“Yes we can” almost wasn’t: According to a new book, President Obama didn’t originally like his campaign slogan when David Axelrod introduced it during his Senate race in 2004 and almost nixed it, until Michelle intervened. “Trust me,” she said, “It will work.” Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage also alleges that Michelle was a crucial voice in convincing Barack to choose someone other than Hillary Clinton as his running mate. "Do you really want Bill and Hillary just down the hall from you in the White House?" she reportedly told her husband. "Could you live with that?"
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Showing posts with label hillaryclinton. Show all posts
Monday, September 21, 2009
Michelle Shot Down Hillary as VP?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_obama_didnt_think_so_on_his_yes_we_can.html
“Yes we can” almost wasn’t: According to a new book, President Obama didn’t originally like his campaign slogan when David Axelrod introduced it during his Senate race in 2004 and almost nixed it, until Michelle intervened. “Trust me,” she said, “It will work.” Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage also alleges that Michelle was a crucial voice in convincing Barack to choose someone other than Hillary Clinton as his running mate. "Do you really want Bill and Hillary just down the hall from you in the White House?" she reportedly told her husband. "Could you live with that?"
“Yes we can” almost wasn’t: According to a new book, President Obama didn’t originally like his campaign slogan when David Axelrod introduced it during his Senate race in 2004 and almost nixed it, until Michelle intervened. “Trust me,” she said, “It will work.” Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage also alleges that Michelle was a crucial voice in convincing Barack to choose someone other than Hillary Clinton as his running mate. "Do you really want Bill and Hillary just down the hall from you in the White House?" she reportedly told her husband. "Could you live with that?"
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Free Speech and Hillary The Movie
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear rearguments on a case that could up-end campaign finance laws restricting corporate contributions going back to 1907. The case concerns a scathing documentary about Hillary Rodham Clinton, called “Hillary: The Movie,” which was produced by Citizens United, a conservative nonprofit group.The group wanted to broadcast commercials for the film and to run it on a cable video-on-demand service, but in 2008 a federal district court ruled that the commercials violated a provision in the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law banning the broadcast or cable transmission of “electioneering communications” paid for by corporations in the 30 days before a presidential primary and in the 60 days before the general election. Opponents of the law argue that restrictions on corporate speech in elections violates the First Amendment.
Does the application of campaign finance laws to “Hillary: The Movie” violate free speech rights? What are the implications for electoral politics if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Citizens United?See what legal scholars have to say, click here and scroll down.
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