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Dexter, Missouri ~ Friday, May 9, 2008
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Hillary, where's your flag pin?
Posted Tuesday, May 6, at 10:06 PM
Well, it's almost 10 p.m. and I'm listening to Hillary's victory(?) speech. I understand hanging in there because you owe it to your supporters, but what about what the damage this does to your party?

Hillary, who was not wearing her flag pin this evening (I couldn't resist), is right now giving a speech that from one sentence to the next changes from a victory speech to a concession it seems.

She's spending a lot of time speaking in the past tense and her speech clearly lacks the energy that Obama's had two hours ago.

Obama's victory speech tonight was clearly a move to the next step into the general election.

He took more jabs at McCain and made several kind comments about Hillary in an apparent effort to heal the party's wounds caused by this primary season.

My gut tells me that over the course of the next week, we'll see more and more super delegates begin to come out and endorse Obama in an attempt to wrap up the nomination and begin the chase for November.

While technically tonight's win was not a knockout blow to the Clintons, it was about as close as you can get.

I don't think we will be seeing her bow out just yet, but I do see the day coming.

While mathematically a victory is still possible, the odds are about as bad as my chances of winning the Powerball.

What do you guys think?



Candidates and their jobs
Posted Tuesday, April 22, at 2:23 PM

As I was perusing stories regarding tonight's Presidential primary, a question came to me. Senators Clinton and Obama are both active members of the U.S. Senate, or are they? Campaigning for an office like President of the United States consumes not only all of your time, but your entire life. Traveling and speaking seven days of the week, meeting the people, meetings with organizations...



Recession or...
Posted Wednesday, April 9, at 10:13 AM

For some time now signs of the current economic situation have been staring at us, but right now, at least in my humble opinion, things look pretty bleak. I guess first I should mention that my understanding and grasp on economics is quite limited, but regardless I think it needs to be discussed...



Bloomfield writer Cox passes away at 52
Posted Monday, March 24, at 10:55 AM

North Stoddard Countian Bloomfield Staff Writer ElFreda Cox has passed away this morning following her battle with cancer. Cox was a hard worker who cared deeply for her family, community and her work. She will be sorely missed by all of us here at The North Stoddard Countian and The Daily Statesman...



Name the most interesting thing that floated past your house this week?
Posted Wednesday, March 19, at 3:43 PM

Once again, I apologize for the hiatus. To say things have been busy would be a gross understatement though. This weather has just blown me away, not to mention the load of material it gives me for my job. Since the last week of January, we've had 2 confirmed tornadoes touch down within 15 miles (and several more within about 40), a major ice storm, a minor ice storm that couldn't have had worse timing if it had been intentional, a mild snowstorm and now the 'Flood of 2008.'...



How about a little ice with your thunder?
Posted Tuesday, February 12, at 12:52 PM

I'm writing this with the idea that many of you will never read it because you probably still have no power. However, for the few fortunate souls who do, I thought I would share my morning with you. Nothind major, just a story. After a full night's thunder ice (isn't that a cool phrase?) I woke up wondering what it looked like outside. I put on my shoes and headed outside for a morning cigarette, but was stopped in my tracks...



Thoughts on Super Tuesday...
Posted Wednesday, February 6, at 10:02 AM

Well, the votes have been tallied and the poll workers are likely still sleeping it off, but we didn't have too many surprises. Huckabee taking a few states kind of surprised me, but McCain is and was the clear Republican (?!) frontrunner. Love it or leave it...



...and the winner is?!?!
Posted Friday, February 1, at 1:30 PM

Well, I don't know who the winner is yet, but I've almost reached the conclusion that I'm not going to be happy no matter who wins. I know we have a few big names in this year's race, but all in all I'm simply not impressed. Right now my gut feeling tells me that we're looking at choosing between Hillary and McCain in Nov.. Not much of a choice in my opinion...



Hillary: Go vote...I'll watch your kids
Posted Wednesday, January 2, at 9:34 AM

As I was perusing the morning headlines today I came across one that I thought was worth sharing. I want to start out by saying that there's nowhere to find good humor quite like you can during an election and this is no exception. With the Iowa Caucus tomorrow morning, the Democrat race is still up for grabs there and the candidates are doing everything in their power to drag their supporters to the polls, and I mean anything...



Merry Christmas
Posted Monday, December 24, at 7:06 AM

I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish everyone who visits both my blog and The Daily Statesman website a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This year's online project has been great and to be honest I've had a lot of fun so far. Everyone has managed to stay civil, even during some pretty heated debates surrounding rather sensitive topics and that was one of our largest concerns in the beginning. Thanks for making this possible...



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Corey Noles, staff writer for The Daily Statesman and Editor of The North Stoddard Countian, uses his blog to sound off about whatever gets under his skin. Whether it be politics, music or even Corn Flakes, you can find it here.
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