The Democratic Party's Democracy Problem
Barack Obama is trying to lock in primary candidates in Pennsylvania and New York who, ahem, were never even elected to the position in question: Democratic nominee for the United States Senate.
Barack Obama is trying to lock in primary candidates in Pennsylvania and New York who, ahem, were never even elected to the position in question: Democratic nominee for the United States Senate.
Maegan Carberry | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
To remind people of the absurdity that dictates who makes the most important decisions on earth, this week I am publishing my emails from the time I spent in Iowa last winter while making a video about the caucus process.
Diane Tucker | Posted 11.09.2008 | Home
"Voters shouldn't worry," said Michelle Schafer of Sequoia Voting Machines. "We're in much better shape than in 2000 and 2004. Poll workers and election officials are better educated. New guidelines are in place..."
Cristina Chang | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home
When Joe was a teenager his friends laughed at his stated ambition to be president, but they knew he was determined to make a career of helping people.
Marshall Grossman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Those of us who want real change must hold with one hand to the absolute necessity of an Obama victory and with the other to the possibility that pragmatic cynicism may be precisely not the road to achieve victory.
Diane Francis | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
This week will be great fun to watch because the delegate arithmetic simply doesn't work after Tuesday. Then, the real Hillary will be revealed in one of two scenarios.
AP | DAVID ESPO and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the fi...
AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics
HELENA, Mont. — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she expects uncommitted superdelegates to begin making the choice that will decide her marath...
Christine Escobar | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home
In Obama's hometown the big news this week was not his historic delegate lead. It was the R. Kelly underage porn trial, which is no knock on Obama, for what can compete anymore with a celebrity underage porn trial?
Erin Medlicott | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home
"This primary is a good thing. Democrats have developed a way to raise $100 million, 80 percent in donations under $90. We have millions more registered voters, 50,000 new Democrats in Nevada."
New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
It's almost over. Well, not quite. But the Democratic presidential primaries taking place on Tuesday in North Carolina and Indiana have more delegate...
R.T. Eby | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home
So go ahead Indiana and North Carolina, step up and pull that lever for Clinton. You'll make Limbaugh's dream of riots in Denver come true, rhetorically if not literally.
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics
It's becoming clear that Obama needs to do a better job speaking to the kind of voter once condescendingly described as a "regular person."
Carlotta Cooper | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home
This doesn't go down very well with a lot of voters, especially with the working class and underpaid professional women who make up many of Senator Clinton's supporters -- women who may have been passed over for jobs in the past and who work for 80 cents of a man's dollar.
Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home
In her most definitive comments to date on the subject, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Saturday to put to rest any notion that she will drop out o...
Gene Koo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Many Democratic party loyalists fret that an ongoing battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will tear party unity and delay vital fundraising. But there are upsides to an extended nominating contest.
Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton's previous aura of inevitability is definitely gone -- even James Carville is saying her back is against the wall now....
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Over the course of the primary season, America has gotten up close and personal with the way Americans vote. It's ranged from the simple to the arcan...
James Freedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Barack Obama won Maryland's Democratic primary yesterday, continuing his post-Super Tuesday winning streak and building momentum in a race that is sti...
Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
CLICK HERE FOR MORE POTOMAC PRIMARY COVERAGE Obama, McCain sweep Potomac primaries: The AP wraps up tonight's contests: Barack Obama powered past Hi...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST POTOMAC PRIMARY RESULTS SCROLL DOWN FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE POTOMAC PRIMARY --- Given that the race for the Democratic n...
Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Today, February 9th, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will be going head-to-head for delegates in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington state and the Virgin...
AP | GLENN ADAMS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
AUGUSTA, Maine — Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the sta...
ABC News | RICK KLEIN with LAUREN EFFRON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on Saturday battle in a three-state (and one US territory) showdown that will test the fast-changing dynamics ...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIVE DELEGATE COUNT... See below for more updates. SCORECARD: GOP: McCain 9, Romney 7, Huckabee 5, DEM: Obama 13, Clinton 9 ...
Daniel Denvir | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics