Texas Delegates: Hat Waving is a “Natural Function”

Among the the speeches, the balloons and the anarchy-loving protesters, one of our most indelible memories from the RNC will be the mass of waving, hooting, hollering, cowboy hat-wearing members of the Texas delegation. Not only could you find the Texans at all times, their hats served as a barometer for the [...]

Newt Gingrich speaks to CJP about Sarah Palin

A few minutes in St. Paul, and look who we get an interview with– former Speak of the House Newt Gingrich. We talked about Gov. Sarah Palin, her appeal to women and why she might make the difference with the base.

Will HRC’s Gals Go for Obama?

Janes, meet Janelle, a Texas politca who counted among her best friends the late Texas governor, Ann Richards, and the irreplaceable Molly Ivins.
Janelle is a Texas D through and through. She has been a delegate to every Texas Democratic convention since 1976 and has attended four national Democratic conventions. But yesterday she could [...]

Ladies of the House: Rep. Carolyn Maloney

When Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) was 17, a drunk driver plowed into a car she was riding in. The accident sent the former ballerina to the hospital for six months, with another six months at home in a body cast.
In her new book, “Rumors of our Progress Have been Greatly Exaggerated,” [...]

Want to run for office? Here’s how…

Here at CJP, we talk a lot about picking the leaders of the free world. But how about BECOMING one of the leaders of the free world?
Any Congressman can tell you that the only thing between you and your dream job abusing the public trust (we kid), is the will to
throw your hat in [...]

Is Bill Clinton’s small-town charm offensive working?

The second stop on our Tar Heel state fact-finding mission was an old cow field in Sanford, N.C., where President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of 1,000 from the back of a flat-bed truck. Not only was this the kind of old-school political event that CJP loves, seeing Bill Clinton work his voodoo [...]

Local Jane gives scoop on the N.C. primary

Because North Carolina is shaping up to be so crucial for the Dems, CJP packed up the Porsche and headed to the Tar Heel state to see how the campaign is playing out there. Our first stop: Hickory, N.C., for Barack Obama’s speech to a packed house at Hickory High School. CJP [...]

Postcard from PA- Women for Obama

Do you know how postcards show up about a week after you get home from your vacation? We hate that our video from Pennsylvania is a little late arriving, but we think it’s instructive nonetheless. This one comes from Blue Bell, Pa., where a group of Obama supporters came to participate in a [...]