Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Clinton’s Project T-Shirt – Now?

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

I just received an email inviting me to vote on my favorite Hillary Clinton t-shirt, and wondered… what is her point, exactly? The finalists are here. Isn’t it a little…

4-8-92: Bill Clinton is the Democratic Nominee

By Karoli May 26, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Not June, no. APRIL. NattheDem also points out that Bill Clinton agrees with the April 8th date in his memoirs.

Hillary Clinton Squanders VP Possibility – Or Not?

By Karoli May 23, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

In March, I was appalled by this remark: TIME: Can you envision a point at which–if the race stays this close–Democratic Party elders would step in and say, “This is…

“If Appalachia was a country, Hillary Clinton could be President”

By Karoli May 21, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Courtesy of Ron Reagan and Balloon Juice The divine Rachel Maddow retorts: “Yeah, but she’d lose to McCain.” The outrage expressed over at Balloon Juice is similar to my own.…

Where the Clinton campaign tears a page out of Richard Nixon’s playbook

By Karoli May 13, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

In 1950, Richard Nixon ruined Helen Gahagan Douglas, a passionate progressive California Congresswoman who was running for the Senate. Douglas, originally an up-and-coming Hollywood star, turned to politics after spending…