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  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0 Percent


    Hillary Clinton has finally announced that she will drop out —but not till Saturday. Thus Clinton departs as she campaigned, dragging it out to the last possible moment. After more than two months of daily odds-making, we sink Clinton to her final resting Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.1 Percent


    Campaigning yesterday in Milbank, S.D., Bill Clinton effectively declared the race over , saying, "[T]his may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind." Clinton's advance team was told its work was done. Her schedule remains empty Read More...
  • Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.4 Percent


    The more things change, the more they stay the same. Hillary Clinton scored a win and a loss this weekend. She claimed a 2-to-1 victory in Puerto Rico on Sunday but netted only 24 delegates from Florida and Michigan in the decision passed down by the Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.4 Percent


    The high-stakes drama of Saturday's rules committee meeting appears illusory. Meanwhile, Obama rakes in more superdelegates, putting him 40.5 away from the nomination. According to our formula, that sinks Clinton to 0.4 percent . T minus one day and counting Read More...
  • Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.5 Percent


    As the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting looms, Hillary Clinton cranks her electability argument up to 11. But Obama continues to woo superdelegates. Odds of survival hover at 0.5 percent . Clinton is now fighting tooth and nail to see that the DNC's Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.5 Percent


    Hillary Clinton's ill-advised invoking of RFK's assassination might have damaged her campaign if there were anything left to damage. Meanwhile, Obama closes in on the current magic number of 2,026, bringing Clinton's odds of winning the nomination to Read More...
  • Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 0.7 Percent


    Clinton steps up calls for Florida and Michigan to be seated. But those delegations won't make up the difference. Her chances remain stagnant at 0.7 percent . On May 31, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee will convene in Washington, D.C., to decide 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...
  • Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 1.6 Percent


    Obama won't declare victory after Tuesday, but only because the media will do it for him. Clinton's chances sag another 0.1 point to 1.6 percent . Despite reports that Barack Obama would declare victory after May 20, when he's expected to secure a majority Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 1.7 Percent


    The John Edwards endorsement spawns imitators, and Republicans set their sights on Obama. Clinton's chances wane another 0.1 points to 1.7 percent . Obama nabbed a slew of endorsements yesterday on the heels of Edwards' announcement, including California Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 1.8 Percent


    Endorsements from formerly coy John Edwards and the United Steelworkers for Obama are two more nails in the Clinton coffin. Clinton's odds drop 1.1 to 1.8 percent . Whatever momentum Clinton picked up from her 41-point West Virginia win the Obama camp Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 2.9 Percent


    The past 24 hours have been a combination of sky highs and brutal lows for Hillary Clinton. She won by double digits in West Virginia—one of her biggest victories yet. But a superdelegate shutout (Obama won four today to her zero) and a crippling campaign Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 1.6 Percent


    Clinton is poised to sweep West Virginia, but Obama has finally surged ahead in the most important contest of all: superdelegates. Dock Clinton half a point to 1.6 percent . We've believed for some time that the day Obama overtakes Clinton in the superdelegate Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 2.3 Percent


    More Clinton supporters get antsy, Obama unveils a bold new strategy to ignore Clinton, and her money woes could be deeper than expected. All of which sinks Clinton's chances another 0.2 points to 2.3 percent . California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, an early Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 4.2 Percent


    Obama comes up big in North Carolina, and Clinton ekes out a win (as of 11 p.m.) in Indiana, the combination of which all but ends Clinton's shot at the nomination. Her chances drop 8.4 points to 4.2 percent . For the past few weeks, Hillary Clinton's Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: Still 12.6 Percent


    Not much changes in the last 24 hours before polls open in Indiana and North Carolina, keeping Clinton's chances of winning the nomination at 12.6 percent . So, a quick snapshot: Polls show tightening races in both Indiana and North Carolina . Except Read More...
  • Deathwatch Gets a Slap on the Wrist


    We’ve gotten complaints about the Hillary Deathwatch before, but this is a new one. Dear Application Developer, A Facebook user requested that we forward an anonymous report that your application The Hillary Clinton Deathwatch (application ID #30705275390) Read More...
  • Today's "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 12.6 Percent


    The home stretch to Indiana and North Carolina is pocked by negative ads, indecisive polls, and last-minute revelations about Barack Obama and the Teamsters. With an Indiana win within reach, Clinton's chances inch up 0.3 points to 12.6 percent . Clinton Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 12.3 Percent


    Clinton's prospects for surviving Indiana and North Carolina continue to look favorable. Howard Dean still wants to seat Florida and Michigan delegates—which would probably benefit Clinton—while another former DNC chair endorses Obama. Jimmy Carter indicates Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 12.6 Percent


    Barack Obama slams the Rev. Wright, Clinton's gas-tax plan receives jeers, and Indiana is still a tossup, all of which brings Clinton down 0.3 points to 12.6 percent . Obama's decision to cut Wright loose Tuesday was an investment in the future: Let the Read More...
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