Sen. Hillary Clinton officially suspended her hard-fought campaign and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama today. She made public her endorsement in a speech to thousands of her supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
From The Fix blog on the Washington Post site:
“I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the race he […]

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Barack Obama and John McCain are tossing the rule book out the window. Both candidates are planning fresh and non-traditional maps, focusing on states that are toss ups. This is what the candidates have said about the coveted prize of New Hampshire, a toss up state that went to John Kerry in 2004.
From Politico: “I […]

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Who is Barack Obama going to pick for VP? That’s the question of the week. Obama and Hillary Clinton had a meeting in DC late last night, so it doesn’t look like the VP speculation is going away anytime soon.
Will he choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate? Clinton has made it clear she is […]

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This day has been a blur of headlines starring Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But presumptive GOP nominee John McCain has also made headlines - and not in a good way.
I had read several comments about McCain’s speech in Kenner, Louisiana today. None of them were good. In fact, they were all terrible. From complaints […]

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Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday night that he has enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination.
“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Obama said in a speech to supporters in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He also congratulated Hillary Clinton on her win in South […]

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Breaking news from AP: Hillary Clinton said in a conference call today that she is open to being Barack Obama’s vice president.
She was on the phone with other New York lawmakers when she made the comment. The AP’s source is a participant in the conference call.
The senator’s remarks came in response to a question from […]

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Here’s an interesting note that I haven’t seen reported very much: of 193 superdelegates who have not made public endorsements, 30 “unpledged add-on delegates” have not even been identified yet. In addition to known superdelegates, like governors and party officials, each state gets a certain number of unpledged add-on delegates in proportion to its population […]

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The Associated Press has called the Democratic nomination for Barack Obama today, even as contests in Montana and South Dakota are still underway. The AP’s conclusion is based on several factors - they’ve counted pledged delegates, public endorsements from superdelegates, private commitments from superdelegates, and the minimum number of delegates Obama would receive in today’s […]

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What should Senator Hillary Clinton do in the coming days and weeks?
The Seattle Times
Privately, Clinton’s aides have said her run is over and it’s simply a matter of when it becomes formal. And after maintaining a respectful distance in the final weeks of the campaign, Obama campaign aides have begun to reach out to […]

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When this project began our Managing Editor, David Domke, told us that this would be a landmark year and that we would have the opportunity to serve as journalists on the front lines and in the trenches of one of the most exciting Presidential primaries ever.
He was partly right, he might have underestimated just how […]

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