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Thursday, January 31, 2008 - Posts
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CNN tried to pin Hillary down on Ted Kennedy's comments that Obama=JFK just like CNN=Politics. After Clinton was done paying her respects to Teddy she quickly moved on to downplay the role surrogates' have in campaigns. "This is about the two of us" she Read More...
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Despite pulling out of the race this week, John Edwards' spirit is very much with us. Both Obama and Clinton paid tribute to the fallen candidate in their opening statements, keying in on his poverty work as especially noble. Clinton gave Edwards a shout Read More...
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At this point, the candidates probably dream about their health care policy points in their sleep. Obama nailed his health care response. Obama managed to name drop Ted Kennedy, refer to his past insurance-expansion experience in Illinois, alluded to Read More...
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The Los Angeles Times' first question already tries to get the candidates to go after each other. Hillary is asked to detail the differences between Obama's policies and hers. Clinton answers the question, but she still manages to present a united Democratic Read More...
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off . Seriously. He just said as much to the audience. Read More...
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Hello and welcome to a live-blog of the Democratic throwdown . If you aren't watching Lost , you'll be treated to a live-blog of the debate from inside the Kodak Theater. First impressions as the photo pool takes some pictures: The CNN set looks much Read More...
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LOS ANGELES—Barack Obama supposedly hosted an economic town hall meeting today, but it sure didn’t seem like it. While giving a short stump speech and taking questions from the audience, he mentioned the downturn in the economy only once. To be fair, Read More...
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We just recycled an old Explainer on what happens to the delegates of candidates when they drop out: On Wednesday, John Edwards surprised pundits by announcing he was dropping out of the 2008 Democratic presidential race. So what happens to his 61 hard-earned Read More...
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Now that John Edwards has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race so that “history can blaze its path,” Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have tonight's debate stage all to themselves. Naturally, the networks (and we) are hyping it as a mano-a-womano Read More...
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With the results from the Florida Republican primary tallied, Trailhead reader Meghan Jensen has edged ahead with 26 points out of a possible 41, making her the fifth person to lead in as many rounds of our Primary Pool . Four other contestants are right Read More...
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A quick eyeball of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s campaign schedule for Barack Obama makes the strategy pretty clear: National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, N.M.; Santa Fe Community College; gatherings in Los Angeles and Oakland. Maybe he’ll drop by a King Read More...
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In the days before Super Tuesday, campaign strategy gets complicated . Apparently Hillary’s plan, at least in part, is to make a bunch of really weird videos. The first is an ad called “ Freefall ,” the main visual motif of which is a body hurtling through Read More...
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You know Barack Obama’s problem? He doesn’t appeal enough to young people. Thank goodness, then, that he has the endorsement of Kal Penn, the actor now and forever known to the world as Kumar. As if the campaign hadn’t already secured the 18-24 male demographic Read More...
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