About six weeks ago, on “Meet the Press,” the NYT’s David Brooks raised an interesting comparison regarding Hillary Clinton. “I think she should slow down the campaign, run what Mike Huckabee ran, a dignified campaign, not attacking her opponents, go through North Carolina and then get out. She really has very little opportunity to win.” […]
Obviously, the central focus on yesterday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana was the Democratic presidential race, but there was a down-ballot contest that I’ve been keeping an eye on — Rep. Walter Jones Jr. (R-N.C.) was facing a primary challenge. Now, I disagree with Jones on almost every issue I can think of, but […]
Over the weekend, the NYT’s Frank Rich raised a few eyebrows when he highlighted the disconnect in the media between Obama’s relationship with his controversial former pastor (Jeremiah Wright) and McCain’s relationship with a crazed televangelist (John Hagee). Rich’s point was both provocative and persuasive — that the media obsesses over Wright and gives McCain […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Former South Dakota Sen. George McGovern, the Dems’ 1972 presidential nominee, this morning became the first prominent Clinton supporter to urge her to drop out of the race. McGovern added that he […]
Three months ago, on Super Tuesday, Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, was asked about the state of the candidate’s finances. “Look, if there’s one thing Hillary Clinton doesn’t have to worry about, it’s money,” McAuliffe said. Shortly thereafter, the campaign acknowledged that Clinton had loaned herself $5 million. We learned this morning that it […]
On MSNBC last night, Keith Olbermann asked Tim Russert whether the race for the Democratic nomination is over. Russert’s response became one of the more talked-about quotes of the evening. For those of you who can’t clips online, Russert responded, “We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, and no one’s going […]
Whether Hillary Clinton decides to keep fighting until the convention or not, today is likely to be an unpleasant day for the New York senator. If her win in Pennsylvania gave her a ticket to Indiana and North Carolina, Clinton’s showing yesterday may have given her a ticket home. Clinton advisers acknowledged that the results […]
For the better part of two months, after Barack Obama had already amassed a seemingly insurmountable lead over Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign worked aggressively to reframe the debate — Obama had the math, Clinton had the momentum. He had the numbers; she had the narrative. It now appears Clinton has neither. In one respect, […]
There was a small chance that the race for the Democratic nomination would effectively end this evening, in the event of an Obama upset in Indiana. Similarly, there was a small chance that Obama would be left reeling in the event of a Clinton upset in North Carolina. As far as we can tell, neither […]
Late last week, Hillary Clinton seemed to be taking something of a risk raising expectation in North Carolina, telling voters, “This primary election on Tuesday is a game changer. This is going to make a huge difference in what happens going forward. The entire country — probably even a lot of the world — is […]