By any reasonable measure, the primary excitement this week (and for the next couple of months) is on the Democratic side of the aisle, with the Battle of the Titans poised to continue on through the convention. But I’d be remiss if I neglected to mention that the Republican race is officially over, and John […]
Hillary Clinton clearly won some impressive victories in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island yesterday, but how did she pull it off? I’ve been thinking the last few days about this piece that ran in the New York Times last Tuesday. After struggling for months to dent Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy, the campaign of Senator Hillary […]
There was a point, about a week ago, at which Barack Obama looked like an unstoppable force. Hillary Clinton’s double-digit leads in Ohio and Texas had evaporated; Obama, the winner of 11 consecutive contests was drawing the biggest primary crowds anyone had ever seen; superdelegates were lining up behind him in greater numbers, and all […]
Exit polls also show Clinton with a big edge among voters who decided late. Good news for Clinton. Exit polls show “change” beating “experience.” Good news for Obama. Exit polls in Ohio show Clinton winning a surprisingly-large 61% of the white vote. Good news for Clinton. Your guess is as good as mine. The Politico […]
Well, at least one contest was an easy call. Senator Barack Obama appeared poised to pick up his 12th straight victory over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic nominating race on Tuesday as the television networks and The Associated Press projected that he would win the Vermont primary, the first of four contests on […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Since you’re probably curious, polls close in Vermont at 7 p.m. ET, Ohio at 7:30 p.m. ET (though some parts of the state were experiencing flooding, and may get some extra time), Rhode Island at 9 p.m. ET, and Texas at 9 p.m. ET (though the far-western tip of […]
The NYT’s Bob Herbert had an important column today on a recent congressional hearing that barely generated any attention at all. The focus was on the cost of the war in Iraq, which is likely to reach $2 trillion, if not more. On Thursday, the Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Senator Chuck Schumer, conducted a […]
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), whom no one has ever accused of being a mental giant, picked up on a familiar right-wing theme the other day while touting John McCain’s campaign. “There’s a point in time where money is not what matters, ideas are what matters,” Perry said, speaking after a McCain event near Austin. […]
With all the attention on today’s primary races, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the Maliki government in Iraq won’t even pretend to take the rule of law seriously. Two former high-ranking Shiite government officials charged with kidnapping and killing scores of Sunnis were ordered released Monday after prosecutors dropped the case. The abrupt […]
A couple of weeks ago, Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria, for reasons that don’t appear to make a lot of sense, praised John McCain for his “new” way of thinking. Political ideologies do not exist in a vacuum. They need to meet the problems of the world as it exists. Ordinary conservatives understand this, which may be […]