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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - Posts
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Watching the Obama speech right now ... Speaking of people standing behind the candidates , has anyone else noticed the three guys behind Obama wearing Abercrombie & Fitch? What is this, product placement? A last-minute appeal to white voters? A Trailhead Read More...
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We've written at length about Clinton's attachment to Rocky and her flawed belief that Balboa's plight mirrors her own. (Her devotion to the comparison has also inspired one of the greater YouTube political mashups of all time.) Tonight, Clinton has taken Read More...
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With nearly half of precincts reporting, Trailhead is prepared to cautiously call the Republican primary for John McCain, who currently leads the state with 72 percent of the vote against one man who dropped out 49 days ago and another who rarely tops Read More...
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Yesterday Politico ’s Roger Simon wondered how much of the vote Obama would lose by virtue of his race alone. Simon cites an AP poll in which eight percent of voters said they would not vote for a black man, but guesses that figure is low—it’s really Read More...
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We've got one hand on the remote and one on our Delegate Calculator as we try to suss out what different margins of victory mean for the two candidates. One thing, though, is certain: Hillary Clinton has already won 28 pledged delegates in Pennsylvania. Read More...
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Surprise! Fox News and NBC and CNN are calling it for Clinton. As we and everyone else with an Internet connection has been saying for weeks now, it just matters by how much. Earlier today, Chad Matlin gamed out the various victory margins and what they Read More...
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When it comes to exit polls, I’ve taken it as a given that change and experience are just euphemisms for Obama and Clinton. If someone says they want change, chances are they’re an Obama voter; same with experience and Clinton voters. But these exits Read More...
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The exit polls have arrived! All of the highlights below use CNN's numbers , which may change as the night goes on and they iron out their projections. The demographics heavily favor Clinton. Fifty-eight percent of voters were women; 38 percent were 60 Read More...
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During the past six weeks, Barack Obama has thrown everything and then some at Pennsylvania, outspending Hillary Clinton 3-to-1 , traversing the state, and saturating its airwaves. The effort has pulled him out of his former 16-point ditch, but at the Read More...
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UPDATE 8:58 p.m.: NBC and Fox News have called the Pennsylvania primary for Hillary Clinton. Once you get past your initial excitement, it's clear that a win by one point and a win in the double-digits mean very different things. Earlier today we predicted Read More...
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It's no coincidence that the two most-repeated Clinton quotes of the past day are: 1) "Who do you think has what it takes?" 2) "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran. ... In the next 10 years, during which they might Read More...
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All three candidates gave short speeches yesterday introducing World Wrestling Entertainment's "Monday Night Raw." Hillary called herself “Hill-Rod,” Obama asked if you can “smell what Barack is cooking,” and John McCain threatened to let his “McCainiacs Read More...
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Here’s a fascinating historical parallel to the Pennsylvania primary, from Politico : Political analysts point to the 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary between Ed Rendell and Bob Casey Jr. as the closest comparison to the matchup between Obama and Read More...
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