Superdelegate Replaced With "Automatic Delegate" By Clinton Adviser
In a sign that the spin war over the significance of super-delegates is underway in earnest, Harold Ickes told assorted Hillary supporters on a privat...
In a sign that the spin war over the significance of super-delegates is underway in earnest, Harold Ickes told assorted Hillary supporters on a privat...
New York Times | PATRICK HEALY | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
With no breakout winner in Tuesday's Democratic primaries, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on Wednesday began fortifying for a drawn-...
John Zogby | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
What separates Clinton and Obama is not simply personality and tone, it's the fact that there are warring demographics that represent each candidacy.
Catherine Crier | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Pundits focus on women, African Americans and Latinos. What about the white male? In the privacy of the voting booth, where will the white men go in November? Hillary Clinton should be worried.
Ari Melber | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Obama won independents by 15 points in Clinton's home state, and by 30 points in California. In the swing state of Missouri, independents flocked to Obama by a decisive 37 points.
Oliver Willis | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Sens. Clinton and Obama: In order to counteract that and also demonstrate to primary voters your national appeal, it's time to brutally compare yourselves and the Democratic party versus John McCain and his party.
Harry Shearer | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Most of the national media have long since given up bringing the facts of why New Orleans flooded to the public's attention. Now, the candidates, all working their poll-approved themes, choose not to.
Craig Crawford | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
What was otherwise not too shabby a night for Obama on Super Tuesday came across like a public relations defeat because so much more had been expected.
Bob Cesca | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
Even with CA going decisively for Clinton, this is still a winning night for Obama based on the polling and expectations leading into the week.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
Even if you believe that Clinton would make a better president than Obama, it's still vital that you vote for Obama to guarantee that the next president will not be McCain.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
For Democrats in this country, the choice has been difficult. Now, it is almost excruciating. Democrats want substance as much as electability. Gore seemed a likely choice, but Gore would have none of it.
Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
If you are thinking about voting for Obama, consider whether he is the best candidate to go toe to toe with McCain. Let's look at the attack line that McCain would undoubtedly use.
The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics
Dodd holds media availability Friday to say he won't endorse before Connecticut primary. Richardson advisers tell The Atlantic he won't endorse eithe...
Joel Weinberger and Robert F. Bornstein | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
Traditional polling might be wonderfully predictive in a traditional race, but woefully inadequate when we have the historically unprecedented case of an African American and a woman competing.
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Don't look to crown any presidential nominees on Super Tuesday. The race for delegates is so close in both parties that it is math...
Slate | Christopher Beam | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
Speaking to a crowd at the Williamsburg County Recreation Center, Bill Clinton just now offered an olive branch: "If [Barack Obama] wins this nominat...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
In the general election you can count on the media (falsely) depicting McCain as a "straight shooter" while pointing out the Clintons' lack of candor.
Washington Post | Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics
Team Clinton unveiled a new campaign plane on Wednesday -- and with it, an honorary member of the flight crew. "My name is Hillary, and I'm so please...
USA Today | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
Bill Clinton, who carried Nevada in two general elections, urged voters Tuesday to buck labor endorsements for Sen. Barack Obama and support his wife ...
Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
Rep. Ron Paul continues to trail his opponents in national polls. He's yet to finish in the top three of any state contests. (He placed fourth in the ...
New York Times | Michael Cooper | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
The bad news for Rudolph W. Giuliani Tuesday night in Michigan was that Representative Ron Paul of Texas appears to have beaten him handily again, jus...
The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
John McCain's rising presidential campaign is provoking fresh questions for Republicans and Democrats alike about the role Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn....
AP | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
A Nevada judge said Monday that Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich must be included in Tuesday's candidates' debate in Nevada. Senior ...
The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
As the issue of race dominates the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Monday received the en...
Reuters | Andrew Stern | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
Republicans Mitt Romney and John McCain turned up the heat on their bitter rivalry on Monday, trading charges over the economy and abortion on the ev...
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
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WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics