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

To: American Spirit who wrote (22386)	3/7/2008 6:17:38 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224704

Liberal talk-radio network Air America, which provides programming for two Sacramento-area radio stations, filed for protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday while it reorganizes. According to court filings, the station has less than $10 million in assets and between $10 million and $50 million in debts. Radio personality Al Franken is owed $360,749 in wages. Air America also reported that it owes the Minneapolis-based producer of Franken's show, Billy Kimball, $84,893. Air America is based in New York; KCTC-AM 1320 and KSAC-AM 1240 in Sacramento are among those that carry the left-leaning programming, launched as an intended counterweight to more conservative radio fare such as the show of former Sacramento talkster Rush Limbaugh. The New York Times reported that the two-year-old network will stay on the air while corporate parent Piquant Inc. tries to reorganize and ecure additional financing under a new CEO, Scott Elberg.

To: American Spirit who wrote (22386)	3/9/2008 10:56:06 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224704

TIME TO CALL IN HATCHET MEN AGAINST THE CLINTONS By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published in the New York Post on March 9, 2008. Clintons are trying to steal the nomination from Barack Obama - and he can't let them. The Clintons' campaign attacks put Obama in a bind. If he doesn't answer in kind, he's toast. But if he does, they'll have forced him off his winning message of hope and change from the bitter politics of the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush eras. If they pull him off his game and onto theirs, they can wrest away the Democratic convention victory that he's earned. The solution for Obama is clear: Reply in kind, but do it through surrogates. Obama must answer Hillary's negative attacks and make counterpunches of his own to rock her back on her heels. His holier-than-thou posture is fine for the opening stages of a campaign, but when your opponent starts throwing mud, you've got to answer. While Hillary takes aim at Obama's buddy, Tony Rezko, the Obama people need to explore the dimensions of Hillary's relationship with con artist Norman Hsu, who donated almost a million dollars to her campaign, money he'd scammed from gullible investors. Obama needs to enlist the likes of Ted Kennedy and his other supporters in making the case against Hillary. After her victories in Texas and Ohio, Hillary is once again in play. Negatives about her matter. A full frontal assault on her integrity and on Bill's conflicts of interest (remember they have joint finances) will work and will stop the bleeding in the Obama campaign. The Clintons would like nothing better than for Obama to remain passive, clinging to his desire to raise the tone of our politics. If Sen. Clinton resorts to negative ads in the remaining primary states, Obama needs to do so, too, always keeping himself off camera and using an announcer to articulate his message. As long as his attacks center on Hillary's and Bill's financial dealings and their relationships with lobbyists and special-interest groups, he will remain on message and his attacks will be in sync with his general approach to the race. But Obama must make no mistake - it's time to fight back.