Dolores Huerta

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—It was hardly the kind of symbolism an embattled candidate would hope for: appearing at an event within a stone’s throw of the Alamo last night, Hillary Clinton had only spoken for a few moments when the lights illuminating her on the open-air stage went out.

Clinton made no reference to the power failure and normal service was duly restored in time for her to launch her newly-sharpened attacks on Barack Obama.

Using the same concept as her controversial ‘telephone’ TV ad, Clinton asserted, “When the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the White House, there isn’t a time for speeches, there is no time for on-the-job training. You need someone with the strength and experience to make a decision.”  read more »

As Howard Wolfson busts Barack Obama for lifting a speech wholesale from Deval Patrick, and Obama's campaign responds in kind, it's worth noting that at least one other country is considerably less uptight about political plagiarism.

Italy's Walter Veltroni, who just quit his job as Rome's mayor to run for Prime Minister with the newly formed Democratic Party, has actually  read more »