A Woman For Running Mate, Perhaps A Governor

Barack Obama should definitely pick a woman for running mate. Which woman? There are quite a few options. For a Senator, a Governor might look like a choice. But then Jack Kennedy picked Lyndon Johnson and both were Senators.

Hillary Rodham Clinton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2004 was Hillary's year. She missed it.

AZ: Janet Napolitano
CT: Jodi Rell
DE: Ruth Ann Minner
HI: Linda Lingle
KS: Kathleen Sebelius
LA: Kathleen Blanco
MI: Jennifer Granholm
WA: Christine Gregoire

There are so many white women Governors. How many black men Governors do you see? There are so many white women Senators. How many black men Senators do you see? Obama has it tougher. And so he should get in with gusto.

Governor - Governor Jennifer Granholm
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Jennifer Granholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003 ..... Granholm was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1959, and her family moved to California when she was four. As a young adult, she attempted to launch a Hollywood acting career but was unsuccessful, and she abandoned her efforts at the age of 21. ...... earned a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School, also with honors ....... In 1986 she married ...... was once a contestant on the daytime television game show The Dating Game ...... focusing on protecting citizens and consumers, and establishing Michigan's first HighTech Crime Unit. ...... In her inaugural speech, she said: "We've all heard that song, 'I Hope You Dance'. Well, I hope you dance with your government." ....... In 2003, Granholm ran five miles across the Mackinac Bridge, which connects the state's two peninsulas, in 47 minutes during the Mackinac Bridge Walk. Her run began a new tradition ........ Granholm remarked "I would love to run a marathon before I'm 50." ....... emphasizing Michigan as "the North American intersection of cutting-edge research, life sciences talent and high-tech innovation". ...... Shiga Prefecture is Michigan's "sister state" ....... She is trying to establish a $4000 scholarship for each Michigan college student ...... in the 2006 election. Her opponent was Republican businessman and politician Dick DeVos. ...... She had been attacked on her control of Michigan's economy. The state's unemployment rate hovered around 7% for much of her term, despite the fact that the national economy experienced job growth. In the fall of 2006, Michigan ranked among the worst economies in the country. Additionally, Michigan ranked #49 in retaining young adults between 2000 and 2005, again attributed to the sluggish economy. ....... "Often those who cloak themselves in a cape of religiosity happen to be some who are the biggest cutters. Now, some of that can balance out. But when you get to cutting the services for the least of these -- in the 25th chapter of Matthew in the 37th verse the Lord says, 'Whatsoever you do to the least of these, so also you do unto me' -- that's when I question whether somebody is really living out the faith that they profess."
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I like it that she gave Hollywood a try. But what is this thing about her being Canadian born? Does that work against her? Maybe muscleman Ah-nold should help change the constitution so she can run.

Michigan is a key state to understanding America's transformation from an industrial to an information age economy. A lot of the pain of the transformation is being felt in Michigan. That gives Granholm an advantage.

In The News

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Nobel Laureate Friedman Dies at 94 Voice of America
Clinton seeks political reconciliation in Lanka Times of India
US condemns Nepal's Maoist rebels BBC News
Negotiators move to end Nepal uprising Scotsman
Sen. Obama: "You Gotta Pay Your Workers Enough" WLTX.com
Obama: Will not "dilly dally" on White House decision. Obama ... Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Clinton on Republicans' rout: 'American people thinking again ... New York Daily News
Bill Clinton: 'Whatever She Says, I'm For' NewsMax.com
Peacekeepers, cops patrol Congo capital Houston Chronicle
Bush to make first visit to Vietnam Reuters
Angered by rockets, Israelis weigh response Christian Science Monitor
Webmasters get one sitemap for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft search iTWire
Google sees professionals outdone by Web amateurs Reuters
WiMAX poised for rapid growth despite major challenges, says In ... DigiTimes
Towerstream Brings WiMAX to Chicago Wireless Week
Where’s WiMAX? Malaysia Star
Zune, you, and the future of music Macworld
OJ or Society – How Low Can It Go E Canada Now

