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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Okay, but about those campaign buttons...

June 24, 2015 Associated Press , Confederate Flag 0 Comments
Clinton Says Confederate Flag Has No Place In US

By Ken Thomas, Jun. 23, 2015, Associated Press

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the Confederate battle flag should not be displayed "anywhere," weighing in as South Carolina lawmakers seek to remove it from the grounds of their statehouse.

The Democratic presidential candidate called the deadly shootings of nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina, "an act of racist terrorism perpetrated in a house of God."

Clinton called the Confederate flag a "symbol of our nation's racist past that has no place in our present or our future. It shouldn't fly there. It shouldn't fly anywhere."

Clinton joined with church members in the St. Louis suburbs, near the violent protests touched off last year in nearby Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed young black man who was shot by a white police officer.

Clinton said she appreciated the work of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, and state lawmakers who are working to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. She also commended Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the Arkansas-based company on whose board she once served, for announcing it would remove any product from its stores that features the Confederate flag.


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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Thought He Already Had!

May 30, 2015 Associated Press , Catherine Lucey 0 Comments
Former Md. Gov. O'malley Jumps Into 2016 Democratic Race 

Source:  Daily Beast
By Ken Thomas and Catherine Lucey, May 30, 2015, Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley entered the Democratic presidential race on Saturday in a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2016 nomination, casting himself as a new generation leader who would rebuild the economy and reform Wall Street.

"I'm running for you," he told a crowd of about 1,000 people in a populist message at Federal Hill Park in Baltimore, where he served as mayor before two terms as governor. O'Malley said was drawn into the campaign "to rebuild the truth of the American dream for all Americans."

Following his announcement, O'Malley promptly headed to Iowa, where he is seeking to become the primary alternative to Clinton in the leadoff caucus state. Before more than fifty people at a union hall in Davenport, he touted his executive experience and called for economic reforms, drawing enthusiastic applause.

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Friday, January 23, 2015

She's in favor--but lefties would be infuriated

January 23, 2015 AP , Hillary Clinton 0 Comments
Hillary Clinton Declines To Take Position On Keystone

Ken Thomas, Jan. 21, 2015, AP

"We have differences and you won't get me to talk about Keystone because I have steadily made clear that I'm not going to express an opinion," said Clinton, a potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. "It is in our process and that's where it belongs."

Obama has vowed to veto the congressional legislation as long as the State Department is still conducting a formal review of the project.

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

What happens then?!

January 04, 2015 AP , Democrats 0 Comments
Here's What Could Happen If Hillary Clinton Decides Not To Run In 2016

Ken Thomas, Jan. 2, 2015, AP

JIM WEBB

The former Virginia senator would bring a bipartisan record to the campaign: He served as President Ronald Reagan's Navy secretary. He is an accomplished author and decorated veteran, still carrying shrapnel from his service in the Vietnam War. He is independent and at times unpredictable, and his foreign policy outlook and outsider status could shake up the primary with or without Clinton.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Shellshocked!!!

November 05, 2014 Apnews.myway.com , Ken Thomas 0 Comments
GOP Victory Stuns White House

By Ken Thomas and Nancy Benac, Nov. 5, 2014, Apnews.myway.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — A weakened President Barack Obama and emboldened Republican leaders in Congress began adjusting to a new political dynamic Wednesday after voters coast to coast used the midterm elections to sharpen the dividing lines in an already divided government.

The president scheduled an afternoon news conference to offer his take on an Election Day thumping of Democrats that gave Republicans new power to check his proposals. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was to give his version, too. He's now positioned to become the new Senate majority leader and confront the president over his signature health care law and on other issues.

Faced with the imperative of constructing a new working relationship, one of Obama's first post-election calls was to McConnell, although the two didn't connect. Obama left a message for the senator.

The election results were resounding: The GOP won control of the Senate and strengthened its hold on the House as a series of Democratic-leaning states fell under control of new Republican governors.

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Title Of New Hillary Clinton Book Revealed: 'Hard Choices' --Think she'll address Juanita Broaddrick's allegation?

April 18, 2014 'Hard Choices'. , Associated Press 0 Comments
By Ken Thomas, Apr. 18, 2014, Associated Press

Hillary Rodham Clinton's upcoming book will be called "Hard Choices," a title that reflects how the potential 2016 presidential candidate may try to define her record as President Barack Obama's secretary of state while she considers another White House campaign.

Publisher Simon & Schuster said Friday the new book, to be released June 10, will offer Clinton's "inside account of the crises, choices and challenges" she faced as secretary of state and "how those experiences drive her view of the future."

"All of us face hard choices in our lives," Clinton writes at the start of the book, according to the publisher. "Life is about making these choices, and how we handle them shapes the people we become."

Clinton's State Department memoir will hit bookshelves as the former first lady and New York senator sits atop polls showing her as the leading Democratic contender should she seek the presidency. Since leaving the State Department, Clinton has traveled widely, giving speeches to industry groups, college students and others while joining the foundation led by her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

A preview released by the publisher indicates that Clinton will highlight a close working relationship with Obama, whom she may wish to succeed. Simon & Schuster said on a website promoting the book that Clinton and Obama "had to decide how to repair fractured alliances, wind down two wars, and address a global financial crisis. They faced a rising competitor in China, growing threats from Iran and North Korea, and revolutions across the Middle East."

Clinton's potential candidacy has been eagerly anticipated by Democrats, who frequently ask Clinton about her intentions and encourage her to try to become the nation's first female president. A series of Democratic outside groups is already building support for a future campaign while Republicans question her accomplishments at Foggy Bottom.

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