Last night, a few big names chatted about the possible “dream ticket” of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Former White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, a Republican, and former President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, agreed that Obama’s best chance at winning the White House is with Clinton alongside him.
We’ve mentioned […]

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The day after Hillary Clinton’s win in Kentucky and Barack Obama’s projected win in Oregon, both candidates have traveled to Florida to let Democratic voters know they haven’t been forgotten. Neither candidate has campaigned in the state since it was announced that it would be punished for moving its primary up - a move that […]

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According to CNN, Hillary Clinton will win today’s Kentucky primary by a wide margin, no doubt bolstering her argument that she has received more votes for the Democratic presidential nomination. With 71% of precincts reporting, the Kentucky numbers stand at 65% of the vote and 22 delegates for Clinton, and 31% of the vote and […]

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I was flying on Frontier Airlines today, coming back from my conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma, when I decided that watching CNN on the plane was a great idea.
Wolf Blitzer was speaking to a correspondent, whose name I didn’t catch, who said that the Clinton camp is still working strongly under the assumption that they have […]

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Despite many media outlets reporting that Barack Obama is ahead in all aspects of “the math” - popular vote, states won, pledged and superdelegates won, etc. - Hillary Clinton still argues that she can and should win the Democratic nomination.
Here’s her version of the math, as told during a speech in Kentucky:
“Right now I am […]

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The writing has been on the wall for a while, but Republican spokespeople have stated over and again that the party isn’t in that bad of shape; in a down swing sure, just a little, but nothing too serious.
Well, frankly that’s not true and we know it.
Politico sees it:
For the past 18 months, ever […]

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“It is time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path,” said John Edwards when he dropped out of the presidential race in January.  After months of speculation, it is finally clear that Edwards thinks Barack Obama will be the one making history.
Edwards will endorse Obama’s bid for the Democratic nomination […]

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The necessary number of delegates a candidate needs to clinch the Democratic nomination has changed slightly, from 2,025 to 2,026.
This change in math occurred yesterday, as Democrat Travis Childers won a seat in the House in a special election in Mississippi. And, as Kos points out, he won by 8 points in a very […]

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New numbers, same result: With 94% of precincts reporting, CNN shows that Clinton has 67% of the vote (226,812) and Obama has 26% (87,466). 16 delegates go to Clinton and 7 go to Obama, with 5 delegates so far unaccounted for.

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CNN’s numbers for West Virginia: with 20% of precincts reporting, Hillary Clinton has 63% of the vote (47,562) to Barack Obama’s 30% (22,824).
And of course, Clinton is the projected winner.
Clinton’s main argument stemming from her West Virginia win is that, historically speaking, a candidate needs to win the state to also win the White House.
Ok, […]

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