The headline was matched by the lede, another finger-pointing gotcha: HANGING ROCK, Ohio - Senator Hillary Clinton, who has accused rival Barack Obama of sending misleading mailers to voters about her healthcare plan, misstated his … [Read more...]
We really do have two very good candidates
Both candidates acquitted themselves remarkably well tonight, despite their having to deal with the astonishing inanity of MSNBC's equivalent of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The candidates generally declined the moderators' breathless … [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...]
Cheap, crummy, unworthy tactics by the Obama campaign
This is really too bad. First, the dreadful "Harry and Louise" mailers, which are put out by the Obama campaign and attack the Clinton health care plan, are back. As we've already discussed, these mailers are basically dishonest … [Read more...]
Democrats Abroad Primary Results
Biden 0.1% Clinton 32.7% Edwards 0.7% Kucinich 0.6% Obama 65.6% Richardson 0.1% Uncommitted 0.2% But here's the fun part: These results determine the allocation of 4.5 delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention. Senator Obama won … [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...]
Breaking Into Clinton Country
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...]
The Clinton Campaign…Far From Dead, but Shoddy Nonetheless
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...]
Edwards Endorse Clinton? Makes Sense.
Carl Jeffers, Seattle and LA columnist and political analyst, in an article about the super delegate discussion, points out that Edwards' endorsement for Clinton makes sense because of health care, toughness and GOP strategy for final … [Read more...]
Obama in 1995 – a new politics then and a new politics now
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...]
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