What to call female French president? Seattle Post Intelligencer The Socialist front-runner is shaking up language and the male-dominated political scene in a nation hungry for a fresh face. ..... "This is our new French revolution. We already had one in 1789 that swept across the entire world. So maybe to have a female president in a country like ours - in a country that is old, ancient, a bit old-fashioned - a woman for president could possibly spread to the rest of the world," Royal supporter Jean-Marie Henin said. ....... Sineau said male candidates find it harder to campaign against women. ...... "They are disconcerted," she said. "When a woman emerges, the men are a bit destabilized. A different language is needed." ...... French prime-time TV already has a Madame la Presidente, in a three-part drama aired this fall on France-2 called "State of Grace." When the character needs advice on managing her pregnancy and her job, she calls up the American president - Hillary Clinton. .... much to her style. She's always well-dressed, in light or bright colors, and usually wearing one thing many French politicians shun: a smile. ..... Polls show that people like her because she would "listen to the French" - but don't have much confidence in her ability to defend the nation against terrorists or to revitalize the economy. .... the leading candidate on the right, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
Pakistan's Lower House Passes Landmark Women's Rights Bill Voice of America would overturn Pakistani laws that require women to produce four male witnesses to prove a rape case. .... The legislation effectively shifts future rape cases out of Pakistan's religious courts and into the country's more moderate civil court system. ..... Hudood Ordinances, which were originally passed in 1979. ..... Under those laws, women are liable to prosecution for adultery if they fail to produce four male Muslim witnesses to corroborate claims of rape. ..... An MMA official said the new law would violate Islamic principles and promote "free sex" in Pakistan.
US marine given 18 months for murder of Iraqi civilian Canoe.ca
Analysis: Clinton Undecided on '08 Run Forbes Not to be trumped by other potential candidates/authors, the former first lady plans to rerelease her best-selling book, "It Takes a Village." ...... "I will look at the possibilities, but I ... haven't really had the time to talk to people about it" ........ An Associated Press-AOL News poll in late October found that, among registered Democrats, she essentially was tied with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama as the person they would most like to see elected president in 2008. The other White House hopefuls were in single digits. ....... Among registered black Democrats, she led Obama 29 percent to 10 percent on the same question in an AP-AOL Black Voices poll. ..... Advisers also insist it's Clinton's nature to deliberate, reaching out to activists, donors and operatives ....... 2000 ..... she spent months seeking counsel from numerous friends and advisers and went on a "listening tour" of the state. ...... Bill Clinton .... said publicly - as recently as last weekend - that he doesn't know what her final decision will be ....... She has penned a new introduction describing how the "village" has changed in the 10 years since the book was first published. An audio version, with Clinton reading the book, also will be released. ....... In 1996, the book sold 700,000 copies ....... Obama's "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," which recently vaulted to No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list. ..... John Edwards, the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, has embarked on a book tour ...... she likely will chair the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Water ...... people have underestimated her desire to be a senator and the impact of the newfound majority status
NEPAL: Preparations begin for demobilisation and disarmament Reuters AlertNet
World Bank announces USD 25 million grant to Nepal Zee News
New Congress vows to clean up act Christian Science Monitor
Fed Minutes Indicate Fear Of Inflation Forbes
Annan attacks big polluters on emissions Guardian Unlimited
Google to hire 500 as it makes Dublin its Europe hub International Herald Tribune
Microsoft, Google `Overlap' on Products, Gates Says (Update2) Bloomberg ``Video really is becoming this mainstream thing on the Internet,'' he said.
The two sides of Bill Gates ZDNet "Most people in the world are living in developing countries...and of the last 1,500 (modern inventions), only 20 have anything to do with the majority of mankind," Gates said. ..... Given the chance to do it all over again, Gates said he might have pursued medicine with the potential to help improve billions of people's lives ..... "That would have been a close second. Even if I had known (about medicine), I don't think it would have drawn me away...from the personal computer. I don't think it would have topped it," Gates said.
ANALYSIS - History, mistrust haunt India-China trade ties Reuters India
Minister criticizes China's human rights record Globe and Mail
Clearwire unwires Seattle as WiMAX gains steam RCRNews.com
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In Senate Shift, Big Comeback for Trent Lott New York Times
Is Murtha An Ethics Blight For Democrats? CBS News
Kevin Federline eyeing acting career?! China Daily
The Zune is no iPod killer The Sunday Times
Murtha defends his ethics MSNBC
Marine Pleads Not Guilty in Iraqi Death ABC News
Google testing mobile ads in eight more countries MarketWatch
Satyam opens third centre in China Moneycontrol.com
Moment of truth for Royal as her comrades compare the CVs Times Online
Is France headed for a Royal leader? CNN International
The Zune is no iPod killer The Sunday Times
If This Doesn't Make Your Blood Boil... Huffington Post
UPDATE 1-Fox TV plans to air OJ Simpson special Reuters
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Barack Obama: Time For A Generation Shift

