The XX Factor : Indiana and North Carolina primaries, Hillary Clinton

Bill's Heart

Dahlia Lithwick — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:51:00 GMT

For whatever it’s worth, I shared Melinda’s sense that Bill had just sort of left his face in his other pants last night. (Now forcibly restraining myself from making the joke about where he might have left his other pants.) Emily , you are right that...(read more)

Every Time She Says Goodbye

Dana Stevens — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Emily and Melinda : I thought the ruddy and spaced-out Bill looked like his heart was under strain last night for a different reason: because he was witnessing the first chapter of his wife's valedictory speech . The whole proceedings seemed logy, so...(read more)

Has Bill Clinton Checked In With His Heart Doc Lately?

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:22:00 GMT

Emily Y ., I quite agree that we haven't seen the last of the rev.; he'll be with us through November and beyond. But in trying to prove that Obama couldn't stand up to the Attack Machine, Hillary put him through a pretty good simulation and wound up...(read more)

Obama Hits the Reset Button

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:15:00 GMT

Nothing like a good welfare-mom-makes-good story, Emily ; look what it did for J.K. Rowling. And though Obama's mom (and everybody else's, for that matter) was obviously so much more than that, this is just the kind of pithy, shorthand description that...(read more)

Obama's Mom Line

Emily Bazelon — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:50:00 GMT

I'm feeling better this morning: I agree with you, Dahlia , about the virtues of Obama's speech, and now that we've woken up to the slim margin of Clinton's victory in Indiana, the superdelegates should have an excuse to break for him and help Democrats...(read more)

Hope on a Rope

Dahlia Lithwick — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:42:00 GMT

Emily you’re right : It would have been bad enough if this Democratic primary had seen voters tearing the party in half over the war or immigration or health insurance. But it’s dispiriting as hell to see them ever more hardened along race, class, age,...(read more)

King Solomon Voters

Emily Bazelon — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:26:00 GMT

Another night, another split decision, another unrelenting headache. (This according to CBS , which called Indiana early for Clinton, and Obama's clearer win in North Carolina.) Torie is right, we at the Gabfest have looked high and low for the best sports...(read more)