Iraq, Energy, Global Warming: All Interlinked

Withdrawing From Iraq

The idea is not to withdraw from Iraq and let that new state collapse. The idea is to withdraw in a way that every inch of military withdrawal is replaced by two inches of fervent political activity.

Obama Gameplan: Stable, Democratic Iraq

If withdrawal leads to some kind of a breakdown, that means going right back in, not abandoning. But I don't think there will be a breakdown. The US military leaving will mean the Al Qaeda's number one gripe will have disappeared. They will have lost wind.

Iraq will do just fine. Iraq will do better once the US military has left.

Energy Solution: Go Nuclear

Before the steam engine, we had wind energy: we called them sails. Steam became diesel. And now there is talk to go back to wind. Makes no sense. There is no going back, there is only going forward.

All countries on earth deserve to grow their economies. Imagine a 7% growth rate per year for every country on earth, especially the poor countries. And do the math on how much energy consumption that will mean. You very quickly realize the only option is nuclear.

The Energy Solution: Nuclear Energy

The Apollo project is not to set up wind farms across the country so that we can no longer see the sun during the day. The Apollo project is to speed up research so as to find ways to make good with the waste generated from the nuclear energy plants.

Global Warming Is Also Energy Solution

No one country can tackle global warming. That also happens to be true of the energy crisis. There is a need for a global effort, a global collaboration, global ground rules.

For example, you can not have 10,000 nuclear weapons, and keep doing research to build new ones and then go around the world telling others they may not have it. That is nuclear apartheid. The long term goal has to be total disarmament. Only within that clear commitment to that long term goal can the short term goal of nonproliferation be achieved.

The International Atomic Agency will have to be given much more teeth. All nuclear energy plants all over the world will have to come under the strict regime of that agency. The strictest safety regulations must be designed and enforced. And then peaceful use of nuclear energy must be encouraged across the world.

Economic growth is a legitimate goal of any sovereign country. Energy needs will dramatically rise over the next few decades as they should. And they have to be met with nuclear energy.

JFK, Obama Parallels: Catholic, Black

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Al Qaeda Strikes Back Foreign Affairs Decisively defeating al Qaeda will be more difficult now than it would have been a few years ago. ...... it will only be a matter of time before al Qaeda strikes the U.S. homeland again. ...... up to 60,000 Pakistani volunteers had served in the Taliban militia before 9/11, alongside dozens of active-duty Pakistani army advisers and even small Pakistani army commando units ......... For the next two years, al Qaeda focused on surviving -- and, with the Taliban, on building a new base of operations around Quetta, in the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. ....... Iraq, where it had little or no presence before 9/11. ....... al Qaeda in Iraq has continued to orchestrate massacres against Shiites in Baghdad. ...... suicide bombings and the use of improvised explosive devices, became commonplace in Afghanistan. Taliban attacks rose from 1,632 in 2005 to 5,388 in 2006, according to the U.S. military, and suicide operations grew from 27 in 2005 to 139 in 2006. ....... Al Qaeda has also developed closer ties to Kashmiri terrorist groups, such as and Lashkar-e-TaibaJaish-e-Muhammad. ....... the hijacking of an Indian airliner by Kashmiri terrorists -- an operation .... since correctly described as the "dress rehearsal" for 9/11. ....... the spectacular multiple bombings that rocked Mumbai last July had the marks of al Qaeda's modus operandi ........ beyond Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq ..... al Qaeda records most of its operations and transmits the gruesome coverage to jihadi Web sites all over the world ........ promising to bankrupt Washington in Afghanistan and Iraq ..... some 4,500 overtly jihadi Web sites ..... the growing breadth of its ambitions and its increasing reach throughout the Middle East ....... Muriel Degauque, a Belgian woman and a convert to Islam, who blew herself up in a car-bomb attack against a U.S. convoy in Iraq in November 2005 ...... Pakistan received 400,000 visits from British residents in 2004 ...... the United Kingdom has become a focal point of al Qaeda's activities in the West. ...... some 200 networks of Muslims of South Asian descent were being monitored in the United Kingdom ....... terrorist plots in the United Kingdom "often have links back to al Qaeda in Pakistan ....... Since 2001, these foot soldiers are suspected of having plotted 30 or so attacks on targets in the United Kingdom or aircraft leaving for the United States. ....... independent, copycat operation ..... Al Qaeda's growing connections to Europe have made the United States more vulnerable ....... the plot last August to destroy ten commercial airliners en route from the United Kingdom to the United States ...... cultivating stronger operational connections and relationships that radiate outward from their leaders' secure hideout in Pakistan to affiliates throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe .... expanding reach in Europe. Its leadership is intact. .... al Qaeda is well placed to threaten global security in the near future. .. thrives on failed and failing states ...... The Jihad Movement in Bangladesh was one of the original signatories of bin Laden's 1998 declaration of war on the West. ...... Somalia has been a failed state for almost two decades ..... In Algeria, meanwhile, al Qaeda is trying to revive the civil war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. The Algerian Islamist movement the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, known by its French initials GSPC, swore allegiance to bin Laden last year, and he ordered that the group be renamed al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. It has since attacked oil targets and police stations, hoping that a spectacular series of assaults, especially on Western targets, could reignite the civil war. ......... he was eagerly looking forward to an American nuclear attack on Iran. ..... Al Qaeda would especially like a full-scale U.S. invasion and occupation of Iran, which would presumably oust the Shiite regime in Tehran, further antagonize Muslims worldwide, and expand al Qaeda's battlefield against the United States so that it extends from Anbar Province in the west to the Khyber Pass in the east. It understands that the U.S. military is already too overstretched to invade Iran, but it expects Washington to use nuclear weapons. ......... al Qaeda will deliberately provoke a war with a "false-flag" operation ...... it should not consider a military operation against Iran, as doing so would only strengthen al Qaeda's hand -- much as the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq have. ........ The organization is more diffuse, and its components operate more independently. Bin Laden continues to influence its direction and provide general guidance and, on occasion, specific instructions. But overall the movement is more loosely structured, which leaves more room for independent and copycat terrorist operations. .......... target al Qaeda's leaders ...... NATO should reach out to India as well: New Delhi has already provided half a billion dollars in aid for Afghanistan, and, having long been a target of Islamist terrorism, India has a national interest in defeating it. ...... Since 2001, the international community has delivered far less aid per capita to Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries, than it has to recovering states such as Bosnia. ....... Musharraf .. his government has tolerated those who harbor bin Laden and his lieutenants, Taliban fighters and their Afghan fellow travelers, and Kashmiri terrorists. .... Many senior Pakistani politicians say privately that they believe Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) still has extensive links to bin Laden; some even claim it harbors him. ...... a systematic crackdown on all terrorists -- Arab, Afghan, and Kashmiri -- is critical ....... Pakistan should no longer be rewarded for its selective counterterrorism efforts. (Washington has already given it some $10 billion in aid since 9/11.) ....... If it makes sense to bring democracy to Afghanistan, then surely it makes sense to bring it to Pakistan. The prevailing theory that strongmen such as Musharraf make for better counterterrorism partners is a canard; Musharraf, for one, has not delivered the goods. ...... disengage from the civil war in Iraq, with a complete, orderly, and phased troop withdrawal ..... Al Qaeda's own propaganda indicates that it fears the Shiites' wrath after the United States' departure ......... the war of ideas. Washington must learn to develop more compelling narratives for its actions. ...... bring peace to Palestine and Kashmir ...... The president of the United States must get personally involved in brokering peace in both instances. ........ a failure to adjust U.S. strategy would increase the risk that al Qaeda will launch another "raid" on the United States, this time perhaps with a weapon of mass destruction. ....... According to Saudi officials, these public messages came with secret orders from bin Laden instructing cells to attack soft targets in Saudi Arabia. ....... The al Qaeda apparatus in the kingdom, which had been quiescent, exploded into action between 2003 and 2006 -- triggering the most serious and sustained domestic violence since the creation of modern Saudi Arabia in the early twentieth century. ........ The backbone of the al Qaeda movement in the kingdom was apparently broken. ..... (Zarqawi took credit for the plot but claimed that the Jordanian authorities fabricated the presence of chemical weapons; as he put it, if his group possessed such a device, "we would not hesitate one second to use it on Israeli cities.") ..... al Qaeda is still too weak to overthrow established governments equipped with effective security services; it needs failed states to thrive.