On November 7: In Harlem: For Obama

John McCain should have run against John Kennedy. Leave Obama alone. Kennedy was a generation shift, as was Clinton. 16 years of baby boomers is enough. It is time for Obama.

Next Stop: White House

It will be easy for Obama to neutralize Hillary on money and organization. He just has to turn Obama 2008 into the first internet campaign. The internet is going to have to take centerstage. And so you go on for a thrilling competition of ideas.

The Matrix
Democratic Vision For The 21st Century

Bill Clinton is Hillary Clinton's greatest strength, but also her number one weakness. The guy can't keep his mouth shut. He lacks discipline. He is going to suck up the oxygen, hog the space. He is going to think this is 1992, part two. Enter James Carville. That is going to be a putoff.

"I can't think in front of a computer."
- Hillary Clinton

Bill Clinton has sent a total of two emails in his life. Obama blogs.

The Audacity Of Gravitas: Restore Intelligence To The White House

Barack Obama can announce in January that he is running. Hillary can't. She will have to wait longer.

A Different Kind Of Campaign: A Scientific Campaign

Whities on Capitol Hill are trying to saddle Obama with Senate assignments. That is okay. When he announces he is running, he resigns from those ties and pins, but keeps his Senate seat.

Barack Obama: This Is A New Century
Barack Obama: New Approaches To Old Problems

Google Video: Martin Luther King
Google Video: Malcolm X

In The News

Top general to face Iraq questions CNN
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Top US general warns against US troops pullout Raw Story
Lott bids for return to Senate leadership Seattle Post Intelligencer
Republicans choose McConnell, Lott as leaders WEAR
Trent Lott Regains A Key Senate Republican Leadership Post The Moderate Voice
US Airways makes an $8 billion hostile bid for Delta Boston Globe
US, EU officials in Nepal ahead of signing of peace accord between ... International Herald Tribune
Obama will visit evangelical megachurch on World AIDS Day San Jose Mercury News
The Race Purpose-Driven Candidate? New York Times a date next month with Rick Warren, the megachurch pastor and best-selling author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” a move that could give Mr. Obama, who is black, exposure to millions of white churchgoers
Obama gets new assignments WQAD
Barack "blank" Obama and disingenuous politics of "understanding" Town Hall has been anointed by the mainstream media as a frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. ....... the Obama media fawning has had a dramatic impact ....... He has virtually no voting record; he has virtually no articulated positions ..... Clinton ran as "The Man from Hope." Obama runs as "The Man Who Understands ." ......... he is an African-American man who doesn't threaten white folks -- he understands them ...... Only one question remains: Where's the meat? It's all well and good to campaign on the basis of "common sense" and "smart government" ...... blaming terrorism on "the underlying struggle" between "worlds of plenty and worlds of want" -- a neo-Marxist interpretation of the rise of Islamofascism. ...... how narrow the path is for them between humiliation and untrammeled fury, how easily they slip into despair and violence ...... "I know that the response of the powerful to this disorder -- alternating as it does between a dull complacency and, when the disorder spills out of its proscribed confines, a steady, unthinking application of force, of longer prison sentences and more sophisticated military hardware -- is inadequate to the task." ..... His positions, when he takes them, invariably lean toward radical liberalism. A true politics of understanding would recognize that some things are not worth understanding, or tolerating.
Barack 'Blank' Obama WorldNetDaily
ABC's Sawyer to Obama: Is the US 'More Racist or Sexist?' NewsBusters The most eyebrow-raising moment of the interview, however, occurred when Sawyer asked Obama about Sunday’s Washington Post article which questioned whether racism and sexism plays a role in the decision-making of American voters ...... 90 percent of Americans say that race does not matter when they go to the polls. However, a lot of pollsters think that not everybody is telling the truth ........ Obama: "You know, my sense is, whether it's a African-American candidate running, a woman candidate running, if it's non--a non-traditional candidate, there's an additional threshold that you have to meet. I think you have to show people competence in a way that, if you're a white male, you may not have to show initially. But once you do, I think people are willing to judge you on the merits, they're willing to judge you as an individual. The key is getting known and getting people comfortable. And at that point, then I think they're willing to, to, to look at the individual, as opposed to their, their sex or their, or their race."
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Soldier Pleads Guilty to Iraq Rape and Killings New York Times
Lobbyist Abramoff to Report to Prison Forbes
Arunachal asks Centre to counter China`s claim on state Zee News
Making the US-India nuclear deal acceptable Rediff
Bay Area might see soccer games in 2016 San Jose Mercury News
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WiMAX Poised For Rapid Growth Mobile Tech News (press release)
Al-Jazeera’s English channel readies to hit airwaves Boston Herald
Middle Aged Men Can Live Long If They Want Medical News Today
Want to Live to a Healthy 85? Stay Trim Washington Post
SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell has appeared in court today, with ... The Sun

