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Hillary and Obama Take Time Off To Attend Their Day Jobs

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Tue May 13, 2008 at 12:23:28 PM EST
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama (all tags)
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be in the U.S. Senate today to vote on a few bills. Why? MSNBC's Chuck Todd says it's to court the labor vote.

The bill at issue is "a procedural vote allowing state and local first responders collective bargaining rights."

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    Hillary and Obama Take Time Off To Attend Their Day Jobs | 7 comments (7 topical)

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    Thought this might be of interest (none / 0) (#1)
    by FoxholeAtheist on Tue May 13, 2008 at 12:32:33 PM EST
    From Politico: Obama's Projections. "Bloomberg News's Catherine Dodge and Alex Tanzi reported yesterday that they'd gotten their hands on a detailed Obama campaign spreadsheet projecting the results of the rest of the state contests, which was released "inadvertently" by the campaign."

    I haven't had a chance to look at it first hand. Sorry if this has already been posted at TL. Also, delete if it's too OT.

    When you read it, (none / 0) (#3)
    by samanthasmom on Tue May 13, 2008 at 12:57:18 PM EST
    don't skip the comments.  "No way Clinton takes PA"

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    It's My Understanding Unions Are Still Fighting (none / 0) (#2)
    by PssttCmere08 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 12:40:20 PM EST
    hard for Hillary.  Will obama vote present?  I believe Hillary has been in the senate during this primary contest, a lot more than obama.  But that is how he rolls while getting a free ride from the press and the idiotic DCC/DNC leadership.

    it is also my understanding that (none / 0) (#4)
    by thereyougo on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:02:31 PM EST
    Obama got the teamster's nod when he promised to ease up on oversight thats had the feds watching them for mob connections.

    I rather like that and Bill Clinton did too. I suspect Hillary would follow.

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    They vote alphabetically, right? (none / 0) (#5)
    by BrandingIron on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:15:29 PM EST

    Because dang, too bad Obama wouldn't vote before Clinton.  Here we go with follow the leader again.  _

    i know this is a radical (none / 0) (#6)
    by cpinva on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:41:05 PM EST
    concept, but maybe it's just to do their jobs?

    MSNBC's Chuck Todd says it's to court the labor vote.
    Sen. Obama wasn't doing his job (none / 0) (#7)
    by daryl herbert on Tue May 13, 2008 at 01:52:50 PM EST
    before he decided to run for president. He was phoning it in (metaphorically--I don't think Senators can vote by phone).

    Where are his accomplishments from his Senate career?  Why do you think he would start working now?

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