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Billary's Tax Returns....Not......2007

This is what we know so far:

2000-2007 Returns

Feds Taxes Paid: $33.7 million
Charity: $10.2 million
Her Senate Salary: $1,051,606
His Presidential Pension: $1,217,250
Her Book Income: $10,457,083
His Book Income: $29,580,525
His Speech Income: $51,855,599

Update: Conflicting stories about 2007 tax returns. Did the late Friday dump include 2007? Drudge says it includes 2007...
Chris Mathews said the Friday's dump did not....
Dan Abrams Tag Breaking Tonight: seek extension on 2007 Tax return, Estimate $20 Million in income. Developing Story........

Update 2: Ben Smith reports that the dump include detailed returns for 2000 through 2006, and the request for an extension for last year.

So they did not release 2007, Drudge managed to do Hillary bidding by not specifying the 2007 omissions, Thanks Ben I can away count on you. You can download them, and see a summary, here.

Update 3:






Update 4: Senator Hillary Clinton and President Clinton
2007 Tax Information

• The Clintons will seek an extension of time to file their 2007 tax return, as they have for
  the past 3 years, because they are waiting to receive information related to partnership
  income, including investments made by the Trustees of their Blind Trust. The Blind
  Trust was unblinded on April 27, 2007 and the assets, with the exception of U.S. treasury
  notes and federal bonds, were sold on May 11, 2007. The tax information in this release
  is based upon the best estimates of the Clintons' tax attorney.
  

• Senator Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton have paid $5,100,000 in federal
  income taxes on an estimated total income of $20,400,000 for 2007. They will not pay
  additional taxes when they file their extension. Senator Clinton and President Clinton made more than $3,000,000 in charitable contributions in 2007, including $1,000,000 from the proceeds of President Clinton's book, Giving.

The Clintons' estimated 2007 total income includes, among other items:
Senator Clinton's salary $150,200
Senator Clinton's book royalties $152,864
President's Clinton's pension $186,600
President Clinton's book income $4,434,446
President Clinton's speeches $10,145,000
Partnership income $2,750,000
Advisor income from InfoUSA $400,000
Income from savings accounts $485,000
Investment income from Blind Trust $3,515,000

• (The partnership, speeches and investment income above are estimated figures)
  Information on the Clintons' 2007 estimated total income and federal tax
  payments is provided by their tax attorney, Howard M. Topaz of Hogan & Hartson.

Hillary you need to stop talking

Hillary, your campaign raised 20 million just in time. Do campaign a favor and hire a " Phony Image" consultant to get your poll numbers up. After today's press conference your campaign staff tried to do a little damage control but I don't think it passed kohones test.


Fernando Suarez CBS Reports:

• BURBANK, CALIF. - In an exchange with reporters at a press conference earlier today, Hillary Clinton was asked about reports that while, she was seeking his endorsement, she told Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., that Barack Obama could not win the general election if he were the nominee. Clinton responded, “You know we have been going back and forth in this campaign about who said what to whom and let me say this about that. I don’t talk about private conversations. But I have consistently made the case that I can win because I believe I can win. You know, sometimes people draw the conclusions that I’m saying somebody else can’t win. I can win, I know I can win. That’s why I do this everyday. I’m in it to win it.”
  
  The reporter pressed Clinton saying, “Is that a no?” To which Clinton responded, “That’s a no.”
  

**O-No phony alert** HRC staff tries to clean up Hillary's "THAT'S NO"

• A senior Clinton spokesman told reporters that Clinton did not mean to imply that she was not referring to what she allegedly said to Richardson about Obama. Instead, the campaign explains that Clinton took the follow up question to mean that she “does not talk about private conversations."
  
  Reporters pressed the aide about Clinton’s answer to which the aide maintained that Clinton’s “that’s a no” answer was aimed at the fact that Clinton does not discuss private conversations.

After paying Mark Pen his usual $10 million and the health insurance for the staff this month, I think it would be a wise investment to hire a "phony image" consultant. Know anyone who is available? Bill is a little busy working with his "anger management" consultant.

Don't Worry Bill We Won't Forget Obama Is Black

Update: Its not just Bill making the point Barack is Black:

(Hillary) Clinton Insists Campaign Strong
She said she never expected to do well in any of those contests, even though she had been favored to win Maine. Clinton repeated her criticism that the caucus system is undemocratic and caters mostly to party activists.