Al Qaeda seeking nuclear kit for attacks: UK official Reuters
The Terror Suspect Who May Go Free at TIME Magazine
Orange County Man Rises in Al Qaeda Ranks at The Los Angeles Times
The root of terror is clear at The Guardian
Osama's Party at The Nation
American Strike in January Missed Al Qaeda's No. 2 by a Few Hours at The New York Times
Lebanon crisis deepens, cabinet backs Hariri court Reuters
Christian, Muslim Britons say leave Christmas alone Reuters

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"BlackBerry Thumb" sparks new form of hand massage
Democrats say will push for Iraq withdrawal
Olmert heads to U.S. to gauge post-election policy
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Black candidates head for middle at polls
Baghdad morgue took in 1,600 bodies in October: source
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Texas town considers anti-illegals bill
McCain edges toward '08 presidential run
Bush's advisers adopt new tone on Iraq
After US election, partisan collision looms
US Republicans lick their wounds

No To Neocons, No To Islamists

The neocons and the Islamists do have similarities. One makes dogmatic use of the Bible, another makes dogmatic use of the Koran. Both believe it is through use of force that you make your statement.

The Democratic disagreement with Bush in Iraq is not to say let's pull out now and handover the country to the Al Qaeda. The Al Qaeda people misunderstand.

We have to get aggressive with the progressive way of spreading democracy.

White trash lefties who look down upon the Third World people try my patience. You go toe to toe against the neocons. They have spent $500 billion in Afghanistan and Iraq and counting. The progressives have to come out saying we will wage a $50 billion war of communications technology to ensure a total spread of democracy. We will save $450 billion. Instead some lefties are too busy talking isolationist talk. Let's get the hell out of Iraq, they say. The US troops do have to leave Iraq, sure. But you don't counter wrong foreign policy with no foreign policy. There has to be a Plan B. It has to be aggressive.

JFK said we are going to the moon before the decade is over. Spreading democracy should prove easier. We already have all the technology we need, we already have all the political jargon we need. We just now have to have the will to go out there and do it.

Iraq is not going to be an Islamist dictatorship. The world will pay any price to make sure that does not happen. We did not get rid of one dictatorship to bring on another. But sometimes you can get dumb and blunt and end up paying a huge, unnecessary price in terms of lives and money.

Monarchies are dictatorships no matter which way you look at them. You can not say you are for spreading democracy, and cosy up with the House of Saud at the same time. All monarchies in the Arab countries have to go.

