montana Caucus 25 Republican delegates New Jersey Primary 52 Republican delegates New York Primary 101 Republican delegates North Dakota Caucus 26 Republican delegates Oklahoma Primary 41 Republican delegates Tennessee Primary 55 Republican delegates Utah Primary 36 Republican delegates West Virginia Caucus 30 Republican delegates ON THE DEM SIDE:
Alabama Primary 60 Democratic delegates Alaska Caucus 18 Democratic delegates Arizona Primary 67 Democratic delegates Arkansas Primary 47 Democratic delegates California Primary 441 Democratic delegates Colorado Caucus 71Democratic delegates Connecticut Primary 60 Democratic delegates Delaware Primary 23 Democratic delegates Georgia Primary 103 Democratic delegates Idaho Caucus 23 Democratic delegates Illinois Primary 185 Democratic delegates Kansas Caucus 41 Democratic delegates Massachusetts Primary 121 Democratic delegates Minnesota Caucus 88 Democratic delegates Missouri Primary 88 Democratic delegates New Jersey Primary 127 Democratic delegates New Mexico Caucus 38 Democratic delegates New York Primary 281 Democratic delegates North Dakota Caucus 21 Democratic delegates Oklahoma Primary 47 Democratic delegates Tennessee Primary 85 Democratic delegates Utah Primary 29 Democratic delegates Democrats Abroad Primary 11 Democratic delegates * * * *

The final result from Tuesday may be super for two people: McCain and Clinton .. Obama's finding out that the short schedule favors Clinton. His momemtum is not catching up to her yet..

Romney may win big in .. Utah. Huckabee may cut into Romney enough though in several states to give the old 20th century boy from a few wars ago the Republican nomination..

And then.. America, faced with Clinton vs McCain will lose their excitement that Obama has generated. .the race will become dull.. And the chances of America having a good choice in November vanquished as Clinton's plan for early voting and her coronation in the Democratic primary comes complete.

Nominee predictions:
AP PHOTO

Clinton vs McCain

Labels: Campaign 2008

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