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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - Posts

  • Negative Influence


    We usually do a digest of all the juicy data from the exit polls on primary nights. But tonight one datum matters most: When voters made up their mind, and who they voted for once they did. Since Hillary Clinton went sort-of negative on Barack Obama in Read More...
  • The McCain-Obama Preview


    Back when Hillary Clinton was the "inevitable" front-runner, she bragged about how much the GOP candidates talked about her. Apparently those days are over. In his victory speech tonight, McCain refers to his eventual opponent, and it sure doesn't sound Read More...
  • The Huckfly


    John McCain has won yet another primary, this time in Wisconsin, which puts him ever closer to officially surpassing the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination. He once again beat the quixotic Mike Huckabee, who Republicans (and Read More...
  • Hillary's New Strategy: Same Old


    The Wisconsin exit polls were just starting to trickle in when the Clinton campaign released “excerpts” from her speech tonight. This isn’t the optimistic nonconcession speech she gave after Obama’s win last week in the Potomac primary. Tonight, she trades Read More...
  • The New Success


    A few years ago, the Boston Globe Magazine declared billion the new million . Previously unimaginable, it was the new yardstick of an expanding society—the new standard for what it takes to make you say whoa . Now the same spirit of growth has pervaded Read More...
  • It's Anybody's State


    Let’s take a breath and remember that a couple of weeks ago, Hillary Clinton was supposed to win the Wisconsin primary. Then Barack Obama survived Super Tuesday, swept 10 contests in a row, and out-campaigned Clinton in the Badger State. All of a sudden, Read More...
  • Warning: Behold On an Empty Stomach


    After the crime against humanity that was “ Hillary 4 U and Me ,” it’s hard to imagine a Clinton fan one-downing it. Well, consider it done . It has to be an Obama supporter making these, right? (h/t Wonkette ) Read More...
  • Primaries You Never Knew Existed


    When is a primary not a primary? I feel as if we’ve been asking that question every five minutes. First, the Michigan primary didn’t matter. Then Florida. Today, the state of Washington joins the club as the latest primary to not matter at all . But, Read More...
  • Obama’s Muddled Delegate Message


    The Obama campaign has a new favorite story . Politico ’s Roger Simon reports that Hillary’s camp is courting not only superdelegates—that’s old news—but pledged delegates as well. Sweet-talking pledged delegates is perfectly legal, according to DNC rules. Read More...
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