The US as a state has its limitations. And so a private sector effort has to be stoked. If Nepal is any example, give me a million strong matrix in New York City, and I will give you the burning core of a mechanism that will spread democracy across the Arab world and beyond.

The Matrix

Since 9/11 the American state has been hostile to the Arab Americans, more so than it already was before. The American state has been hostile to those who trace their roots to the Global South. That is the exact opposite of what needs to be happening.

Those who leave their countries to come to America are often cream of the crop. They stay tight with each other. They admire America. That is why they are here. They can be foot soldiers for democracy in ways the American military can not imagine, can not fathom.

The Matrix is surprisingly a zero cost mechanism. The Matrix feeds itself. But funding can speed things up.

The First Major Revolution Of The 21st Century Happened In Nepal
Democracy Spreading Mechanism
The Demosphere Manifesto

The Democracy Spreading Mechanism will play out slightly differently for each country. And it can be perfected and made better each time. If all democracy movements were to coordinate with each other - and that coordination is not even active, it is made possible by the sheer fact that The Matrix is a transparent mechanism constantly feeding the search engines - every succeeding movement will go through less pain.

We have to build the kind of momentum that was felt when the Soviet Union collapsed. The wind of freedom has to engulf the globe.

If I had $100,000 at my disposal while I was doing full time work for the Nepal movement, that would have made a huge difference to speed things up. Make it one million. Or even 10. That still comes out much much cheaper than the $500 billion.

The same apply to Iraq and Afghanistan. We have to strengthen the political parties and the nonviolent political workers in both countries.

The Republican Party in America and the BJP in India - the second largest party there - both have religious fundamentalists at their cores. In democratic Arab countries parties that are similarly Islamic - as opposed to Islamist - will sprout. In a free speech environment, the Arabs in the streets will still vent strong anti-US, anti-Israel venom. And that is okay. That is democracy.

But freedom truly rings in every human heart. It needs help getting expressed. Let's help.

