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The head of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign refused to concede Sunday that she has no chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Terry McCauliffe said it is still possible for Clinton to win the nomination, even though most pundits have concluded that she cannot overtake her rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, to become the Democratic Party nominee. "Look, tomorrow -- something new could happen," said McCauliffe. "Nothing's impossible. You are talking to Terry McAuliffe. I don't believe anything in life is impossible." McAuliffe argued that Clinton would be a stronger candidate than...

Democrats Cancel Inauguration Festivities January 9, 2005 (Washington, D.C.) Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry McCauliffe and Party Presidential nominee John F. Kerry announced today that upcoming events scheduled for the January 20th Inauguration have been cancelled so the money can be used to aid the United Nations effort to care for Tsunami victims. "Democrats have a long and proud tradition of using other people's money to help others, and we feel this is a prudent way for us to make up for the lack of victim relief funding by the Republican Congress," stated McCauliffe. When asked how Democrats could...

According to the Kerry campaign, any normal activity done in the year preceding a presidential election is off limits. This policy is notably something that the Kerry campaign has followed perfectly. Kerry has rarely showed up for Senate votes over the past year, making an exception only for important issues like the protection of partial birth abortion. When Bush offered Kerry an intelligence briefing, he refused, citing a busy schedule dealing with the selection of his running mate. When the same information offered to him was made public, he questioned the timing. When Bush recently announced a plan to remove...

RICH IN EMBARRASSMENTS We're probably not the first to groan about the twin embarrassments that yesterday brought the Democratic Party--between the gubernatorial defeats in Kentucky and Mississippi and the circus-like debate in Boston. But we'd like to spend a few minutes brooding about them nonetheless. First the "debate." Last night's "Rock the Vote" event was easily the most entertaining of the Democrats' intramural smack-downs to date, which was probably a welcome development for those of us who've tuned in to watch each previous installment. But the reason it was so entertaining was that it also happened to be the most...

BLUE STATERDemocrats in North Carolina breathed a sigh of relief when Sen. John Edwards finally backed out of a re-election race that would have taken the back seat to his presidential (or vice presidential) aspirations. His retirement, as it were, opened the door to Erskine Bowles, the former Clinton chief of staff who has already run for the Senate once and lost once to Elizabeth Dole. Bowles was the state Democratic Party’s pick to run for the seat, in part because it believes Bowles has the personal financial wherewithal and the fundraising connections nationally to make it a competitive race...

THE BIGGEST LIAR OF THEM ALLGov. Gray Davis may not have been the biggest loser in the California recall. Some Democratic National Committee members are calling for DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe to explain his odd behavior in the days leading up to Tuesday's election debacle. McAuliffe appeared on cable news channels and gave print interviews citing DNC internal polling data that showed the recall election too close to call. He also claimed that he had numbers indicating Democrats would emerge unscathed from the election. He also claimed that even if Arnold Schwarzenegger did win, he'd do so with fewer votes...

Terry McCaulliffe just asked the aged question "where are the WMDs?" on John Gibson's "The Big Story." But what was amazing was that he immediately followed with " I'm sure we'll find them , but where are they now?" Interesting....

Last year, when Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe was pushing through the presidential primary calendar changes that he hoped would accelerate the choice of the 2004 Democratic nominee, he was asked how many of his party's potential contenders he thought could meet the stiff financial challenge of the front-loaded contest. McAuliffe, to my surprise, said enough Democratic money was around for "five or six -- maybe more" of the contenders to mount full-scale campaigns. Those who accept partial public financing of their campaigns -- and so far, all of the nine declared candidates indicate they will do that --...

Setting the Record Straight (Again) for DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe Statement by RNC Chairman Marc Racicot August 10, 2002 WASHINGTON - Governor Marc Racicot, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, issued the following statement today responding to Democrat Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe's speech at the DNC Convention in Las Vegas: “Once again, I am mystified by Chairman McAuliffe’s reckless political rhetoric and disregard for the facts. Such attacks, as those made today in Las Vegas, are a disservice to our political system and our President’s efforts to bring all Americans together to deal with our nation’s most serious issues. Americans...

Gary Winnick treated Global Crossing as his personal cash cow--until the company went bankrupt. Michael Nighan couldn't believe his eyes. As Global Crossing's North America director of regulatory affairs, one of Nighan's tasks was to review all of the startup telco's marketing and sales material. But what confused him in late 1999 was a map of Global Crossing's network that showed a fiber-optic loop around the continent of Africa. "What's this?" asked Nighan. He was told it was Africa One, an undersea broadband cable that Global Crossing planned to build for a group of telecom carriers. "But I said...

<p>WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee is accusing Republicans of breaking the law in a fund-raising effort that Republicans hope will help raise millions of dollars on top of the $30 million they expect to collect at a gala Tuesday night in Washington.</p> <p>The uproar revolves around a photo of President Bush calling Vice President Cheney from Air Force One on Sept. 11. The photo is part of a three-picture set that depicts "the defining moments of 'The First Year' of the George W. Bush presidency."</p>

Someone remind me why my tax dollars are paying the salaries of Senators Leahy, Durbin and Daschle. Someone please tell me that there is some sort of clause in their contract that allows us to throw them out on their cans because of inactivity. What? No? Arrrggghhhhhhhh! These three and their legislative cohorts have successfully stalled one of the most important functions of the executive branch of the federal government – appointing federal judges. But instead of following constitutional procedure and allowing the appointed nominees to obtain their hearings and have straight up-or-down votes, this gaggle of three is holding...