Republican White House Hopefuls Distance Themselves From Bush FOX News
Rudy Giuliani Plans to Skip Important Republican Iowa Straw Poll LifeNews.com
Just One-Third of US Adults Would Vote for Barack Obama if He was ... PR Newswire (press release)
Obama on 'quiet riot' among black poor Chicago Tribune a "quiet riot" of despair simmering in impoverished black neighborhoods across the country ...... one of the oldest and largest annual gatherings of African-American ministers. ...... an ominous portrait of hopelessness pervading many inner-city neighborhoods and its potential to erupt into uncontrolled violence ..... pockets of endemic poverty. ..... the street corners of ghettos around the country as gathering places for "young men and women without hope, without miracles and without a sense of destiny other than life on the edge -- the edge of the law, the edge of the economy, the edge of family structures and communities." ...... violence is "inexcusable and self-defeating." ....... many of the same frustrations continue to build in black America, stoked by poor schools, bad housing, and inadequate job opportunities. ...... when a sense of disconnect settles in and hope dissipates. Despair takes hold and young people ... believe that things are never going to get any better ...... an expansion of programs for visiting nurses to teach parenting skills to new and expectant low-income mothers, jobs programs for disadvantaged youths, more support for ex-offenders in finding employment after prison and better public transportation for residents of low-income areas.
Is US Safer Since 9/11? Clinton and Rivals Spar New York Times Mrs. Clinton also thought the war in Iraq had been a distraction from the fight against terrorism ..... three-quarters believed that the United States was losing the war on terror. ...... “It was an important distinction that emerged at the debate. Senator Obama has often made the point that as a result of the war in Iraq, the threat of terrorism has increased.”
Brazil, India Aim To Boost Trade Fourfold By 2010 Forbes
US agents thwart planned Laos coup plot Christian Science Monitor
India, Brazil blame developed countries for climate change Gulf Times
‘The century of opportunity for India and Brazil’ Financial Express
Bush Says Russia Won't Attack Europe Forbes
Gorbachev to US: Let's not repeat the Cold War CNN International
Blair promises to tackle Putin at G8 summit Times Online
Strong Cyclone Heading for Southern Iran New York Times
'Deranged' man tries to grab hold of Pope Benedict's vehicle International Herald Tribune
China: Looming Beijing Olympics Cause Strains In Host Country RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
US Navy fires on Somalia pirates NEWS.com.au
Google, Salesforce Deepen Ties MSNBC citing its ultrafast development and simple design as paragons of Internet software ...... Salesforce's success--the company expects to grow 45% this year to at least $722 million in revenues--it isn't mature enough to absorb substantial acquisitions itself. ....... strengthen each company's hand as they prepare to battle Microsoft (MSFT), which is developing online versions of its sales management and other software ...... The companies have combined Salesforce.com with Google Maps to help sales staff find meetings. ....... Google's OneBox appliance server lets companies search data inside Salesforce's program. ...... Salesforce sells Google's Docs & Spreadsheets software through its AppExchange online store. ....... "We have a goal to make every Salesforce user an AdWords entrepreneur." ...... "Google's entry into the business software market could radically alter the competitive environment and make growth very difficult for incumbents like Microsoft" ...... a glut of venture capital-backed on-demand software companies, and the buyout wave sweeping the business software market could soon extend to them ...... Innovation Advisors, a technology-focused investment bank ....... Workday, the on-demand HR software startup founded by PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, which has raised $35 million in funding from Duffield and Greylock Partners ...... Salesforce earned $730,000 on $162.4 million in revenue and added 2,500 customers
Amitabh Bachchan challenges decision to quash transfer of land Apun Ka Choice
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Dell Sets Goal Of Becoming Greenest Technology Company Media Newswire (press release)
Harvard, MIT scientists report embryonic stem cell advances Boston Globe
Paris Hilton Reports to the Big House New York Times Paris Hilton, the hotel heiress everyone loves to hate and obsessively follow ....... separated from the general population but possibly sharing a cell with one other person ....... She’ll be allowed to leave the 12-by-8 foot room for at least an hour a day to shower, watch TV, take a stroll in the yard or make phone calls.

