There is a widespread feeling that the Iraq war will probably be a campaign issue in the general election. It has waxed and waned as an issue among Democrats. Stratfor, a private intelligence agency, just published a look back on the five years of the Iraq war. While it takes a few minutes to do, [...]

It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Obama Girl, you’ve been flattered. The Trail, a Washington Post political blog, brings to our attention The McCain Girls. They perform a “musical” number called “It’s Raining McCain.” Is it serious? Or is it a spoof? I must warn you, as The Trail warned me, [...]

The Swamp, the Chicago Trib’s Washington Blog, shows a nice graph of the Gallup Daily polling results for the Dems. It’s Obama 47%, Hillary 46%. Clinton did gain some ground during the Rev. Wright hoo-hah, but Obama seems to have recovered from it. McCain holds a slight edge over both Democratic candidates (not shown.)

Clinton’s “ready on day one” line is crucial to her ideas for reform with the housing crisis and the larger, rippling crisis into credit. Her reasons to believe there is a legitimate concern in the market now that could spread globally are valid and very well supported. She appears prepared with a comprehensive and concrete [...]

Bill Richardson has endorsed Barack Obama. This is big. We think he is trying to unite the party. In his view the nomination has been decided. There is no story Clinton can tell to convince superdelegates to reverse that mathematical fact, in his view. “My great affection and admiration for Hillary Clinton and President Bill [...]

The Democratic contest continues to present twists and turns, with the race going down to the wire. The most recent challenge for Sen. Obama came with attention to his chosen church and the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. News stations carried clips of sermons. Obama distanced himself from the most controversial statements, but critics emphasized [...]

Barack Obama supports the Chris Dodd plan detailed here for resolving the housing crisis. The Hillary Clinton campaign puts his suggested reforms far right, moreso than Bush, on the political spectrum. But although a conservative solution may be safest for the market, the Clinton camp goes on to suggest that Obama doea not grasp the [...]

Interesting piece on the Swamp, a ChicagoTribune-Washington Bureau political blog, on the reactions of a focus group to Obama’s speech. Click on the article title to take a look. See the tracking for African-Americans, Independents, Republicans and Democrats.

Have you ever wondered which politicians are endorsing which candidate? Well wonder no longer, the New York Times has created an interactive tool with all the candidates and some of their most famous endorsements. Even if you could care less, it’s still interesting just to play around with. ~Invest this!

Presidential candidates were invited by the Society of Irish Women in Scranton, PA to speak at its annual dinner. Obama accepted and ended his St. Patrick’s Day as the guest speaker. Ms. Evie McNulty, founder of the society and who issued the invitation to Obama, declined to photographed with him. She’s a Clinton supporter. Didn’t [...]