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Blog Entries for Thursday, February 28
Senate Debate on Iraq Fizzles For Now
After several days of at times snippy back and forth on the Senate floor, Democrats pulled a bill that would have ended combat operations in Iraq within 120 days of being signed into law. The bill - backed by among others, Sen. Barack Obama - wasn't going anywhere in the Senate, just ...
A Super Delegate Switch and Big Money for Hillary
A day after watching one of her early supporters in the Congress switch to Team Obama, Hillary Clinton got some good super delegate news of her own and a big financial report as well. After being soundly beaten by Barack Obama in fundraising in January, Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows by ...
President Bush Jabs at Obama and Clinton
While President Bush isn't quite ready to get fully involved in the 2008 Campaign to replace him, ("Not yet," he said to laughter at a White House news conference,) he did take a few jabs at the two leading Democrats Thursday. While he didn't mention their names, it was clear ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, February 27
Obama Goes Over The One Million Mark
When the headline says that "Obama Goes Over The One Million Mark," what comes to mind immediately? The answer is that's how many people have now contributed to his campaign. The average donation according to campaign manager David Plouffe is just over $100. What that really means is that Obama ...
The John Lewis-Barack Obama Switch
The gyrations over the future of superdelegate Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) made some more twists and turns on Wednesday as the Congressman finally made clear that he would be backing Barack Obama for President. The move came a week after the civil rights leader drew a primary opponent, 30 year ...
The GOP Wonders About The Obama Effect
As I was walking into the US Capitol on Wednesday, I ran into a GOP Senator and our five minute chit-chat exposed some of the electoral worries amongst Republicans right now, especially if the November election is between Barack Obama and John McCain. While convinced that McCain is a solid ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, February 26
The Clinton Camp Lays Out A Final Strategy
It arrived in an email before last night's debate, MEMO: Countdown to March 4th Proposed Schedule, the basics of how Hillary Clinton will try to stay in the Democratic Presidential race. In the last run to the March 4th primaries, Clinton strategist Howard Wolfson laid out for reporters the basics ...
The Democrats Again Stay Calm In a Final Debate
While Hillary Clinton has been lobbing all kinds of broadsides at Barack Obama in recent days on the campaign trail, she once again last night decided not to go overtly negative in the final debate before the March 4th primaries. The two candidates aggressively defended their plans on health care ...
Both Parties See Political Advantages on the Iraq War
A day after John McCain's Straight Talk answer that Americans might judge his candidacy for President on the course of the war in Iraq, the Senate plunged back into yet another debate over Democratic plans to end the war. It had been expected that Republicans would block consideration of the ...
Blog Entries for Monday, February 25
McCain v The New York Times, Round 3
Since I was off on Monday, I didn't get the chance to write anything about the continuing assault on the New York Times for its article last week about John McCain. The News Flash is this: the story is still getting acidic reviews. It was one thing to have Pat ...
Barack Obama Does Entertainment Tonight
Do not laugh off the fact that Barack Obama is going to be on "Entertainment Tonight" on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. It may not have the viewership of the network nightly news programs, but it's a solid way to reach a different kind of audience. Just as I ...
One Week Until A Texas-Ohio Size Showdown
It is now gut check time for the two remaining Democrats in the race for the White House, as they rumble towards a showdown a week from today on March 4 that could either end this race or prolong it into May. Pity the states of Vermont and Rhode Island ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, February 21
Maybe A Win On Points, But No Debate TKO
There were no real fireworks, no bitter exchanges between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in their Texas debate on Thursday night. You can probably make the argument that either one of them won on points, but no one came close to a knockout. Clinton repeatedly tried to showcase her differences ...
The Money Numbers Tell The Democratic Story
New numbers from the Federal Election Commission give a fairly straightforward assessment of where the Democratic race for the White House is right now - Advantage Obama. The raw figures for January show that Barack Obama raised $35 million for the primaries - a huge amount. Hillary Clinton raised $13 ...
John McCain v The New York Times
The GOP Establishment held its collective breath on Thursday, as John McCain denied a New York Times report about a possibly improper relationship with a female lobbyist. It was tough to figure out where this story was going, since McCain all but accused the Times of lying and the paper ...
The John McCain-Lobbyist Story
Ahhhh, the sweet smell of a possible SCANDAL!! John McCain linked - maybe, wink, wink - to a female lobbyist, who gets her photo plastered on the New York Times! This is what's confronting political journalists as we all try to figure out whether the NY Times story is accurate, ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, February 20
What If Congress Had Been In DC This Week?
Hillary Clinton is lucky. Not when it comes to the Presidential race of late, where she has lost ten states in a row to Barack Obama. But she is lucky in a different way, that she was losing this week with the Congress out of session. Just yesterday, we had ...
Texas Debate Gives Clinton Another Chance
For Hillary Clinton, the chances of doing something that will change the nature of the Democratic race for President are dwindling. That's why tonight's debate in Austin, Texas offers her a chance to shake things up. But, will she? Clinton has tried to use debates to skewer Barack ...
What Is The Deal With The Polls This Year?
I'm still dumbstruck that we aren't having a bigger discussion in the media about the accuracy, or the lack thereof, by some major polling companies on the Democratic race for President in 2008. The latest miscue was in Wisconsin this week, where many polls gave Barack Obama only a small ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, February 19
McCain Takes One More Step to the GOP Nod
I know that Mike Huckabee continues to talk about staying in the GOP race until "it's over," but with each win for John McCain, he keeps lacing up his shoes that say "Republican Nominee 2008" on the sides. McCain's victory last night in Wisconsin - called immediately by the networks ...
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