Today’s edition of quick hits. * This afternoon, the Obama Campaign announced a series of pledged Edwards delegates have now committed to vote for Obama, bringing Obama just 16.5 delegates shy of the magic number of 2,118. * Jimmy Carter will formally endorse Barack Obama later today or tomorrow. * As for the two very […]
It’s hard to say with any certainty just how many Clinton supporters are prepared to vote against the candidate who agrees with her on almost everything, and for the candidate who disagrees with her on almost everything. But when it comes to the candidate herself, Hillary Clinton is willing to say what a handful of […]
It’s tempting to ignore most of Rush Limbaugh’s nonsense, but this one’s both more offensive and more important than most of the garbage he shovels. On the June 2 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, while discussing Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy, Rush Limbaugh asserted that the Democratic Party was “go[ing] with a veritable […]
The AP seems to be having an awkward day when it comes to calling the Democratic presidential race. In the late morning, the AP reported that Hillary Clinton will concede in her speech in NYC tonight. Within minutes, Clinton campaign officials insisted that the report was simply wrong. Now the AP is reporting that Barack […]
Pepperdine’s Doug Kmiec, a conservative Catholic, raised quite a few eyebrows earlier this year when he endorsed Barack Obama for president. There have been several relatively high-profile Republicans to throw their support to Obama (some have taken to calling them “Obamacans“), but Kmiec was especially surprising. Kmiec, after all, is also a staunch Republican who […]
For over eight years now, we’ve been hearing that Democrats have been losing presidential elections because people don’t want to have a beer with the party’s nominees. This always struck me as an odd formulation, not the least of which is because George W. Bush is a recovering alcoholic who wouldn’t share a beer with […]
For a few minutes, this AP report certainly captured the political world’s attention. Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president. […] The former first lady will stop short of formally […]
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: * There’s been a flurry of superdelegate announcements over the last 24 hours. If my count is right, Obama has picked up eight (South Carolina’s James Clyburn, Michigan’s Brenda Lawrence, Michigan’s Lu Battaglieri, […]
One need not look too hard to find speculation about who Barack Obama might pick as a running mate, but Matt Stoller makes a compelling case for retired Gen. Wesley Clark, whom Matt describes as a “unifying choice.” Contrast that to Wes Clark. Clark, though not in elected office, has a better sense of what […]
Honestly, it’s like deja vu all over again. When the presidential campaign starts to resemble Groundhog Day: Right at the top of his remarks before taking questions from the Nashville crowd — where regular unleaded goes for about $3.85 — McCain said he wanted to discuss “what’s on everybody’s mind, the price of oil.” McCain […]