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New poll shows Obama in a tie with Clinton among Democrats International Herald Tribune Obama had 30 percent, Clinton 29 percent
Clinton, Obama virtually tied in new poll MSNBC Obama "bests Clinton by a single percentage point, 30%-29%, if the contest includes former vice president Al Gore. Clinton bests Obama by a single point, 37%-36%, if it doesn't include Gore." ....... Among Democrats alone, Clinton leads Obama by 5 points, 34%-29%. That's a significant narrowing from the USA TODAY Poll taken in mid-May, when she led by 17 points. Among independents, Obama leads by 9 points, 31%-22%."

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New poll shows Obama in a tie with Clinton among Democrats International Herald Tribune Obama had 30 percent, Clinton 29 percent .... An ABC News-Washington Post survey released two days earlier showed Clinton leading Obama by a dozen points .... Obama's support in the USA Today/Gallup poll was not significantly different from that survey's results in May, when it found Clinton had a nine-point advantage. Clinton's support dropped 6 percentage points since then.
Poll shows Clinton, Obama tied ImediNews, Georgia
New poll shows Obama in a tie with Clinton among Democrats PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
USA Today/Gallup Poll: Obama Tied With Hillary NewsMax.com, FL
Clinton, Obama virtually tied in new poll MSNBC
Obama now virtually tied with Clinton, poll shows USA Today
Hillary and Obama tied! Politics on the Hudson, NY

Poll shows Clinton, Obama tied Earthtimes.org
Clinton, Obama virtually tied in new poll MSNBC Obama "bests Clinton by a single percentage point, 30%-29%, if the contest includes former vice president Al Gore. Clinton bests Obama by a single point, 37%-36%, if it doesn't include Gore." ....... Among Democrats alone, Clinton leads Obama by 5 points, 34%-29%. That's a significant narrowing from the USA TODAY Poll taken in mid-May, when she led by 17 points. Among independents, Obama leads by 9 points, 31%-22%."
Obama is tied with Clinton in new Gallup Poll Deseret News
White women may prove Clinton swing bloc Politico Support from women is propelling Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) ahead of her Democratic challengers ..... Clinton holds a lead even among minority women of more than 25 percentage points ...... But Clinton's standing among female voters within the wider electorate so far does not suggest that women would give her an advantage over a Republican in the general election. ...... surveys consistently have shown as her unpopularity among men ...... The Clinton campaign said it would give special attention to white married working women, a group Democratic strategists have treated as the pivotal voting bloc in recent elections. "They are a challenge for any Democrat," says Ann Lewis, who heads Clinton's outreach to women. ....... early indications are that, like Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Al Gore before her, Clinton has not made significant inroads with white women, despite her celebrity and the historic nature of her campaign. White women have not favored a Democrat since 1996. ......... Both Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani poll ahead of Clinton in a head-to-head race among white women, as well as with the electorate overall ....... the primary contest, where the New York senator currently splits men and maintains a strong lead among women ....... support tied to gender is likely to remain more constant than malleable perceptions like electability and character ..... the gender gap in Clinton's favor in the Democratic contest crosses racial lines, despite Obama's African-American status ....... the problem for Senator Obama: He's not well-known. ..... Clinton also leads Obama by more than 10 percent among white Democratic women ...... Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina .... Clinton's popularity with liberal-leaning women remains large ...... Women make up 55 percent to 60 percent of likely Democratic primary voters. ....... Clinton's strongest female support comes from those 18 to 34 as well as women over 70 ....... Clinton polls stronger with single women than with married women. ..... women without four-year college degrees are more likely to support Clinton than are those with college degrees ...... in every subgroup.. Clinton leads the Democratic field in female support. ....... Clinton's gender appears to be an asset only in the primaries ..... Giuliani defeats Clinton among white women, 51 percent to 38 percent. ...... Clinton wins less than a third of white men against both McCain and Giuliani
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Edwards, Clinton and Obama Describe Journeys of Faith New York Times her husband’s infidelity, “I’m not sure I would have gotten through it without my faith.” ....... The event was organized by a liberal evangelical group, Sojourners, and televised by CNN. ...... “I’ve been through a faith journey in my life,” he said, adding that prayer “played a huge role in my survival” in those difficult moments. ...... Mrs. Clinton, who appeared comfortable chatting on stage with the CNN interviewer, Soledad O’Brien, and later roaming the stage while addressing the audience, drew the most rounds of applause. There were moments on stage that had an almost confessional quality for her. ...... Clinton said she took her faith “very seriously and very personally” but went on to say she came from a faith tradition, Methodism, that is “perhaps a little too suspicious of people who wear their faiths on their sleeves.” ........ She admitted that talking about her faith in public “doesn’t come naturally to me,” saying she often flashed back to “the Pharisees and all of the Sunday school lessons and readings I had as a child.” ....... “prayer warriors” who “sustained me through a very difficult time.” ...... “I am very grateful I had a grounding in faith that gave me the courage and the strength to do what I thought was right, regardless of what the world thought” ...... “Sometimes, I say, ‘Oh Lord, why can’t you help me lose weight.’ ” ...... He promised to build alliances across partisan lines to improve early childhood education, children’s nutrition, workers’ pay and efforts to put criminal offenders on a better path. ....... “The notion that we take away education programs in prisons, to be tough on crime, makes absolutely no sense,” Mr. Obama said. ...... Mara Vanderslice, director of religious outreach for the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004, said it would have been almost unimaginable for Democratic candidates to have participated in such an event in 2004. ..... Ms. Vanderslice recalled how difficult it was to nudge Mr. Kerry to talk about his Roman Catholic faith in a substantive way during the campaign.
Clinton, Edwards and Obama Discuss Their Faith at Forum Washington Post
What's new: Clinton says faith helped her cope USA Today
White women may prove Clinton swing bloc Politico
Why Hillary Clinton Was the Winner of the Democratic Debate Huffington Post I said that Hillary Clinton was the winner of the Democratic debate. ...... She came across as more comfortable in her own skin, and more natural and less programmed than in the past. And she exhibited an effortless charm that those close to her often rave about but that the public rarely sees. She even scored two of the biggest laughs of the night with her zinger about Dick Cheney's diplomatic skills, and her use of Barry Goldwater's "shoot straight" line about gays in the military. ......... her campaign's foremost objective: blurring the differences between her and her opponents on Iraq ...... He could have raised substantive points, undermining her claims without in any way tarnishing his "new kind of politics" patina. ...... she had voted against an amendment put forth by Carl Levin that would have required Bush to exhaust all diplomatic approaches before invading Iraq ......... why Clinton had voted to authorize the war without reading the full National Intelligence Estimate ...... let Clinton get away with making the astounding claim that "we are safer than we were" before 9/11 -- something that is simply not true ....... the fact that Bush's policies at home and abroad have left us less safe will certainly be a key line of attack for any Democratic campaign that hopes to succeed in 2008. ....... the over-hyped arrest of a near-indigent loner who dreamed of blowing up JFK ....... Iraq is Hillary's Achilles heel. ..... The point isn't just how Clinton voted in 2002, but how she is thinking in 2007. If she really believes that we are safer now than we were before Bush invaded Iraq, she is seriously misguided -- and is on the wrong side of the national security debate that will undoubtedly be at the heart of the 2008 election. ....... The Obama campaign issued a press release Monday afternoon, "America is not safer since 9/11." ..... Recent studies by the U.S. State Department and the Council on Global Terrorism confirm that the war in Iraq has accelerated the spread of terrorism and increased the threat of attacks. .... number 1 finding -- "Five Year Assessment: As of Now, West is in a Worsening Position in Struggle Against Radical Islam." The report issued a D+ for "Combating Islamic Extremist Terrorism," saying, "there is every sign that radicalization in the Muslim world is spreading rather than shrinking." ..... threats to the U.S. at home and abroad will become more diverse and that could lead to increasing attacks worldwide ...... a 29% increase in terrorism worldwide from 2005 to 2006(much of that gain took place in Iraq and Afghanistan). The new statistics record a rise in terrorist attacks on nonmilitary targets globally to 14,338 in 2006 from 11,153 in 2005, with an increase in deaths to 20,498 from 14,618. ...... al Qaeda has trained up to 60,000 jihadists in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda Strikes Back Foreign Affairs By rushing into Iraq instead of finishing off the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Washington has unwittingly helped its enemies: al Qaeda has more bases, more partners, and more followers today than it did on the eve of 9/11. Now the group is working to set up networks in the Middle East and Africa -- and may even try to lure the United States into a war with Iran. Washington must focus on attacking al Qaeda's leaders and ideas and altering the local conditions in which they thrive.

