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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - Posts

  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 2.9 Percent


    The past 24 hours have been a combination of sky highs and brutal lows for Hillary Clinton. She won by double digits in West Virginia—one of her biggest victories yet. But a superdelegate shutout (Obama won four today to her zero) and a crippling campaign Read More...
  • How Clinton Can Spin West Virginia


    CNN’s projecting that Hillary Clinton will win West Virginia big time. The question is how, if at all, this can help her. She’s been running out of arguments for weeks. But here are a few ways she can spin today's results: 1) Obama’s coalition is splintering. Read More...
  • Separated at Birth: Bob Barr and Jeremiah Wright


    This presidential race is full of celebrity look-alikes. Hillary Clinton and Star Trek 's Tasha Yar . Fred Thompson and Javier Bardem . But rarely does someone intimately involved in the race look exactly like someone else intimately involved in the race. Read More...
  • Why the Nominee (Almost) Always Wins West Virginia


    Following up on my last item on West Virginia, a reader spotted another problem with Clinton’s claim that “[e]very nominee has carried the state’s primary since 1976, and no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916.” “How Read More...
  • The Speech Obama Should Give Tonight


    Hillary Clinton will declare victory in the West Virginia primary tonight against a senator who no longer even considers himself her opponent. While Clinton is scheduled to be in Charleston, W.Va., for Election Night celebrations, Barack Obama will be Read More...
  • Could Clinton Really Win West Virginia in November?


    The Clinton campaign fired off a new "memo" today arguing that West Virginia is essential to winning in November: "Every nominee has carried the state’s primary since 1976, and no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916." Read More...
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