After the mega-draw that was Super Tuesday, with Obama and Clinton locked in an even fight with strong coalitions backing each, the question for both was whether one could start to chip away at the coalition of the other.  Virginia and … [Read more...]

I'm sure many of us would not have expected the so-called masters of the game, the Clintons, to get outfought in fundamental ways.  This from Karen Tumulty in TIME as well: This is not the race that Clinton thought she would be … [Read more...]

For all the cynics on BMG who think Obama is a pretty-sounding blowhard, I cite the following article from the Chicago Reader in 1995 before his first run for the State Senate.  It demonstrates how strongly he believes in a grass-roots … [Read more...]

If Clinton wins the nomination on superdelegate votes (maybe during a brokered convention) I think that is quite possibly the worst outcome of all to what is already a tortuous nomination process. If that happens, if a bunch of party … [Read more...]

Joan V's latest - a big loss for Kennedy column - is massively lame.  Fact is, this race had nothing to do with Kennedy or Di Masi (who outside of political junkie-ville actually knows who he is?).  It had to do with voters who … [Read more...]

As an Obama supporter I am disappointed by the vote in Mass.  I didn't think he'd win it but thought he'd get a little closer than he did.   When you look at the map, Obama was not able to break out of liberal cities and affluent … [Read more...]

Good debate by both last night - but on the war issue, Clinton's answer just does not stack up. She proclaims experience but then argues that she was just deluded that Bush would use the resolution to go to war - hogwash, it was politics … [Read more...]

Hi folks.   We have all been fighting each other like cats and dogs on BMG the past few months as the campaign has heated up, candidate fortunes have tracked up and down and voters have made their voices heard across the land. But now … [Read more...]