The Potomac Primaries tonight settled two rather important points. First, for the Republicans, the question was whether anti-McCain animosity was so great that GOP voters would pick “anyone but McCain.” It wasn’t likely, in my estimation, but now we have… Continue Reading
…Hillary doesn’t have a chance. He knows because he told an offensive joke and didn’t get the reaction he expected. Yes, that Penn, one of the guys who makes Bullshit! and does magic shows in Vegas. Well, what works in… Continue Reading
For a while, I had liked Day by Day, in part because it was a conservative-leaning comic and in part because I could syndicate it daily for free here on the blog. I’m happy to offer my readers additional content… Continue Reading
Someone leaked a forecast memo from the Obama campaign, forecasting the results of the complete Democratic primary. The projection is 1,806 delegates for Obama, and 1,789 for Clinton. Seems about right to me — and that result is as close… Continue Reading
Like my friend Salsola, I didn’t see this coming. The Clinton campaign, out of cash? Running on fumes a five million dollar loan from the candidate herself? That’s a harsh toke — and February looks to be a good month… Continue Reading
I’ve updated the delegate scorecard as of 10:50 p.m. California time. I’ve also broken out the delegates awarded to each candidate by pledged and unpledged delegates — if a candidate has 100 pledged delegates, and 25 other delegates who cannot… Continue Reading
For some conservatives, ideological purity is much, much more important than keeping the Clintons out of the White House, apparently. I just don’t understand this sort of thinking. Democrats must love it. Update: If you’re a Republican who is unsatisfied… Continue Reading
A bigger night for Republicans than Democrats. The Democrats’ primary in South Carolina is next week. The early results appear to have John McCain winning South Carolina despite a strong showing among the evangelical voters there for Mike Huckabee. It… Continue Reading
Outside the Beltway has a detailed post-mortem of why Clinton did as well as she did in New Hampshire, despite predictions that Obama would win there. Of particular note is that polling numbers shortly before the election were accurate for… Continue Reading
Hillary Clinton “won” in New Hampshire. By what looks like about 7,700 votes, or 2% of the Democrats and independents voting in the Democratic primary. Beginning almost immediately thereafter, the media began spinning the results like it was some kind… Continue Reading