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Not Leading In The Polls Is Good News At This Point

• You have nowhere to go but up.
• Voters love the underdog.
  
• You paint Hillary as an insider, and yourself as a outsider in more ways than one.
  
• As the leader of the pack, her mistakes are more visible.
  
• She will not increase her lead.
  
• If her lead narrows, that will be news material.
• Team Hillary is going to become complacent. They don't have an opponent, who do they fight?
  
• Early lead means you flame out early. Remember Howard Dean?
  
• All the underdog candidates target the lead candidate while you sharpen your claws in the wings.
  
• You are more relaxed as you work hard, prepare hard. It is easier for you to keep working the fundamentals. A more intense media glare might have come in the way.
  

What Should Be The Strategy?

Assign one top staffer to follow Bill Clinton like a shadow. That guy will do a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g to get his wife elected. Barack Obama registered voters in Chicago for Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. It is possible Obama is in awe. And that is normal. Bill Clinton is as good as they come. But now he is an opponent.

Bill Clinton can't afford to hog the show. He knows that. But that guy can hit you when he is sound asleep. He has been cultivating his reflexes for so long.

In Selma, Bill Clinton arranged for Obama to share the dais with him when he was awarded a major civil rights prize. You might be black, but what have you done for blacks? I have.

On Larry King Live, Bill Clinton hit hard. He said "unlike some people who can't wait to get out of the US Senate." That was not a 30 second hit job. It was a five second hit job. And it worked wonders. It is like this Fox news spit where the news anchor is talking about Obama and showing a sex offender sign on the screen. That works especially for those who are not warm about Obama.

My first choice is Obama-Hillary. My second choice is Hillary-Obama.

You don't run for second place.

Obama evened out Hillary in the first quarter. But then he let his guard down. He slackened.

Hits Will Come, They Already Have

A new kind of politics is a good idea. You don't engage in the politics of personal destruction. But just because I might be having a good day does not mean the law of gravity has gone out the window.

When you get hit, do you become aware you got hit? Or do you go in denial? When you get hit, do you hit back? Rapid response does not have to be mean, but it can not be absent.

Hit: "Unlike some people who can't wait to get out of the US Senate."
Response: "I announced my candidacy in response to the calling I felt as I crisscrossed the country for the 2006 election. I felt this hunger for leadership among the people. Besides I am older than Bill Clinton was in 1992."

Hit: "I am not ceding any vote anywhere to anyone."
Response: An event to show you are wildly popular on Wall Street.

Money, Message, Organization

Keep working rapid response. But the competition is on substance. And that is good.

The June 9 cross country Walk For Change is a great idea and will give us a huge boost.