In The News

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UN hunts for sites to confine Nepal’s rebel arms Daily Times
OHCHR welcomes peace deal in Nepal People's Daily Online
Clooney: Obama Didn't Drop Presidential Bomb-a TMZ.com
Obama for president -- just not in 2008 Roanoke Times
Book Review: The Audacity of Hope By Barack Obama BlackNews.com (press release) This tame tome, ostensibly carefully crafted with the intent of being all things to all people, unfortunately ends up reading like little more than the transparent game plan of guileful politician. He’s clearly courting both Republicans and Democrats, here, by praising President Reagan as much as he does FDR. .... When discussing racism, he comes off as no liberal, but more in the “content of your character” camp as advocated by African-American neo-cons like Shelby Steele and John McWhorter. In this regard, he has no problem putting the onus on blacks to accommodate themselves to the mainstream culture, because “members of every minority group continue to be measured largely by the degree of our assimilation.” ..... Obama goes on to conclude that “the single biggest thing” we could do to reduce inner-city poverty “is to encourage teenage girls to finish high school and avoid having children out of wedlock.” If these sort of simplistic “blaming the victim” pronouncements are truly Barack’s best ideas on how to reclaim the American Dream, I suggest he keep dreaming.
Rally route to RJD ‘revival’ Calcutta Telegraph “Genuine party workers will now be encouraged,” the RJD chief claimed, adding: “We are in the process of converting the RJD into a cadre-based party on the lines of the Left parties.”
Lalu wants to become PM Daily News & Analysis Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, who has received copious praise of late for his performance as Railways Minister, says he would for sure like to become the country's prime minister. .... "Haan banna hai... pacca banna hai... bina jhagra jhanjhat se banna hai lekin banna hai... apna kam kariye... the basic judge is people, our country people (Yes I want to become the Prime Minister for sure. But I will do that without any quarrel or fuss. Our people are our chief judge)" ....... "Kaun janta hai kab kaun kya ban jayega (who knows when somebody may become what)... ham sab sochte rehte hain, kam karte raho, mauka milega to ho jayega (we keep thinking... keep working... it will happen when an opportunity arrives" ...... "I am not disappointed (for not getting the Home Ministry), it was my choice... hamari dilchaspi thi ki is desh ko sahi dhang se law and order... aur is desh ko aur government ko agar chalana hai to law aur mazboot hona chahiye (I wanted that the country should have a strong law and order mechanism)..." ...... "Yeh kehna ki Lalu ko maine (VP Singh) ne kaha arrest karne ke liye, yeh sach nahin hai (This is not true that he told me to arrest Advani)" ..... He claimed that officials declined to carry out his orders until Singh gave the "go-ahead" to arrest Advani.
Lalu's train of thought Daily Pioneer an indigenous marketing genius at work. ..... two of his favourite topics, the underdog and secularism ...... No matter which corner of the country I go, people always greet me, 'Oh Lalu, aye Lalu.' It's the greatest of blessings, people love me ...... he can realise his ambition given the electoral system such as we have ..if Mr HD Deve Gowda and Mr IK Gujral could become Prime Ministers, Mr Yadav is entitled to claim he, too, can... "Kaun jaanta hai," he says, "kaun kab kya ban jaayega"
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Georgia Region Votes on Independence Bid Washington Post
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Palestinian conflict a topic for Olmert-Bush talks CNN International
Ortega's Encore TIME
Bangladesh violence injures hundreds Bangkok Post
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White House pledges open mind on Iraq but opposes timetable for ... WLNS
China's economy seen growing 9.5 pct in 2007 China Daily
China's Inflation Rate in October Unexpectedly Slows to 1.4% Bloomberg
The Linux World Learns How Larry Ellison Does Business InformationWeek Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is determined to shape Linux's future, and he's not waiting for someone to ask his opinion. ..... the central role of Linux in Oracle's future ..... Oracle will strip the Red Hat trademarks and symbols out of Red Hat Linux ...... the 42,000 attendees of Oracle OpenWorld this week in San Francisco ..... Oracle zeroed in on the Linux that dominates business servers (Red Hat commanded 61% of the paid Linux market last year) and promised that Oracle's version of Red Hat's product would be better than Red Hat's. ..... Oracle is claiming that its 24-by-7 worldwide technical support will cost less than half the price of Red Hat's. ..... Did the world take Ellison seriously? Red Hat's stock plunged 24% the next day. ...... Ellison cited faster bug fixes as the rationale for moving to Oracle's Linux. The wait for bug fixes "is the most serious problem confronting the Linux community today. It's slowing the adoption of Linux," he said in his keynote speech. ....... Red Hat's market cap was about $3 billion at the end of this week; Oracle paid $10.3 billion for PeopleSoft and $5.8 billion for Siebel. Oracle had its eye on JBoss, the popular open source Java application server and middleware company, until Red Hat acquired it.
India and US step up defence cooperation Times of India
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ANALYSIS-Cheney may no longer be power he once was Reuters AlertNet
Bush Says Vote Didn't Change Commitment to Terror War (Update1) Bloomberg
Election Doesn’t Shutter Clinton Campaign Offices New York Times re-election race may be over, but she is hardly closing up her campaign shop or worrying about deep debts. ..... she has more than $10 million left in her political bank account, not to mention a priceless reservoir of speeches, issue research, and financial networks nationally ...... she does not intend to disassemble her campaign apparatus and staff, as many candidates do when an election ends ....... a re-election team that could easily shift into gear for a 2008 presidential bid ...... a fistful of I.O.U.’s from winning Democratic candidates nationally ...... an important period of strategy talks, reading and reflection while deciding whether to run ....... the senator’s political gains on Tuesday in traditionally moderate and Republican areas of New York. ...... Clinton is expected to make a decision on a presidential bid this winter, and there has been slightly more open discussion about 2008 between her inner circle and outer circle advisers in the last couple of weeks ........ Vilsack is a longtime admirer of Mrs. Clinton ...... Giuliani is also making his first postelection foray to a presidential swing state, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, where he will give a speech on leadership, hold a brief news conference, and dine privately with a group of young entrepreneurs ....... fellow Democrats in the House and Senate are assembling a governing agenda and message. ...... She won 61 percent of the vote upstate, compared with 48 percent in her 2000 race, and she won 64 percent of independent voters, up from 46 percent in 2000. ......... Hillary headlined 131 events in 57 different cities on behalf of other Democrats ..... Clinton drew only slightly fewer votes than Eliot Spitzer
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Drinking Liberally: Session X

"What's your name?"

