Michigan reportedly will be holding a caucus in order to re-enfranchise the state’s Democratic voters. Hopefully Michigan Dems will come to their senses and hold a proper vote. Seems that Barack Obama has figured out exactly how to win caucuses. It ain’t pretty, but it is the Chicago way, and it’s bad news for Hillary…
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Clinton Doing What She Had To
Hillary Clinton has been projected as the winner – by a comfortable margin – in the Democratic primary in Ohio and is also putting it to Obama in Texas, especially among recently-decided voters. Currently her margin in Ohio is 14% with 73% of the precincts reporting. While there have been some irregularities in the vote…
Huckabee to Drop Out
Mike Huckabee’s spokesman has just told Fox News that he will be speaking within the hour and it is his intent to resign from the race for the Republican presidential nomination now that John McCain has all but won the nomination. More later. Huckabee’s resignation speech: "Ladies and gentlemen I called Senator McCain a few…
Huckabee for President
Mike Huckabee brought his low-budget campaign to College Station, Texas today and wowed an overflowing auditorium filled primarily with Texas A&M University college students with his populist conservative message. I certainly expect Texas’ young conservatives to be out in force Tuesday if their response to today’s speech is any indication of their support for him….
Hillary Rocks in Houston
Facing a do-or-die primary in Texas, Hillary Clinton delivered a great speech at the Houston Presidential Energy Summit tonight. I was there and thought she did a terrific job even though the audience was probably smaller than she’d hoped to see in the 4th largest city in America. From the 4th row, Hillary – who…
Clinton Scores, but Not Enough
Barack Obama closed tonight’s Democratic debate saying that he’d participated in 20 debates with Hillary Clinton and that he had no doubt that Hillary Clinton is a capable, competent candidate for the office they are both seeking. Obama’s tone said that he’s tired of the debate process and has had enough of it. As well…
A New Kind of Political Media
Dave Winer, who’s well known for his work in the technology field, particularly as a pioneer with the RSS and XML-RPC tools that underlay many current web tools, including blogging software, asks an excellent, pertinent question about political conference calls: I’ve been asking around, where can I get MP3s of all the conference calls, the…
The Obamas’ Pride
Michael writes: Seldom have I heard a politician (or his or her partner) speak in such an incredible arrogant manner. Here’s the quote: “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country and not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.”…
Texas Two Step
The latest CNN poll shows that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are now more-or-less tied in the Texas Democratic primary race. The two candidates are essentially tied on immigration, Iraq and the economy, but Clinton has an advantage on health care and abortion. Obama must then have the personal appeal, since he’s on the move,…
Clinton Supporters Cry Sexism
The Big Tent Democrat says that Barack Obama "needs to apologize for this remark": I understand that Senator Clinton, periodically when she’s feeling down, launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal. What on Earth for? Is the word "periodically" to be stricken from the vocabularies of Hillary’s opponents now? Ridiculous. I…