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New Hillary attack! “If speeches could create jobs, we wouldn’t be facing a recession.” And as the old saw has it: “If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there’d be no call for tinkers.” Also: Does this mean Hillary Clinton thinks speeches should be able to create jobs? Or does she just regret the fact that hers can’t? Would a mute President be best? (Well, yes, probably.) (Granted, Obama is no better. He and Clinton both seem to be of the view that poor old King Canute’s sycophants were right – the monarch really can turn back the waves. The oft-maligned Canute knew better of course and organised his

Marc Ambinder has quotes from what the Clinton campaign is billing as a “major contrast” speech she will give in Ohio tonight (I assume this is being leaked in an attempt to divert attention away from what seems likely to be a big win for Obama in Wisconsin tonight). Anyway, among the “highlights”: …Tonight, I want to talk about the choice you have in this election – and why that choice matters…. …This election is not about me or my opponent.  It’s about you.  Your lives, your dreams, your future. Right now, too many people are struggling. Working the day shift, the night shift, trying to get by without health

Salmond says it’s game on! ALEX Salmond would start legal moves to bring Berwick back under Scottish control if the town’s residents voted to leave England in a referendum, it emerged yesterday. A spokesman for the First Minister said borders were “fluid” and there were precedents from around the world of towns changing hands from one government to another. He was responding to the results of a new poll of residents in Berwick-upon-Tweed which found a clear majority in favour of becoming part of Scotland… A spokesman for Mr Salmond said: “If there was an official referendum, there is no administration, no matter what party is in charge, who would

The Clinton campaign appears to be staffed by morons. To wit: Mark Penn: “Could we possibly have a nominee who hasn’t won any of the significant states — outside of Illinois?” Chief Strategist Mark Penn said. “That raises some serious questions about Sen. Obama.” Oh dear. This is so obviously absurd that it scarcely requires refutation. Still, it’s tiresome that so many people seem to think performance in a Democratic-primary is any indicator for likely performance in a November general election. Let me make a bold prediction however: if Barack Obama is the nominee he will win “significant” states such as New York and California. Meanwhile, the entertainment continues: But

The best argument against Barack Obama? Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact that this country is even considering putting another black man, Barack Obama, in the Oval Office proves that we have not. We can’t deny the facts, people. All we will get by electing an African-American is Texas-size space particles crashing into the Earth’s surface, mega-tsunamis that barrel into the Appalachian Mountains, and 6.6 billion dead people. I’m not suggesting that President