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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (20079)	1/6/2008 11:35:23 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224649

Obama Takes the Lead in N.H. By Jon Cohen Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (Ill.) has jumped to a double-digit lead in New Hampshire with two days to go, neutralizing New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's onetime advantage among female voters, according to two state polls released today. The Illinois senator holds a 10-point edge in the new CNN-WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire and a 13-point bulge over Clinton in the new USA Today-Gallup poll. Both surveys report a large boost in support for Obama since he won the Iowa caucuses on Thursday. More respondents in both polls now call Obama the candidate with the best shot at winning in November, a dramatic turnaround from before last week's caucuses, when Clinton was widely perceived as the most electable Democrat. Another change from previous polls, is that Obama now runs evenly with Clinton among women; he holds a 2-1 advantage among men. (In Iowa, 35 percent of female Democratic caucus-goers supported Obama, 30 percent Clinton, according to the network entrance poll.) Among GOP candidates, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) leads former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney by six points in the CNN-WMUR poll and four points in the USA Today-Gallup poll

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (20079)	1/10/2008 11:06:10 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224649

Did Clinton appoint this judge??. The timing is suspicious: >Rather Lawsuit Moves Forward Jan 10, 2008 nymag.com Breaking: It looks like former CBS News anchor Dan Rather will indeed get his day in court. On Wednesday evening Justice Ira Gammerman of the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan made a preliminary ruling denying the TV network's motion to dismiss Rather's $70 million lawsuit. "I think discovery should go forward," said Gammerman. Rather's suit, you'll recall, claims CBS unfairly shuffled him off the air after that infamous 60 Minutes Wednesday story about Bush's performance (or lack thereof) in the Texas National Guard. Rather alleges that being shown the door was just the network's misguided attempt to placate the White House and shield CBS's then-parent company Viacom from political fallout. You know, the usual reasons for dismissal from a high-profile media job. Now that the case will be moving forward, Rather's lawyer Marty Gold wants CBS to start forking over internal e-mails and documents to prove his case, including exchanges between network brass and the White House. Naturally, this has CBS lawyers asking the court to limit the scope of the discovery. "It seems pretty clear they don't want to produce [the documents]," said Gold. Looking weary from a case of the flu, Rather was relatively sanguine about the results ("It's just the beginning"), but he expressed pleasure at the prospect of discovery. "I look forward to that," he smiled. Afterward, his publicist asked if he wanted to go out for some hot toddies. He did. —Joe Hagan Update: CBS has issued a statement, focusing on the possibility that the court will define the case by the contract dispute at its center, thus narrowing the scope of discovery. To each their own spin: We are very pleased that the judge is seriously considering our motion to dismiss the case, and we eagerly await his decision on that motion. In that regard, the court indicated that portions of the lawsuit may not survive our motion to dismiss. In the meantime, the court has said that discovery can begin subject to agreement on its scope by the parties, which is standard procedure in this Court. We look forward to discussing with Mr. Rather's representatives what that scope might be.<