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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - Posts

  • The Popular Vote Chronicles: Don’t Forget Texas


    Something we didn’t mention in our assessments of Hillary Clinton’s claim that she’s winning the popular vote: the Texas caucuses. We and many other outlets have taken to using the Real Clear Politics popular vote count . The problem is, RCP factors in Read More...
  • How To Legitimize the Popular Vote


    Now that we’ve laid out Hillary Clinton’s logic for how she’s winning the popular vote, it’s worth examining whether and how she can turn this from a tenuous argument into a compelling case. Right now, superdelegates aren’t buying it, most likely because Read More...
  • Fun With Popular Vote Numbers


    Last night, Clinton announced that she’s "winning the popular vote." It’s a claim she’s been making since Pennsylvania , but now that Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates, it’s really her last plausible argument for the nomination. As this blog Read More...
  • Huckabee Dropped Out, Right?


    Results from the last several Republican primaries force one to occasionally stop for a fact-check: Mike Huckebee did drop out of the race, right? Like, almost three months ago? Or more to the point: Is anyone in the McCain camp worried that an opponent Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.7 Percent


    With Tuesday's contests in Kentucky and Oregon, Barack Obama seizes a majority of pledged delegates. April fundraising numbers show Obama still leads in the money race. And key figures ditch Hillary. Obama now needs about 70 delegates to attain the "magic Read More...
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