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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CNN is projecting a big win for Hillary Clinton in today’s Puerto Rico primary. With 57% reporting, Clinton has 68% of the vote to Barack Obama’s 32%. Out of 55 delegates up for grabs, CNN has so far assigned 10 to Clinton and 4 to Obama.
CNN also reports that a landslide victory in Puerto Rico […]

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The Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee in a long and drawn out process which was belabored by the tensions of this entire campaign, granted 1/2 vote to ever member of the Florida and Michigan delegations to the Democratic National Convention which will be held in Denver, Colorado during late August.
By […]

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Saturday evening Senator Obama announced that he will no longer be attending church service at Trinity United Church of Christ.
Sen. Obama told reporters at a news conference in Aberdeen, S.D. that the church had been notified via a letter the day before that the senator and his wife, Michelle, would no longer be members […]

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The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) meeting is still in progress today. Michigan and Florida Democrats are being given a chance to plead their delegate cases before the 30-member committee.
Word is that the meeting lasted for about five hours before the participants took a lunch break, and the meeting has recently resumed. Here’s what’s […]

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Hillary Clinton may plan to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan to the party’s August convention, but not if Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi has anything to say about it.
She vowed, “I will step in.”
The Huffington Post is reporting this as new news, but her plans were originally announced in April, in […]

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You don’t even have to know what he’s saying to know what he’s after: the Puerto Rican vote.

Hillary Clinton may have the advantage in Puerto Rico due to her popularity with Latinos, but Barack Obama does have one thing on his side: a killer accent. Whether he’s taken Spanish classes in the past or just […]

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Really. Or that’s what Michael Calderone is saying over on his Politico blog.
On Thursday, seemingly out of nowhere, a new contender emerged for the 2016 race: Chelsea Clinton.
First, People magazine ran its “15 Questions with Bill Clinton,” where the former president was asked, “Do you think Chelsea will ever run for office?” Clinton replied: “I […]

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