California Primary

Pollsters Say Clinton And Obama Now In California Dead Heat

San Francisco Chronicle | John Wildermuth and Carla Marinucci | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A startling surge of support for Barack Obama has catapulted the Illinois senator into a virtual tie with Hillary Rodham Clinton in California's Democ...

Campaigning Grows Furious As Tuesday Approaches

New York Times | JEFF ZELENY and ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The presidential campaign played to new audiences on Saturday as the leading Democratic and Republican candidates fanned out across the nation, drawin...

CA Edwards Supporters Breaking For Obama?

San Francisco Chronicle | Joe Garofoli | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


We'd love to be listening in on the conference call Sunday morning when Barack Obama -- and few of his top surrogates -- will be on the line with at l...

Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero

Jon Wiener | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Jon Wiener

The Obama campaign, intent on taking some of the crucial Latino vote in California away from Hillary Clinton, organized a daylong door-to-door canvas ...

Obama Rewriting Rules of Conventional Campaigning

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Andrew Gumbel

Already Obama has subverted expectations by being a contender in California at all.

Obama Hot On Hillary's Heels In California

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

At Thursday's town hall meeting in Los Angeles, Mitchell Schwartz, the head of Obama's California Campaign, was jubilant. "The latest Rasmussen Poll ...

Thomas B. Edsall

Obama Steadily Gaining Support Across The Country, But It May Not Be Enough

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama continues to make steady gains in every major Tsunami Tuesday state just three days before what is a virtual national primary but he stil...

Marc Cooper

Obama Woos Latino Vote Ahead Of Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign in...

SF Dems Flex In Hopes Of Swinging State's Primary

JB Powell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


JB Powell

The following piece is published on Pop and Politics as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus. Twenty-four years ago, San Francisco hosted the Democratic Nati...

Huge Delay Expected In California Super Tuesday Voting Results

NBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


California voters are unlikely to know the results of Tuesday's presidential primary election until the next morning, a spokeswoman for the California...

Gov. Schwarzenegger: Make Voting "Spicy"

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Jacob Soboroff

What does the California Governor think we can do to maintain the increase in voter participation that we've seen so far in the 2008 presidential race?

Bill Bradley: McCain / Huckabee Toughest GOP Ticket

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

This past week the Obama Campaign has told all California supporters that now's the time to fire it up--to get out there and tell every friend, neighb...

Max Follmer

California Independents Like Obama, But Will Have Trouble Voting For Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With 441 delegates to the Democratic National Convention up for grabs in next Tuesday's California primary, the Golden State remains the golden ring o...

Obama Takes Heat For 'Independent Expenditure' Ads

San Francisco Chronicle | Carla Marinucci and Joe Garofoli | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Illinois Sen. Barack Obama - who has criticized Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards for benefiting from "independent expenditure" and polit...

Obama Campaign Pursues California Delegates

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Like any intelligent insurgency, from the beginning Obama California has conceded Clintonian superiority. The strategy has been to steal from her in the base even as she dominates from the top.

Max Follmer

Obama Faces Steep Climb For Latino Votes In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


After losing this week's Nevada caucuses to Hillary Clinton in part because of an overwhelming Latino vote on her behalf, rival Barack Obama is strugg...

Obama Takes On Clinton In San Francisco Interview

San Francisco Chronicle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Illinois Sen. Barack Obama launched a direct broadside Thursday at New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's claim that she is the experienced Democratic...

Max Follmer

Clinton And Obama Turn Up The Heat In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Just three days before the Nevada caucuses that will provide the next big test in the race for the Democratic nomination, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama i...

Obama Camp Ramps Up California Efforts

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Mitchell Schwartz, California Director of the Obama Campaign, sixteen years ago ran the Clinton Campaign in New Hampshire, when Bill was the upstart a...