Camp Obama is another great idea. You train volunteers.

Obama raised more money than Hillary during the first quarter. That shows he is starting out on even ground. People love him. Race is not an issue. He is not biracial. His appeal is that he is postracial.

So if he does not keep raising more money than Hillary, it will be because he failed in the other two departments.

When you got hit, did you see you got hit? If you did not, voters are going to lose respect for you. When you got hit, did you hit back? If you did not, voters are going to lose respect for you. And this has been Obama's number one weakness post-first quarter. That is why he lost so much ground.

If you can't protect yourself, you will not be able to protect the American people. You might have Bill Clinton. But the American people have Al Qaeda. I don't blame the American people if they abandon you because you come across as a guy who will not fight his ground.

If you can't handle Bill Clinton as an opponent - and he is a nice, progressive guy squarely in our camp - how can you handle the Al Qaeda, an organization whose one point agenda is to inflict physical harm on America?

This is basic. A political campaign without a rapid response mechanism is something else, maybe it is an ice hockey team, but not a political campaign.

But it is not too late, not too late at all. We got time.

Money and organization work in the background. If they don't work well, message alone will not carry the day. But out front and center is the message.

Hillary will make you work hard, and that is the way it should be. She is smart, hardworking, practical, seasoned. You got to innovate.

There are some obvious Obama advantages.

Hillary's vote to launch the Iraq War, now that is the albatross around her neck.

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If she manages to turn her Iraq War vote into a nonissue, she wins. But she can not be allowed to do that. How can her vote that launched the war be a nonissue in an election where that war is front and center?

Hillary lost this election in 2002. It is a judgment issue. She lacks the wisdom, the judgment, the foresight.

The second big issue is health care. Hillary says she will deliver in eight years. You say four. You hammer that point. You say Hillary's health care plan sounds like a reelection campaign, and she has not even been elected yet. Why do you need eight? If you can't do it in four, chances are you can't do it in eight either. It is not about having more time. It is about having the guts, the skills, the gameplan.

In The News

Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix: Clinton Keeps Her Lead in New ... New York Times Clinton did more than hold her own in the face-off aired by CNN. She won. ...... the New York Democrat came across as the boss. Her opponents frequently paid their respects to Clinton and her husband .... In two of the most telling moments of the night, Clinton all but took control of the debate as moderator Wolf Blitzer entangled other candidates with hypothetical scenarios about pursuing terrorists. In both cases she interrupted the discussion to defend her foes on the grounds that such speculative questions were out of line, gaining the applause of the studio audience and admiring glances from the other hopefuls. At those moments you could see that until someone finds a way to change things, Clinton owns this nomination race.
Carl Bernstein Book: Hillary Clinton is 'Soulless' NewsMax.com her deep fears that she would be indicted in the scandals involving her Whitewater land deal in Arkansas or the missing billing records from the law firm where she worked. .... the book outlines a journey that took the former first lady from being a passionate advocate of deeply held causes to an insincere, soulless politician. ..... Bernstein sees Clinton as having lost much of the advocacy and genuineness that early in her career made her a passionate attorney and campaigner. Now, he says her tenure in the U.S. Senate has been "poll-driven, focus group-driven and devoid of controversy." ...... The book joins scads of books written about Clinton, from her own autobiography to hatchet jobs by political foes.
The missing candidate Boston Globe THE NEXT time the Democrats debate, they should pull out a chair for Bill Clinton. ..... When asked to give his "definition of rich," Senator Barack Obama of Illinois referenced tax policy "back to when Clinton was in office."
Why Americans don't like Hillary Clinton Town Hall, DC a sense of this woman that already turns so many off. Cold, ruthless, manipulative, dishonest. .... a hard core left winger dressed up as a moderate for public consumption. ..... Current law, Roe V. Wade, that permits abortion, is supported by barely more than half the country. Seventy percent of those polled say that partial birth abortion, the late-term destruction of the infant, should be illegal. ..... broken government systems that are failing Americans (our inner city public schools, our social security system, Medicare, Medicaid) .... When I stand in the security lines in the airport, I think about what it will be like in the health clinics in the era of Hillary Care.
The Reviews on Clinton Are In Campaigns & Elections (press release) She presented herself as a uniter within the party. She had a sense of humor. She was charming. She got a great laugh with her Goldwater line about shooting straight. I thought it was her best performance ....... it was Hillary Clinton’s night. I thought she won this debate ...... "I thought it was Hillary's best night as a public figure. Issue after issue, she was dominant." ..... “Senator Clinton went in as the frontrunner, coming out as the frontrunner…I thought she might have even made some points tonight.” ..... “Interesting how Clinton is handling some of these exchanges -- like she did with healthcare, she's welcoming the rest of the field to where she has been for some time. Makes her look, dare we say, presidential…I think Clinton is doing what she sought out to do -- riding slightly above the conversation on stage, and weighing in forcefully when necessary.” ....... Clinton came across natural, forceful, knowledgeable and kept her cool when put under the microscope

