Earlier I wrote about the idea that new Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, who has a reputation for being ultra-conservative in his years as a congressman, could attract Republican voters who aren’t on board with presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
While McCain has been the presumptive nominee since March 4, when he earned the necessary number […]

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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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All signs point to Sen. Hillary Clinton scoring a huge victory in West Virginia’s primary today. The demographics are great for her - lots of older voters and blue-collar workers, and a small black population - and Sen. Barack Obama is spending the day all the way over in Missouri, hardly attempting to challenge […]

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Hillary Clinton has likened herself to Rocky - she’s a fighter. She never gives up. She’s even signed boxing gloves for supporters.
But has Barack Obama finally knocked her out?
The numbers from Indiana and North Carolina suggest that yes, he has. Sure, Clinton won Indiana, but earning 51% of the vote to Obama’s […]

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GARY-As I arrived in Gary, Indiana today, I passed through several residential neighborhoods and noticed many Obama signs. And many more Obama signs. Actually, the most I have seen in the state so far.
It’s a beautiful sunny day today, people are out tending their lawns, and people are also working very hard. It was around […]

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INDIANAPOLIS  — “No money!” yelled a man in the passing car, his words trailing in the blustering wind of downtown Indianapolis.
People in Indiana are helpful.
Laura, Meg and I had been trying to feed the meter. I guess you don’t have to do that on Saturday mornings.

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LEBANON, IND. — In a pair of middle schools on opposite sides of Indianapolis, in the proud little cities of Greenfield and Lebanon, former President Bill Clinton continued his whirlwind stumping tour in support of his wife late Friday.
In suburban Greenfield, the seat of Hancock County - located about 10 miles east of Indianapolis – almost […]

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(Janis Thornton and Will in the The Times)

(Old Stoney in all its Midwestern civic glory)
By Meghan Peters and Will Mari
FRANKFORT, IN — While driving down Clinton Avenue in Clinton County, we thought passing a Clinton lawn sign would be the icing on the cake. It’d make for a catchy title to our first post in […]

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Outside of Hillary Clinton’s Park Hyatt hotel victory speech in downtown Philadelphia Tuesday, I was given a lesson in spelling.
“Hillary is the Rock of Gibraltar. R-O-C-K. You can’t shake her,” Cyprian Anyanwu, founder of African Congress USA, Inc. said.
Anyanwu was standing on the road median of Broad St., across from the hotel. Among him were […]

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