"Paramendra."

"Bara-what?"

"Here. Here is my card. You can keep it. I carry it around to help out white people."

"Who you calling white!"

"But you can't talk about it in political terms. For these evangelicals, they are doing the will of God."

"I can only recognize Christianity within the framework of religious diversity. Right to religious freedom is a fundamental human right."

"But you miss the point. Human rights and political rights are man written. They appeal to a higher authority. I am not saying you have to agree with them. But you have to see where they are coming from."

"I totally want to see where they are coming from. How else will I hammer them on the head?"

"What is this weird music?"

"This would be Sinatra."

"This music. Did you grow up listening to this?"

"I am not that old. This is from the 50s."

"Hey David. Come here. Man, I just learned you work for Google. I did not know."

"Been with them for years now."

"I used to work for Google."

"Did you wait long enough to get vested?"

"Sure."

"So you are rich. What are you doing in town? Why did you move?"

"I am here to launch a startup."

"You an engineer?"

"Yes."

"I guess you have to be that."

"Not really. Engineers can be had for hire."

"So how do you seek venture capital?"

"You have to have the contacts. See, I got them."

"Here. Hey Justin. Here. This is one of the founders of Drinking Liberally. There are chapters all across America."

"Did you really? You started this whole thing."

"It got started right here, yes. Here, at Rudy's."

"You are here from London?"

"Yes, for a year."

"What up guys?"

"Uh, what up?"

"You know people say people in New York are not nice and all that. That ain't so. I did not even know you three, and I totally barged into your conversation. Hope that is okay."

"Well, uh." (odd look)

"So you guys are here for Drinking Liberally, right?"

"What? What is that?"

"Oops, sorry."

"I have a friend from India, real nice guy. Indians are nice people."

"Good for you."

"Hey, how is it going?"

"Great."

"So nice to see you. I think you do great standup comedy."

"What?"

"You are with Laughing Liberally, right?"

"No-o-o-o."

"No? Maybe I am confusing you with someone else."

"We run a chapter in South Carolina."

"Wow. So are you just passing through town?"

"Yes."

"You, my man, need to be feeling personally very good about this victory. You have made your contributions."

"Hey Jen. You are back?'

"I am in DC. I hardly recongnized you. What's up with those glasses? They look like mine."

"I put your video online a long time ago. Just do a search on Drinking Liberally at Google Video."

"I know. I show it to everyone."

"You smell good. I like your perfume."

"Thank you."

"Our signs match. We would be a great love match."

"Where do you live?"

"Brooklyn. Near the park, south of the park."

"I live right up here."

"What do you do?"

"I have a small business. I also do some political work."

"What business?"

"There are a few different projects. I am going to make my first million in less than two years. I am not rich right now, but I am going to be."

"You live in Brooklyn? I live in Brooklyn."

"Where abouts?"

"Park Slope."

"Brooklyn is so residential. You can hear nothing in my apartment, except maybe the icecream van jingle. I go once round Prospect Park for my evening walks when I do which is sometimes close to midnight. It is cheaper."

"Why are you not talking?"

"I was listening."

"Wow, two hot dogs!"

"You want one?"

"Sure."

"Here."

"Where you from?"

"Iowa."

"Where you from?"

"Texas."

"Got to go. My girlfriend is probably waiting."

"You got a girlfriend?"

"Yes. Met her right here."

On November 7: In Harlem: For Obama
The Matrix
Events To November 7 Victory
Iraq Movie, Liberally, But Not Drinking
October 5 The World Can't Wait Rally
Seaport Diwali
Indians, Indians
The South Dakota Event
August 20: India Day Party
Hakeem Jeffries Debate 2
May 1 Immigrants Rally: Great American Boycott With Jesse Jackson 3
Anti War Rally With Jesse Jackson 4
MYD Spring Gala
Liberally Tipsy
Justin Krebs
Drinking Liberally

Video

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