Greenspan: Book Has Surprises The former Fed chief hit BookExpo America to promote his forthcoming memoir, for which he reportedly nabbed an $8.5 million advance ....... Greenspan was the keynote speaker at BookExpo America, the book-publishing industry's annual trade show ..... Reflecting on his frequent bouts of Congressional testimony, Greenspan admitted to intentional obfuscation. ...... Richard Nixon, he said, suffered from "a split personality" that Greenspan found unsettling. Gerald Ford was, he said, "a marvelous man" who didn't really have the drive to be President. Ronald Reagan, he said, was "not a dunce" as many have suggested, but that he simply "did not get into complexities." And Greenspan told of a meeting with Bill Clinton that he found "absolutely fascinating," as they discussed a wide range of policy matters. ........ The key lesson of 9/11, said Greenspan, is that the U.S. economy is far more flexible and resilient that he'd ever imagined. .... admitted to writing much of his book in longhand while sitting in the bathtub ..... 640 pages long and describes it as a combination memoir and assessment of the global economy.
GE: Still Holding Women Back? He wants his businesses to help save the environment, he waxes eloquent about China and obscure markets in the Middle East, and he talks often about the necessity of diversity in the top ranks ....... claims she—and other executive-level women at GE—are systematically discriminated against. ..... Not only does the company underpay women in comparable jobs held by men, she says, but it promotes them at a slower rate ...... the challenges of tearing down an old-boy culture ...... The new chief executive of GE Infrastructure-Rail, John Dineen, would interrupt women in meetings, she charges, and simply talk over their heads. Junior male colleagues were invited to poker games with senior executives while she was left out. Women allegedly were not invited to a number of important meetings and didn't enjoy them when they were. "He tended to yell and curse," Schaefer told BusinessWeek on May 31. "He felt much more comfortable with men." ............ it's hard to believe that yelling and all-male poker games are accepted hallmarks of management at a company that these days prides itself on innovation and social responsibility ........ the idea that GE has absolute transparency with employees on where they stand and what their prospects are. ....... 14.5% of officers and 15% of the top 400 senior executives now women, vs. 9% and 10% in 2001
Dell's Road to Recovery an announcement that Dell would cut 10% of its workforce, sparked a 6% rally in the company's stock .... m
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Dawn of the Ultra-Mobile PC BusinessWeek GRiDPad, one of the first tablet computers; PalmPilot, the first hit personal digital assistant; and the Treo smartphone ....... his latest brainstorm: Foleo. ...... will sell for $499 after a rebate ...... a nearly full-size keyboard, a 10-inch display, and comes with a selection of applications including a word processor and spreadsheet ...... will be most useful when people also carry smartphones, like Treos or BlackBerrys ...... the electronics industry is determined to create a new category of mobile computing devices ...... products that are smaller than laptops yet larger than smartphones. ..... Laptop computers are more popular than ever, far outpacing the sales growth of desktops, with more than 81 million sold in 2006. ......... The smallest laptops, called subnotebooks, weigh as little as 2 lbs. .... demand is plummeting for PDAs because they can't make phone calls or run many desktop computing applications. ...... Are people really looking for a companion to their phone? Will hard-core business types choose a computer that runs the Linux open-source operating systems rather than Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows? "The yet-another-device philosophy doesn't carry, so to speak, and it's sure as hell not the future of mobile computing," sniffed blogger Ryan Block on the popular Engadget technology Web site. ...... The computer industry is looking for new things to sell as the traditional PC market matures, revenue growth slows, and profit margins become even thinner. ..... the backroom power brokers are Microsoft and Intel ...... weigh less than 3 lbs., have displays smaller than 7 in. across diagonally, and run Windows. ...... so far, UMPC sales haven't made a blip on the industry radar screen ..... The major hangup is Windows. Devices loaded with Vista are expensive, operate sluggishly, and have short battery lives. ....... All the largest PC companies—Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), and Lenovo (LNVGY)—have been sizing up the 'tweener opportunity, yet none has taken the plunge. "At the moment, we have decided there's no balance between weight, screen size, battery life, and price that would give us something that's meaningful to the end user," says Marc Godin, vice-president of product development for Lenovo's portable division. ....... Palm's Hawkins has faced skepticism about the Foleo concept ever since he began talking it up to colleagues five years ago.
Barack Obama Launches Fragrance for Fundraising The Spoof (satire) With that surge of support, and with innovative campaign finance ideas from younger members of the team, Obama is now launching a cologne with the popular name MyBO.
In Iowa, Clinton Sits at Table 44 New York Times “I plan to spend so much time in Iowa,” she told the crowd, “I’ll be able to caucus for myself before it’s over!” .... the presence of the Clinton campaign seemed to outweigh the other candidates. ..... Standing a few feet away, practically alone, a young man was handing out Obama stickers. That was the extent of the visibility of Senator Barack Obama’s campaign here at the dinner. (His campaign workers had the night off and he was on the West Coast raising money.)
Clinton's woes in Iowa give credence to campaign memo's assessment Tucson Citizen
Poll: Clinton leads Dems; GOP more unsettled AZ Central.com
Clinton tell-alls may heat up debate Newsday the second of eight scheduled showdowns in this year ..... The first debate .... Clinton fared well, Barack Obama struggled and the former first lady has enjoyed a modest bump in national polls since. .... The five current or former senators in the field also are likely to face questions about their decisions to skip reading the 90-plus-page top secret National Intelligence Estimate before voting for the war in 2002. ...... Clinton's refusal to read the document, suggesting her "yes" vote was, in part, motivated by her need to project a strong image. ....... Clinton's rapid-response team, aided by Clinton-connected surrogates

4 Men Charged in Plot to Bomb Kennedy Airport New York Times the four men determined to carry out their attack, having conducted “precise and extensive” surveillance of the airport using photographs, the recollections of the ex-cargo worker and satellite images downloaded from Google Earth. They said the men also traveled repeatedly to Guyana and Trinidad in recent months, seeking to obtain the blessing and financial backing of an extremist Muslim group based in Trinidad and Tobago called Jamaat al-Muslimeen, which was behind a failed coup attempt in Trinidad in 1990. ...... The motive behind the planned attack, Mr. Mershon said, “was a pattern of hatred toward the United States and the West in general.” ..... intelligence officials became aware of the plot in January 2006 ..... An informant with a criminal history including drug trafficking and racketeering agreed to work with investigators on the case, in exchange for payments and a reduced sentence. ..... Though Mr. Defreitas had lived in Brooklyn and Queens, he told the informant that his resentment of the United States hardened into hatred during his years as a cargo worker at the airport. ........ “They love John F. Kennedy,” he said. “If you hit that, this whole country will be in mourning. It’s like you kill the man twice.” ....... Authorities in the United States and Trindad have closely watched the group’s activities since the 9/11 attacks ....... He sold books on a street corner in Queens and would ask his friends to give him their broken air-conditioners and refrigerators. He shipped the items to his girlfriend’s sister in Guyana so she could repair and sell them
At Camp Obama it’s not about sun, fun; it’s about politics Boston Herald
Will MySpace show Barack Obama the money? ZDNet.com blogs Hillary Clinton officially has 83,715 MySpace friends; Obama bests the front runner with 90,914 official MySpace friends.

