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 […]
Early results, exit poll point to long night
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 […]
Tuesday’s Mini-Report
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 price of the war in Iraq and the ‘stuff of nightmares’
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 […]
Why ‘socialism’ is acceptable, but ‘fascism’ is beyond the pale
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. […]
‘This shows that the judicial system in Iraq is horribly broken’
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 […]
McCain endorses Reagan-era ‘Just Say No’ approach
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 […]
If McCain embraces a lunatic, and the media doesn’t care, does it really have an impact?
A few days ago, in light of John McCain’s embrace of radical evangelist John Hagee, Time’s Joe Klein argued that McCain has a choice to make: “A McCain rejection of Hagee’s support would be seen as another sign of weakness by Rush and such. An acceptance of Hagee’s support would spell trouble for McCain with […]
Regardless of today’s results, can Clinton catch Obama?
The question seems to have been percolating, just below the surface, for a while now. When Barack Obama won 11 consecutive contests in February, he built up a noticeable lead in the race for delegates. Given that the competition is for delegates, not states, it created the impression that Obama was the frontrunner for the […]
Tuesday’s campaign round-up
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: * Rush Limbaugh’s efforts to help Hillary Clinton became rather explicit yesterday on the air, when the right-wing loudmouth urged his Texas listeners to cross over and vote for Clinton, because it would, […]