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New Director General for WIPO
via The Patry Copyright Blog by William Patry on May 14, 2008
Yesterday saw high drama in Geneva not seen since -- well, I don't know when there has been high drama in Geneva -- but anyway, by a vote of 42 to 41, Francis Gurry of Australia was elected the new Director General of WIPO. As reported by the Intellectual Property Watch blog:The busy campaigns of the 15 original candidates lasted for months, beginning last autumn, and in some cases as far...
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Obama's Amazing Money Machine
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Joshua Green has a must-read piece on Sen. Barack Obama's fundraising operation which is "quite unlike anything seen before innational politics. Obama's machine attracts large and small donorsalike, those who want to give money and those who want to raise it,veteran activists and first-time contributors, and -- especially -- anyonewho is wired to anything: computer, cell phone,...
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Edwards: "Democratic Voters Have Made Their Choice, And So Have I"
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on May 14, 2008
... is President of the United States of America!"But most significantly, Edwards effectively said, "The Democrats have made their choice. The primary is over," precisely at a moment when the Hillary campaign is making the opposite case. You really couldn't imagine a moment more perfectly scripted for the Obama campaign, coming right after Obama's lopsided loss in West Virginia, than this.
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Buying Web Domain Names - Some Tips and General Precautions
via del.icio.us|faqoff by faqoff on May 13, 2008
bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by faqoff todominiosrecursosproblemas.postSEO - more about this bookmark...
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Who’s missing from the Obama Organizing Fellowship?
via John Bracken by bracken on May 14, 2008
Tomorrow is the (extended) deadline to apply for one of the summer Obama organizing fellowships. The program is open to “students and recent graduates” who will work, unpaid, at least 30 hours a week for the campaign. “Housing is not guaranteed,” the site adds. I love the fellowship concept, but I worry that the young Latino precinct captain I met in Northwest Indiana, who is not a...
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Thinking About Childers
via Matthew Yglesias by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
This business of Travis Childers winning an extremely Republican district on the heels of two other Democratic special election wins drives home how infuriating the idea of even having an extended "electability" argument about "who can win" is at this point. The reality is that given current conditions, either Clinton or Obama is very likely to win. That, I assume, is why Clinton is fighting so...
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No Golf for Bush
via Matthew Yglesias by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
This is hardly the only preposterous aspect of President Bush's notion of giving up golf because he's sad about Iraq, but it does seem worth pointing out that he hasn't given up recreational boating and fishing at his family's enormous summer estate in Kennebunkport, Maine during the same period. If, as Bush says, "playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal" then...
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Obama Rolls Out Two More Super-Del Endorsements
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on May 14, 2008
Hillary may have won West Virginia by a landslide last night, but it's Obama who brandishes the first sign of momentum this morning, rolling out two new super-delegate endorsements.They are Democrats Abroad Chair Christine Schon Marques (half a super) and Indiana Rep. Pete Visclosky.A quick note on super-del policy here: Because Obama has what is essentially an insurmountable delegate lead,...
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The Latest Popular Vote Counts
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on May 14, 2008
According to ABC News's count, Hillary's big win yesterday in West Virginia has put her ahead again in the popular vote -- but only if you count Florida and Michigan:Hillary: 16,691,403Obama: 16,647,965Hillary had edged ahead by this metric after Pennsylvania, and now has got this lead back. But if you exclude Florida and Michigan, Obama is still leading by over half a million...
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Poll: McCain Beats Obama And Hillary By Equal Margin Among Working Class Whites
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on May 14, 2008
... the poll also finds that both lose to McCain by an equal margin of seven points among whites overall.Of course, Hillary's argument is also about who would fare better among these voters in the big states in particular, and this is only one poll. Nonetheless, there's no getting around the fact that the above numbers are difficult to square with a central aspect of her basic argument.
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