As aide's memo predicted, Iowa not wild about Clinton Houston Chronicle Memo to Hillary Rodham Clinton: Your deputy campaign manager was right. ..... Iowa is "our consistently weakest state." ...... Obama, has drawn large crowds and hired a team of experienced organizers with a deep knowledge of Iowa's arcane caucus system. ........ The state's last three winners captured the Democratic nomination .... Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor and national co-chair of Clinton's campaign.
Iowa Presents Problems For Clinton Guardian Unlimited

Obama Web Site Seeks to Rally The Faithful Washington Post Obama is the first of the Democratic presidential contenders to launch a religious outreach Web site
Obama confident he'll gain more Nevada support Reno Gazette Journal Obama said that while other candidates, such as Clinton, have more early endorsements in the state, he will catch up with grass-roots support. ...... "If people feel you're respectful and taking the time to talk to them, if you care about the things they care about, then you can do well regardless of what your background is," Obama said.
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Barack, The Comeback Kid

Barack, The Fundamentals: Money, Message, Organization

Barack Obama won the debate. He gave a far superior performance compared to the one last month in South Carolina. And I liked his kind words and gestures towards Hillary here and there. I feel like I owe it to the women of the world - 3 billion of them - to root for Hillary to be Obama's running mate.

Edwards was off his base. He came across as too aggressive. He sounded plain desperate. And I don't really blame him. His numbers have not been looking good at all. I think he is becoming aware he is not going to be the nominee, and he is too stale to get on to the ticket either. It felt like a last ditch effort to latch on on his part.

Hillary was too relaxed. She let the guard down. She was not the Hillary of the first debate. She was not alert, at least not starting out, although she improved in the later parts of the debate. But she did exude a warm presence. And she looked good, as did Obama. I think they will look great together.

The rest don't count. Richardson is Secretary material. But that's about it.

I expect Obama to start seeing the advantage in poll numbers now. He will narrow Hillary's lead. And for now that is all he really needs to do. If he keeps narrowing Hillary's lead this quarter is all it will take. Expect him to start taking the lead somewhere in the third quarter.

And then he wins Iowa. And on he goes.

On February 6, 2008, he decides on Hillary as his running mate. And we muscle our way to victory.

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On The Web

South Carolina Democratic debate transcript - The Debates - MSNBC.com

In The News

Iraq Is the Flash Point as Eight Democratic Rivals Clash New York Times the rivals’ contrasting positions, political styles and combat techniques. .... The event was a stark contrast to the previous debate among the Democratic candidates, in which Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama and Mr. Edwards largely shied away from confronting one other. ...... the three leading candidates received the most time ..... a lengthy discussion of Iraq opened the two-hour debate ...... few substantial differences existed among the Democrats’ ideas on health insurance, and that the major challenge was to stay united. ..... “You’ve got to have the political will — a broad coalition of business and labor, doctors, nurses, hospitals, everybody — standing firm when the inevitable attacks come.” ...... on the campaign trail, the Democrats have not challenged one another by name, and have tried instead to carve out and clarify their own positions.
US Democrats argue over Iraq strategy in debate Reuters India, India
Democratic candidates square off over war on terror, Iraq, debate ... Boston Globe, MA
Democrats Clash On Iraq, Health Care Guardian Unlimited, UK
Democrats Clash on War on Terror, Iraq Guardian Unlimited, UK
Democrats Clash on War on Terror, Iraq Forbes, NY
Democrat hopefuls in heated Iraq debate Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
Democratic candidates square off Canada.com, Canada
Democratic candidates square off Los Angeles Times, CA
Democrats Clash On War On Terror, Iraq Guardian Unlimited, UK
Democratic Candidates Wall Street Journal Obama said that the administration's war in Iraq had detracted from efforts to root out terrorists. ...... Both Mr. Edwards and Mrs. Clinton agreed that they voted for the war resolution in 2002 without reading an intelligence report on Iraq that was available to them. ...... To a question on whether English should be the official language in the United States, only former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel raised his hand in the affirmative. ..... All the candidates raised their hands when asked by moderator Wolf Blitzer if they would get rid of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military instituted by President Clinton. ..... Clinton said her husband's 1993 formulation "was a transition policy," but one that is no longer valid. ..... She said it is being "implemented in a discriminatory manner" and has been used to discharge Arabic linguists when such translators are in short supply. ...... "Bill Clinton, my dear husband, would be sent around the world as a roving ambassador." ..... The Washington Post/ABC News poll found the former first lady leading the field with 42% support among adults, compared with 27% for Mr. Obama and 11% for Mr. Edwards.
Iowa Presents Problems For Clinton Guardian Unlimited, UK first-up and momentum-generating Iowa because of Clinton's lackluster showing despite drawing large crowds ..... Obama has taken the lessons of the Dean campaign to heart. Although he's mostly played to large crowds, including a 10,000-person rally in Iowa City, he's also started doing more traditional meet-and-greets in coffee shops and living rooms. .... ``We're not the front-runner, and don't expect to be for some time. We're still in the phase of introducing Barack to voters,'' said Steve Hildebrand, Obama's senior adviser for early states. ``Every candidate is in this to come in first, but today we are certainly not in first place.''












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Hillary Is Pulling Ahead

Hillary Has Widened Her Lead Hillary Clinton has significantly widened her lead in the Democratic primary to 22 points, leading her nearest rival by a roughly 2-1 margin ..... Hillary's lead over her nearest Democratic rival has jumped to 22 points (46-24), from 15 last month (39-24) .... 73% of all Democrats polled believe Hillary can win the general election (an increase of 9 percent since January) ..... Hillary's favorable rating among all Democrats polled is over 20 points higher than her nearest rival (Clinton 65%; Edwards 44; Obama 40).
Central Premise of New Hillary Biography Totally Discredited

When she unveiled her universal pre-K plan in Florida, I am thinking, wait a minute, this woman has something up her sleeves. And now she has given this major speech in Silicon Valley, every part of which makes sense. The basic of the speech is that she will put more money into R&D. You can't argue against that.