As for Louisiana, "You had a very strong and very proud African- American electorate, which I totally respect and understand," Clinton said.

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Ted Endorse...Bill Talks

By: Mike Allen and Carrie Budoff Brown , Politico

.....The Clinton campaign launched a last-ditch effort over the last few days to stop Kennedy's move, orchestrating a flood of phone calls to Kennedy from sources ranging from union chiefs to his Massachusetts constituents. The former president also called Kennedy in a vain attempt to keep him out of the race, a source familiar with the conversation said.

During his two terms in the White House, President Clinton made repeated overtures to the Kennedy family. So the senator’s rejection of his wife is at least as embarrassing as her 28-point loss in the South Carolina primary on Saturday......

....The Kennedy endorsement is likely to give Obama a lift among Hispanic voters because of Kennedy's passionate advocacy of immigration legislation. The Obama campaign, which lags far behind Clinton among Hispanic voters in national polls, is likely to prominently display the endorsements by both Kennedys in Latino communities.

The disclosure also comes the same weekend that the House's highest-ranking Latino, California Rep. Xavier Becerra, also announced that he is backing Obama.......

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Obama: Man, those Klinton Kids are Something...

xpostfactoid Post:

keep reading that Obama is 'timid' or 'hesitant' or "whiny" in dealing with Hilllary's attacks. I've never thought so -- I've thought that he's blended his message about trust seamlessly into his message about building a working mandate -- but this is just pitch perfect:

He brushed off concerns about a loss of black voters in the general election should Clinton win the nomination after an ugly primary -- a worry that many others in the party have alluded to.

"Black voters shouldn't blame Senator Clinton for running a vigorous campaign against me," he said. "That should be a source of pride. It means I might win this thing. When I was 20 points down, I was a 'person of good character' and my health-care plan was 'universal.' The fact that we've got this fierce contest indicates I'm doing well, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

Obama struck a similar tone when asked about Bill Clinton's role in the campaign. "Let me sort of dispose of the whole issue of President Clinton. I have said this repeatedly. He is entirely justified in wanting to promote his wife's candidacy," Obama said. "I have no problem with that whatsoever. He can be as vigorous an advocate on behalf of her as he would like. The only thing I'm concerned about is when he makes misstatements about my record. That's what I'm seeking to correct."

More than once, Obama has played the adult in the Clinton sandbox. The lion tamer, the ringmaster. "Hillary, I look forward to taking advice from you..."

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Robert Reich's Blog
US 22nd Secretary of Labor, Clinton administration.

Bill Clinton's Old Politics

I write this more out of sadness than anger. Bill Clinton’s ill-tempered and ill-founded attacks on Barack Obama are doing no credit to the former President, his legacy, or his wife’s campaign. Nor are they helping the Democratic party. While it may be that all is fair in love, war, and politics, it’s not fair – indeed, it’s demeaning – for a former President to say things that are patently untrue (such as Obama’s anti-war position is a “fairy tale”) or to insinuate that Obama is injecting race into the race when the former President is himself doing it. Meanwhile, the attack ads being run in South Carolina by the Clinton camp which quote Obama as saying Republicans had all the ideas under Reagan, is disingenuous. For years, Bill Clinton and many other leading Democrats have made precisely the same point – that starting in the Reagan administration, Republicans put forth a range of new ideas while the Democrats sat on their hands. Many of these ideas were wrong-headed and dangerous, such as supply-side economics. But for too long Democrats failed counter with new ideas of their own; they wrongly assumed that the old Democratic positions and visions would be enough. Clinton’s 1992 campaign – indeed, the entire “New Democratic” message of the 1990s – was premised on the importance of taking back the initiative from the Republicans and offering Americans a new set of ideas and principles. Now, sadly, we’re witnessing a smear campaign against Obama that employs some of the worst aspects of the old politics.

Rep. James Clyburn: Race, Unity And The Democratic Party

MSNBC Interview with Rep. James Clyburn South Carolina

Is Bill running for a third term?

Andrew Sullivan Thinks So-

"We Fought And We Won"
Bill is running hard - and accusing Obama of the kind of attacks his machine has been launching. Yes, he's accusing Obama of playing the race card - a classic Rove tactic of accusing

your opponent of doing exactly what you're doing. "Shame on you," he leers at the press. Those too lazy or uninformed to read further may well take him at his word. In fact, he is using the prestige and dignity of his office as a massive bulldozer to smear and attack his wife's opponent.

