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That's Hillary snuggling up to Richard Mellon Scaife yesterday. You remember him. The super-rich leader of the vast right-wing conspiracy that Hillary complained about. He funded the Arkansas Project, which was set up to destroy Bill Clinton. You've heard of Paula Jones, Vince Foster's "murder" (as the far-right calls it), Troopergate, and Whitewater? Mellon Scaife is responsible for it all.
Because when Hillary herself first invoked the "vast right-wing conspiracy" back in the 1990s, she was pretty much talking about Scaife himself — a billionaire who, for more than 20 years, has funded a vast array of right-wing causes, including the "Arkansas Project," a series of investigations designed to damage Bill Clinton's presidency with its focus on Whitewater, Troopergate and the suicide of Vincent Foster.
Denver's host committee fell $5 million short of its goal to raise $28 million by March 17. Committee officials declined to comment, but said in a written statement that they had commitments for $28 million.
Ron Harper Jr., the San Diego-based developer of the largest downtown residential project, which is estimated to cost $100 million, said, "Lenders may not be looking at condos, but the market is still there."
McDonald also reported $19,500 worth of in-kind services from Sharp Creative, a marketing company in Pittsburgh. Wimer said company officials are friends of McDonald's who are looking to build their political clientele.
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COLUMBUS, Miss -- Sen. Barack Obama delivered an animated rebuke today of suggestions from the Clintons in recent days that he could run as her vice president.
“Now first of all with all due respect, with all due respect," he said here during a town hall meeting. "I won twice as many states as Sen. Clinton. I won more of the popular vote than Sen. Clinton. I have more delegates than Sen. Clinton. So I don’t’ know how someone in second place can offer the vice presidency to someone in first place. If I was in second place I could understand but I am in first place right now.
He referenced comments from Bill Clinton in 1992 that his “most important criteria” for vice president was that person must be ready to be commander in chief.
“They have been spending the last two or three weeks” arguing that he is not ready to be commander in chief, Obama said.
“I don’t understand. If I am not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president?” Obama asked the crowd, which gave him a standing ovation during his defense. “I don’t understand.”
“You can’t say he is not ready on day one, then you want him to be your vice president,” Obama continued. “I just want everybody to absolutely clear: I am not running for vice president. I am running to be president of the United States of America.”
Obama was responding to comments from Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson on a conference call earlier today, in which he suggested that Obama could pass the "threshold" and become commander in chief material this summer.
"Senator Clinton will not choose any candidate who has not at the time of choosing passed the national security threshold. But we have a long way to go until Denver, and it's not something she's prepared to rule out at this point," he said.
RUSSERT: Do you think that Barack Obama would be acceptable as vice president?
RENDELL: Acceptable? I think it would be a dream to Democrats all over this country. Personally, for me, it would be a great ticket. I mean, I'm going to fight hard for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, whoever the candidate is. But put them together and I think it would give America a rare opportunity to experience something just incredibly wonderful.
RUSSERT: So, if you believe he's acceptable as vice president, one heartbeat away from the presidency, you believe that Barack Obama is qualified to be commander in chief.
RENDELL: I think he's qualified. I don't think he's as good a potential commander in chief right now as Hillary Clinton is. But I certainly think he's qualified. And I will work my heart out for him if he's our nominee.
RUSSERT: That seems to be in conflict with some things that you have said and what Hillary Clinton has said. On Wednesday you sent out a statement from the Clinton campaign that says, "We want a president who's ready, not one we hope will one day be ready," suggesting Barack Obama is not ready. Hillary Clinton said this on Monday.
RUSSERT: So, Governor Rendell, if Barack Obama's qualified to be vice president, he has crossed the commander in chief threshold. Correct?
RENDELL: Well, I, I think he's ready. He's not nearly as ready as Hillary Clinton is, there's no question about that. But, look, make no mistake about it, he's a talented, dynamic politician and, and a, and a good senator, and I think he would make a fine president. Again, is he as experienced and as ready as Hillary Clinton? Nobody is. Tim, I've been talking to Democratic candidates since 1980, and Hillary Clinton is the best-prepared candidate I've ever talked to. Far better prepared than Bill Clinton was in 1992.
RUSSERT: But if, in fact, there's a possibility Obama may be the Democratic nominee, would it be better, in the interest of the Democratic Party, that the Clintons not suggest that he hasn't passed the threshold to be commander in chief?
RENDELL: Well, sure. Look, there, there's rhetoric in a campaign on all, on all sides, and I, I think the, the issue should be framed as ready compared to Hillary Clinton. And, and that's the way I would frame the issue going forward. To me, there's no contest. I don't think--it's not Barack Obama's fault. I think almost any of the other candidates would have fallen into the same category, ready but not as ready as Hillary Clinton.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is hinting to supporters that he is ending his long-shot campaign for the presidency.
The Texas Republican congressman addressed supporters in a 7 1/2-minute video on his campaign website Thursday night and did not specifically say he was quitting the race.
Republican frontrunner John McCain already has enough delegates to clinch the party's nomination, and other contenders have dropped out.
Paul said that although victory in the conventional political sense is not available in the presidential race, many victories have been achieved due to the hard work and enthusiasm of his supporters.
He said that he hoped that one day he and his supporters could look back and say his campaign was a significant first step that signaled a change in direction for the country.
McDonald's "Cheap Shot"
A Lancaster New Era editorial today took state Senate candidate Steve McDonald to task for his negative campaign tactics thus far.
In response to recent attacks made by McDonald and his campaign against Lloyd Smucker, the New Era said:
"To charge that any of these officials support illegal gun bans or are "confused" by the Constitution, as McDonald has done, makes clear the weapon he is most adept at using -- the cheap shot."
The editorial went on to decry McDonald's campaign tactics by saying...
"As for the senatorial campaign, we hope that McDonald stops his pattern of campaign misrepresentations. It was bad enough that he claimed to have cut the Recorder of Deeds office costs in half, when in fact those costs were rising. Now to portray his opponents as gun-ban supporters, when they are not, is equally disappointing."
"The only technical equipment necessary for the submitter of the document is a scanner," McDonald continued. "In fact the system is not, from a process standpoint, anything different from what you're doing now — it just allows you to do it better."
WHAT EQUIPMENT DO I NEED TO START ERECORDING WITH SIMPLIFILE?
As long as you have a PC with high-speed Internet access and a scanner, you have all the essential equipment to begin eRecording. Click on the appropriate link for detailed equipments specifications for submitters and receivers (counties).