What is the lesson for Obama?

Ideas matter. Debates matter. The election is on. Obama messed up the first debate and now Hillary has the endorsement of the Hispanic mayor of LA. So if Obama were to mess up two more debates in a row, Hillary is going to have this huge momentum. She will not have sealed it yet, but everyone else will definitely be sweating, hard.

My worst fear is Hillary becomes the nominee, and picks Edwards for running mate, and where goes my minority male agenda?

I mean, I like Hillary. Like a lot. On a non-sexist planet, she might have been the first in her generation to become president, it might not have been Bill. But I have an agenda.

I was rooting for Obama-Hillary. But right now it looks like Hillary-Obama. Then Obama gets to be president in 2016, and Spitzer gets to be his running mate. A New Yorker made you running mate, so you make a New Yorker your running mate.

My primary allegiance is to the progressive cause. With Hillary-Obama-Spitzer, I think we got the White House for a generation.

I will keep rooting for Obama until we have a nominee. For me it is personal. Rooting for Obama is therapeutic to me for all my personal experiences in racism. And Hillary and Obama genuinely like each other. And they are going to compete the way competition should happen. Not with the politics of personal destruction. Not with mud. Instead you compete on money, message, organization. No matter who wins, Hillary or Obama, at least they will have played a fair game. They stand to redefine politics in this country.

Where I Stand On Gay Marriage

I am for gay marriage. For me it is less about gays. For me it is about the fundies. F____ the fundies. I was looking around for something that will really piss off the fundies. If tax cuts for dogfood would have pissed off the fundies, I would have been for tax cuts for dogfood. But, no, they get pissed off by gay marriage. So I am for gay marriage. The gay people are for gay marriage so they can get married. I am for gay marriage to piss off the fundies.

Bloomberg 2010: A Case For Total Campaign Finance Reform In New York

If Spitzer can pull off gay marriage, that will put him on the cutting edge of progressive politics. And he better think in terms of total campaign finance reform. It is called survival. Bloomberg will run against Spitzer in 2010. And we all know Bloomberg does not do fundraisers. And he is pretty good. He used to be a Democrat, so he is not one of those scary right wingers on social issues. He has the management skills of a self-made billionaire. Two terms as New York City mayor does also make you a pretty good politician.

What would total campaign finance reform look like? I don't know enough about the terrain of the state to say much, but I can talk in terms of outlines. The idea has to be that the candidates don't raise money. Elections are publicly financed. I am sure Spitzer and Pollak know all the details and have a gameplan.

There is another interesting twist to that for the legislative branch. 150 members for the lower house, 50 for the upper. You divide the state into 150 constituencies of roughly equal population. You hold direct elections. But for the 50 seats in the upper house, you hold proportional elections at the same time. A political party that gets 2% of the votes gets one seat.

The idea behind total campaign finance reform is to take democracy closer to the ideal of one person, one vote. Proportional elections to the upper house serves the same purpose. This will also allow for a breaking up of the two party system. Small, innovative parties could get in and start having a voice. Democracy is a cacophony.

And then we go national with the same model. 100 seats in the US Senate should be fought the proportional election way.

What Would Obama Do?

What would Jesus do?

Obama beats Hillary on charisma. But I am assuming, both of them are equally smart, as in brainpower stuff. And both are hardworking. But Hillary has had more time. She had had more time to read, more time to meet more people. And Hillary is methodical. If Obama does not break even with her in the money, message, organization departments, charisma is not goinng to carry the day. Hillary will make Obama work hard. That is for sure.

This race is far from decided. But Obama will have to learn to hit back.

Bill Clinton is charming and ruthless at the same time. If he were just plain ruthless, he would have been a less menacing opponent.

Two Clinton attacks went unanswered.

Bill Clinton went on Larry King Live and said "unlike some people who can't wait to get out of the Senate." The Obama camp did not counter that. That makes Bill Clinton a swift boat veteran.

Hillary went to Chicago and said "I am not ceding any vote anywhere to anyone." Obama did not respond. He should have done a major event on Wall Street where he is wildly popular.

I am all for clean politics. I don't want Hillary and Obama to tear each other apart. But in politics, when you get hit, you hit back. That is basic. You hit back, or you lose. You can lose gracefully if you are a nice guy, but you still lose.

Obama is going to have to show that he notices when he gets hit, and he hits back.

And he is going to have to move beyond stump speeches, to speaking to select crowds - like tech executives in Silicon Valley - where he does not have to worry about sounding too wonkish. Bring on the ideas. He has done it before. His speech to the Foreign Relations Council something was fabulous.




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Sen. Clinton's 'Innovation Agenda' Gets Warm Welcome In Silicon Valley InformationWeek call for big increases in federal spending in alternative energy, biotechnology, and other areas of scientific research. ..... Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Google, Microsoft ...... a $50-billion Strategic Energy Fund ...... increasing by 50% over 10 years the basic research budgets of the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy's Office of Science, and the Defense Department. Today, the federal government spends $28 billion a year on basic research. As the third point in her plan, Clinton proposed increasing the budget for the National Institute of Health by 50% over five years, with the aim to double it over 10 years. ........ bring more women and minorities into math, science, and engineering ....... The U.S. educational system today uses an agricultural model for the school year, and still uses methods developed during the industrial age. "We're just not thinking how to unleash the creativity and ingenuity of kids," she said.
Hillary Clinton Woos Silicon Valley With 'Tommorrow' Technology Plan FOX News encourage girls and minorities to study "STEM" subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. ...... Executives in the nation's technology hub — where 53 percent of all engineers are foreign-born — worry many workers will return to India, China and other countries developing tech sectors.