Just FYI, I was on WBUR's "Radio Boston" program on Friday afternoon to talk about the parallels between the Patrick and Obama campaigns. Other guests were the Phoenix's Adam Reilly, GOP analyst Todd Domke, and the omnipresent Jeff … [Read more...]
Obama plagiarizes/copies/shares with/borrows from Patrick…AGAIN!
Politico.com is reporting another incident of Obama/Patrick "sharing": A rival campaign is circulating another pair of videos of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) echoing Deval Patrick, a friend who is now the Massachusetts governor. This time, … [Read more...]
Reminiscing about Devack …
Check out Scott Helman in the Globe -- almost a year ago (HT Adam, who raises a good question, so check out his post as well): Of all the things Deval Patrick's Republican opponent threw at him in last year's governor's race, one charge … [Read more...]
Update on Devack Obatrick: Obama says he should’ve credited Deval
Here's the latest on this amusing story. Sen. Barack Obama said today that he should have given credit to his friend, Deval Patrick, when he used language very similar to some previously spoken by the Massachusetts governor in 2006. "I was … [Read more...]
Devack Obatrick on “Just Words”
I dunno, folks. Just watch this and tell me what you think. First part is Deval Patrick on the Boston Common on October 15, 2006. Second part is Barack Obama the other day in Wisconsin. I recall another presidential … [Read more...]
Just how important is David Axelrod?
That was John Edwards in 2004, after he didn't win the Iowa caucuses. Doesn't sound much like John Edwards today, does it? That's perhaps because, at the time, John Edwards was a client of David Axelrod -- the political … [Read more...]
Obama channeling Deval
Has anyone else noticed that Barack Obama's speeches, especially the one he just finished, are getting eerily similar to Deval Patrick's campaign speeches? I mean, there was always lots of similarity, but it's really getting … [Read more...]
Surprise! Bill Richardson has charisma
The Democratic National Committee has just wrapped up its winter meeting. The highlight, at least as far as the rest of the world is concerned, is the ten speeches by announced Democratic presidential candidates. They're all … [Read more...]