Talking Politics

During a recent interview Rep. Anthony Weiner explained why he has been campaigning for Hilary Clinton all this time. “I’m doing a lot, but it’s largely because I’m dating Huma,” Weiner said.

Huma Abedin has been called the “body woman” for Clinton. She is the assistant for Clinton and is always by her side. Weiner stated that he has admired Abedin for a long time now. In last year’s Observer profile of Abedin, Weiner said, “This notion that Senator Clinton is a cool customer—I mean, I don’t dispute it, but the coolest customer in that whole operation is Huma.”

Senator Hilary Clinton has hoped and planned on beating out Obama during an early knockout on Super Tuesday. Obama on the other hand has prepared and researched the congressional districts in the states with the primaries that were still months away. Because of this they have planned to win delegates even after they would have lost some states.

The Democratic National Committee is given Senator Hilary Clinton may decide to give millions of the disputed votes from Michigan and Florida to Clinton this Saturday. Of course whether or not this will truly affect the outcome of the presidential nomination has not yet been determined.

Clinton’s campaign stated that the her and Senator Barack Obama will not have enough pledged delegates to be able to claim the party’s nomination when the Democrats convene for their convention in August. Now, for Clinton, it’s about winning the remaining uncommitted superdelegates’ faith in her.

Woody Jenkins a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives thought by aligning Don Cazayoux the Democratic candidate with Barack Obama would gain his victory for representation of Louisiana’s 6th District.

This strategy proved to be unsuccessful when Don Cazayoux emerged on Saturday the winner even against a multimillion dollar effort to define Cazayoux as a liberal Democrat in step with Barack Obama. This victory boosted the Democrats optimism heading into the fall elections. Seeing this seat for Louisiana’s 6th District was held by Republican Richard Baker for decades.

Senator Hilary Clinton is trying desperately to beat out Obama though many are telling her to give it up, pack her bags, and go home. She is running out of money, delegates, and with only a few more primaries left she is running out of time. Unless something drastic happens Obama will win the Democratic nomination in June.

Yet, Clinton has promised that she will stick to the race till the end. The final primaries are Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Kentucky, Oregon, and Montana.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief advisor – Mark J. Penn – quit on her this week. This new development along with the fact that Barack Obama is in the lead for the Democratic presidential nomination is shaking things up for her campaign.

Governor Eliot Spitzer earned the nickname “Mr. Clean” – but this week that nickname was stripped from him after he was accused and found guilty of paying off a high priced call girl for sex. The scandal has forced the Democrat to step down from his position of office.
At a news conference before about 100 reporters, a glassy-eyed Spitzer, his wife at his side, apologized to his family and the people of New York. But he gave no details of what he was sorry for, did not discuss his political future and ignored shouted questions about whether he would resign.

Barack Obama was hoping for a strong win against Hilary Clinton this week as the voting polls began in both Texas and Ohio. Clinton is also hoping for a strong win in order to get back on track for the presidential nomination. Both of them were confident that they would have no problem winning. However, their campaign teams have stated that there is a chance that split decisions and close voting could happen and could drag on the battle for more than a month.

Senator Christopher Dodd and Barack Obama were at one time presidential rivals – but now they have seen eye to eye. To make up for lost time Dodd has chosen to endorse Obama in order for Democrats to join and work together against the Republicans during the fall campaign. “I don’t want a campaign that is divisive here, and there’s a danger in that,” Dodd said, although he denied he was nudging Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to end her candidacy.

Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama are at it again in the good state of Wisconsin and in the land of Hawaii this week as they both work to gain the votes of the people. It seems though that this wasn’t quite the week for either for them as the nomination took a turn for the worse.