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Saturday, January 26, 2008 - Posts
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Barack Obama is angry. Oh, he’s in control, certainly, but you can tell he’s pissed. After a week of increasingly bitter spats over race and underhanded campaign tactics, Obama’s victory speech sounded his usual themes -- unity, change, Read More...
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If the presidential race were a sitcom, John Edwards would be the next-door neighbor who doesn’t take a hint. Nobody has the stones to tell him to stop stopping by, so he keeps on showing up with giddy smiles, predictable conversation topics, and a burning Read More...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Didn't make it to Obama's victory speech? No problem! Just grab your ear buds, close your eyes, and tune into the sound of Obama campaigning. A quick glance at the sound engineer's computer reveals the following iTunes playlist compiled Read More...
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As of now, Barack Obama is headed toward a monster win in South Carolina, the likes of which we haven't seen since, uh, 11 days ago. Dozens of news cycles ago, Hillary Clinton beat "uncommitted" in Michigan with 55 percent of the vote and a 15-point margin Read More...
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Hillary Clinton just sent out an e-mail saying she called Obama to congratulate him on his win. Then this: “We now turn our attention to the millions of Americans who will make their voices heard in Florida and the twenty-two states as well as American Read More...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The immediate story, it seems, is Obama’s overwhelming 81 percent take among African-Americans, according to exit polls. Even among whites, he took 24 percent—less than both his opponents, but a big jump from Thursday’s McClatchy poll Read More...
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The juicy bits from CNN's exit polls : Obama's victory margin over Clinton steadily declines as the voters get older. Obama beats Clinton by 45 percentage points among 18-29 year olds, 2 percentage points among voters 60 and older. Among blacks, though, Read More...
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Wolf Blitzer just went over Mike Gravel's vote tally and nearly cringed as he read that Gravel hadn't received any of the roughly 1,400 votes cast thus far. So, what's our over-under for Gravel for this primary? 500 votes? More importantly, what will Read More...
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Within seconds of the polls closing, CNN projected Barack Obama won the South Carolina primaries—a "strong" victory, according to Wolf Blitzer. But this primary, more than most others, isn't about who won overall, but about the candidates' share of support Read More...
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By Christopher Beam and Chadwick Matlin Feb. 5, 2008, aka Super Tuesday, will be utter electoral chaos. On the Democratic side, 22 states hold their primaries, awarding a total of 1,681 pledged delegates, or 52 percent of all those awarded. (“Pledged” Read More...
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—I arrive at the 10:45 p.m. Obama rally to discover they’ve closed the doors. No one is to be let in. Not even campaign staff. Fire marshal’s orders. Variations on this scene happen every few days. There’s always some fire code invoked, Read More...
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FLORENCE, S.C. – No matter how many “truces” the Clintons and Barack Obama call, no one seems willing to concede the last shot. At tonight’s rally, Obama rattled off his usual litany of defensive parries. He said he never praised Ronald Reagan, but that Read More...
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