Texas Primary

You have to give Hillary Clinton's team credit for one thing: they have masterfully played the perception game. It might have been all smoke and mirrors, but they have done their job of keeping people confused and distracted them from what really matters.

The reality is that: 1. She has...

George Stephanopoulos of ABC News has broken the news that when Bill Richardson called Hillary Clinton to tell her he'd be endorsing Barack Obama, Hillary emphatically said "Barack Obama cannot win, Bill. He cannot win.".

So, Hillary's case is no longer just that she's the best person to be...

Ohio and Texas have spoken, and what they said is that the road to Denver cannot be a single lane express drive for just one vehicle with no road blocks or toll stops to revalidate the trip. The Obama bus was on that express drive, and the voters said let's...

Girl rage ...it's all the rage. Hillary Clinton and her supporters have won exactly 10 delegates by assaulting their opponent with the kind of tactics that warm Karl Rove's heart. Ah the sweet victory of vitriol. These folks really will say anything, do anything to win and that is why...

There's a clever, effective technique often employed by coaches in the National Basketball Association, used to gain a subtle but demonstrable edge in close games, known as "working the refs." In essence, it involves endless and bitter complaints about your opponents' supposed advantages -- to your own future advantage. Aggressively...

Now that Hillary Clinton has finally taken some primary wins--3 of 4 (OH, TX, RI) in yesterday's 'Special Tuesday' (not quite 'super')--the pressure to spin bad results shifts from her to Barack Obama.  So far, the keyword in the Obama spin seems to be 'dangerous,' as in : 'it is...

Hillary's wins yesterday in Texas and Ohio breathed new life into her campaign. Basking in the glow of fresh momentum, Hillary did six morning show appearances today, and will continue to try to shape the story as a brand new race.

But Hillary's spin, and the media adoption of that...

As a practical matter, last night's primary results changed very little: Barack Obama has a pledged delegate lead that is almost insurmountable (thanks to TPM for the link).

But politics can be as much about atmospherics as practical realities, and the new story line spinning out of the results...

Despite Hillary Clinton's three victories tonight in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island, Barack Obama (who won Vermont) is still positioned to capture the Democratic nomination. But Obama has to now overcome the John McCain-Hillary Clinton slash and burn politics to accomplish this goal.

In the remaining primaries Hillary must...