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Just a Couple of Hours This Saturday
If you are a registered Democrat, and live in the Michael Capuano Congressional District, you can participate in local grassroots democracy, help decide who will represent you to the national party, and support the diverse and strong team … [Read more...]
Yes to delegates, no to democracy…new lessons from Iowa
For all the breathlessness of cable news anchors, the evening of January 5th was the first step in the allocation of Iowa's delegates headed for Denver. We all remember that night (if you don't, look here) -- Obama won with about … [Read more...]
Michigan, Florida… now Nevada?
Part one of Nevada's convoluted process of selecting its 25 delegates to the national convention had its problems, if you remember. Part two was even worse yesterday. An estimated 10,000 people showed up at Bally's Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas … [Read more...]
Hawaii Caucus Final Results
2004 caucus: Approx 4,000 total votes 2008 caucus: Approx 37,000 total votes Local Democratic Party officials had predicted and prepared for a 300% increase in participation to 17,000, not the 37,000 who actually showed up. … [Read more...]
Romney to win Maine Caucus?!
Edit: Mine eyes did deceive me. The Maine GOP caucus was a week ago, when Romney was still in the race. I'm going back to my math now. Sorry folks. Dost mine eyes deceive me? According to CNN et al, Romney has over … [Read more...]
Report from Watertown Caucus
My wife, Ilana Mainelli, was active in the Watertown caucus this morning, and she reports that there was a very strong showing by the O'reilly people and no evidence of Kerry supporters. Almost all of the 23 delegates that they … [Read more...]
Support O’Reilly at the Convention
I promised lots (and lots) of reasons; here are six: 1. Ed O'Reilly has been criss-crossing the state talking to people in forums of all sizes. He understands working families and has been working hard to really listen and understand … [Read more...]
Funnest Caucus Race In Years
Democratic Party With only nine points separating the top three it's still anyone's game to win. Don't let anyone fool you otherwise. Clinton not being able to crack 30% is symbolically painful. Both Obama and Edwards oratory … [Read more...]
Iowa Caucus mechanics: who’s the second choice?
A - The state of play B - Candidate by candidate analysis C - Summary A - State of Play There's a lot of divergence among the polls, but the general spread seems to put Clinton and Obama near each other with 26-29% of the vote, and Edwards … [Read more...]