It really is time to acknowledge that Clinton is running for a third term - in flagrant violation of the 22d Amendment. He's fighting for unelected power by proxy - just as his wife fought for hers in 1992 and 1996. Their deal is now explicit. And their goal - four terms between them - is in their grasp.

CNN


Ok, Mr Clinton lets ask Andrew Young who is determined to take the election away from the people.



Maynard Eaton, News Makers Live: Interview Andrew Young

Clintion's Courting Black Folks?

January 21, 2008 N.Y. Poll: Hillary Clinton maintains her lead over Barack Obama, 48-23

Harlem, USA



What About Our Daughters reader IMAN said... I just finished confronting Hillary outside of the church I go to in Harlem, where she went to get an endorsement from the Rev. She got her endorsement and was met outside by a crowd of chanting Obama supporters. It was so bad that her staff started holding up Hillary signs and passing them out to tourist to make it look like Harlem supported her, but it was clear where the people's hearts were and the press was aware of that as well. We need to break apart this myth that Harlem loves the Clinton's just because Bill has an office here. He came here because we are a symbol of black America and they're pretending to have support here to make it appear the black folks still "love the Clintons". I'm sure she wanted to get that message to South Carolina, but it did'nt work. She might have the Harlem leadership (who are also part of the CRIC), but she doesn't have the people.


Hillary Heckled in Harlem
by Fernando Suarez, CBS News

NEW YORK CITY -- After winning the Nevada caucuses and only a few hours of sleep at her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., Hillary Clinton put on her Sunday best to worship at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Although Clinton recieved a nice welcome inside the church, the crowd awaiting outside was less than welcoming. Following the church service, Clinton emerged accompanied by Rev. Calvin Butts, who endorsed her. The press conference was interrupted by loud supporters of Barack Obama who chanted his name as Butts spoke. Soon after the press conference Clinton handed out coffee to those who braved the frigid temperatures, including handing some joe to Obama's crowd. Some yelled to Clinton to "stay out of Harlem" and told her not to "steal the black vote."
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Hillary Clinton campaigns in Harlem

BY LETTA TAYLER, Newsday

Fresh from winning Nevada caucuses with the help of Latinos, Hillary Rodham Clinton Sunday resumed her courtship of African-Americans by attending a service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., at a prominent Harlem church. But the boos that mingled with cheers during her uptown visit underscored the tough battle she faces in wresting black voters from rival Barack Obama.

"You've come to Harlem to steal the black vote!" a small but boisterous group of Obama protesters shouted as Clinton stood outside the Abyssinian Baptist Church to receive the endorsement of its influential pastor, the Rev. Calvin O. Butts.

"Harlem for Obama!" the protesters repeated so loudly that at some points they drowned out Butts' endorsement. When Clinton passed cups of steaming coffee to the crowd on the bitterly cold day, one man shouted, "I don't want your coffee!"

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Atlanta mayor takes political shot at Bill Clinton
During the MLK service, Franklin addresses Clinton's reference to Barack Obama's rise as a 'fairy tale'

By AARON GOULD SHEININ, Altanta Journal-Constitution

With former President Bill Clinton standing not 20 feet in front of her, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin took what appeared to be a political shot at the former president's comments about Barack Obama's candidacy.

Speaking at the 40th annual MLK commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Franklin said the country is on the "cusp of turning the impossible into reality. Yes this is reality, not fantasy or fairy tales."

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Bill Has A "Dream"
Post Staff Report Courting

January 21, 2008 -- Bill Clinton showed yesterday why he made it into the book "The Art of Napping." During an appearance at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, the former president was caught nodding off. Hillary Clinton was there during a service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., while his wife was nearby at Abyssinian Baptist Church, where she was endorsed by its minister, Rev. Calvin Butts.

President Bill Clinton Role In Hillary's Campaign

Obama, "You know the former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling,"





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Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Bill was the big topic on the Sunday shows this weekend.

Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down

By Jonathan Alter | NEWSWEEK Prominent Democrats are upset with the aggressive role that Bill Clinton is playing in the 2008 campaign, a role they believe is inappropriate for a former president and the titular head of the Democratic Party. In recent weeks, Sen. Edward Kennedy and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, both currently neutral in the Democratic contest, have told their old friend heatedly on the phone that he needs to change his tone and stop attacking Sen. Barack Obama, according to two sources familiar with the conversations who asked for anonymity because of their sensitive nature. Clinton, Kennedy and Emanuel all declined to comment. Continue Reading

"Triangulation"-The Truth is in the detials

Obama interview with

Morning Joe: discussing Bills Clinton's talking Points

The Lasting Leadership of Ronald Reagan
by Jesse Helms, Heritage Foundation

When Bill Clinton took office in 1992, his and Hillary's very first project was their effort to nationalize American health care. It was an old-style, left-wing, big-government project--and it was a colossal failure. The American people wanted nothing to do with a return to big-government liberalism. To make sure Mr. Clinton got the message, they went to the polls in 1994, turned out the Democrat Congress, and elected a Republican majority--a stinging, personal repudiation of Bill Clinton.

Bill Clinton got the message. By 1996, he was standing before a Republican Congress declaring: "We know big government does not have all the answers. We know there is not a program for every problem.... The era of big Government is over." Remember that night?

With that one statement, Bill Clinton was conceding Ronald Reagan's victory in the war of ideas; with that statement, Clinton acknowledged that, thanks to the Reagan Revolution, a Democrat President could no longer govern the nation on the basis of the Democrat orthodoxy of big-government liberalism. That orthodoxy had been repudiated, you see, by Ronald Reagan and rejected by the American people. And the only way a Democrat President could govern and expect to be re-elected was do his best to imitate Ronald Reagan.

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Update: Whose Running Clinton's Campaign?

January 18, 2008 12:00PM




Bill Clinton, Stumping and Simmering
By PATRICK HEALY, New York Times
Jan 18, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton may be the spouse running for office, but it is more Bill Clinton who appears to be feeling the heat.

After weeks of complaining publicly about concerning participation in the state’s caucuses this Saturday. Mr. Clinton believed the question had seemed sympathetic to Mr. Obama’s stakes in the suit, Clinton campaign officials said.

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Bill Clinton gives heated response on voter disenfranchiseme
Jan 16, 2008

Bill Clinton angrily responses to questions regarding a lawsuit by Hillary backers that would disenfranchise casino workers in Las Vegas and prevent virtually all of them from participating in the caucus


Hum......this was Hillary's response 6 days ago
Reno Gazette-Journal reporter Anjeanette Damon on Jan. 12

Charlie Rose: Rep. James Clyburn Full Interview

James Clyburn, the powerful Congressman from South Carolina and House Majority Whip argues for the need to go beyond the debate on race and gender in the presidential campaign. He also speaks about the conversations he has had with Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as well as Former President Clinton since returning to the country today and why he does not plan to endorse anyone.

Roland Martin CNN Report: Race and Politics

MTP: In Defending War Vote, Clinton Contradict Record

In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record

By ERIC LIPTON, NYT

WASHINGTON — Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have repeatedly invoked the name of Senator Chuck Hagel, a longtime critic of the Iraq war, as they defend Mrs. Clinton’s 2002 vote to authorize the war.

In interviews and at a recent campaign event, they have said that Mr. Hagel, Republican of Nebraska, helped draft the resolution, which they said was proof that the measure was more about urging Saddam Hussein to comply with weapons inspections, instead of authorizing combat.

Mrs. Clinton repeated the claim Sunday during an interview on “Meet the Press,” saying “Chuck Hagel, who helped to draft the resolution, said it was not a vote for war.”

“It was a vote to use the threat of force against Saddam Hussein, who never did anything without being made to do so,” Mrs. Clinton said.

But the talking point appears to misconstrue the facts.

In October 2002, Mr. Hagel had in fact been working with Senators Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware, and Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana, on drafting a resolution that would have authorized the war.

But while those negotiations were under way, to the disappointment of some Congressional Democrats, the Bush administration circumvented their effort and reached a separate agreement with Representative Richard A. Gephardt, Democrat of Missouri, then the House minority leader.

That agreement resulted in a bill, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, now an independent, which was slightly less restrictive than the proposal that Mr. Hagel had been helping to develop.

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Tim Russert: Analysis New Hampshire Primany-Bill Clinton

Tim Russert Interviews, David Brooks,
Susan Page and Chuck Todd

Another Bill Rant

Obama's Response
Q: [Bill Clinton] also called your campaign a fairy tale. How do you respond to that?

O: I understand they're frustrated right now. I suspect that they'll both try to get back on track in terms of the strategy for them to do better than they feel they're doing right now.

Tim Russert's Response