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Harold Ickes is known as Hillary Clinton‘s arm-twister, the guy who’s leaning on uncommitted superdelegates to move his candidate’s way. Ickes is also the force behind a for-profit data aggregating firm, Catalist, mentioned in a recent TAP piece by Holly Yeager. Among a href=”http://www.catalist.us/clients.html#1″>its clients, Catalist provided the data used by Women Voices Women Vote“Women’s […]

CARPAYING THE DIEM. While Barack Obama may have won the straw poll conducted by The Politico at the Take Back America (TBA) conference, Hillary Clinton won the contest for best use of the conference — and that’s the one that really counts. While the other Democratic presidential candidates used the TBA platform simply to talk […]

BUCHANAN FODDER. Brother Sam’s point about a GOP food-fight is well taken when considering the quixotic Tancredo bid, which is only quixotic if one thinks its point is to win the Republican Presidential nomination. With the lovely and talented Bay Buchanan (best known for running brother Pat’s 1996 insurgency) acting as campaign manager, you can […]

NOT BACKING DOWN PAYS OFF BIG. Well, at least the Recording Academy electors — not usually the most risk-taking of deciders — found the wherewithal to do what the Senate, so far, has found so impossible: put itself on record against the war. Even in its most forgettable years, the Grammy Awards show often provides […]