It was almost like a Cold War-era spat in Iowa among top Democrats on Wednesday. Much like how countries tried to steal spies in a tit-for-tat fashion, Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were highlighting how they were pilfering each other’s supporters. 
Clinton’s campaign announced at midday that she had snagged former ironworker Bobby McFadden, who was a member of Obama’s campaign labor steering committee. In a statement released by her campaign, McFadden cited Clinton’s “strength and experience to enact universal health care and deliver the real solutions our country needs.”
Obama’s campaign shot back two hours later saying they had signed up one of Clinton’s 10 co-chairmen of her Iowa veterans committee, just three days after she spent an afternoon in the state highlighting her past work on the behalf of veterans.
Vietnam veteran Kent Sovern switched his allegiance to Obama, citing his “judgment and courage to stand up for America’s veterans and find a responsible way to get our combat troops out of Iraq,” according to a statement released by the campaign.
Clinton and Obama have been locked in an intense battle in Iowa, where polls show the two in a statistical dead heat.
– Photo credit: Reuters/Jim Young
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I can see there’s a lot of debate about which candidate to support - and rightly so. While candidates might support this and that there is one thing that is absolutely inexorable - the Rule of 72. What, you may be saying, does compound interest have to do with elections? Well, at this particular moment our debt is $9,140,774,041,671.00. Assuming we completely eliminate deficit spending (and which candidate would do that, huh?) and a current t-bill rate of 5% this 9 trillion dollar debt will become an 18 trillion dollar debt in 72/5 or 14.4 years. The interest on our CURRENT debt is $457 BILLION dollars. In fifteen years the INTEREST part of the debt will be a TRILLION dollars. This is a surer enemy than all the IslamoFascists in existence. This is a greater threat to the sovereignty of the U.S. than any foreign invader. This surpasses any conceivable wedge issue by several orders of magnitude. To put it bluntly, OUR COUNTRY IS BLEEDING TO DEATH. Triage of a most urgent sort is needed here. It’s as if a patient had arterial bleeding and the “doctors” were ordering expensive lab tests. There IS a REAL doctor who can perform this triage. Dr. Ron Paul truly represents Hope For America!
- Posted by Louis NardoziSupport a self made person.
- as you would support the same in your own community.
Say No to Nepotism.
- as you would say No to Nepotism in your own community.
Say No to triangulated Iraq War green-light votes.
- as you have said no to Bush’s botched war in your own community.
Say yes to a new brighter vision for America.
It’s time to Rise and Shine again.
Barack Obama for President of the United States of America.
- Posted by PulSamsara