Tomorrow is the “less than super, more or less pretty normal Tuesday” with the exception that 188 more delegates will be up on the chopping block.
Polls are being released at least daily if not multiple times throughout the day, so here’s the basic picture, a sampling of the poll results out there since Thursday:
Zogby, April […]

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By Laura J. Mansfield
NEVILLE ISLAND- Along the Ohio river, and near one of Pittsburgh’s many bridges, is a heavily industrialized island on which sits the Calgon Carbon Company, a manufacturer of activated carbon. There you will find United Steelworkers Union Local 5032.
And there you will also find issues at the center of the Democratic Party […]

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CARNEGIE- Just outside of Pittsburgh is where you’ll find Carnegie, a smaller city with a population of under 9,000. And today, despite the unusual 80 degree heat, approximately 250 people turned out to listen to four Pittsburgh Steelers players address the crowd with Barack Obama’s message for Change.
Just as former star Franco Harris, who is […]

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PITTSBURGH - The state of Pennsylvania hasn’t had a pivotal primary since Jimmy Carter’s successful candidacy in 1976. Now, it’s that time again. Voters head to the polls on Tuesday, and the candidates are campaigning hard. We have seen Hillary Clinton and  Barack Obama bowling, taking shots of whiskey, and twisting words. But, who will […]

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Clinton, who has strong family ties in Scranton, Pennsylvania, was there today knocking on the doors of local residents. Today was also the day that Obama was endorsed by the local Scranton newspaper, The Times Tribune. Here is part of what the endorsement titled, “Barack Obama for Leadership,” had to say.
“On policy matters, there are […]

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What is the last thing a candidate wants to do before an upcoming primary that could potentially win them thier parties’ nomination, and possibly the presidency?
Say something that could be interpreted as offensive to a demographic that your’re trying to win over.
Oh, Obama, what did you say? The comments by Obama all the talking heads […]

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The Pennsylvania primary is less than two weeks away, eleven days to be exact. Clinton still leads Obama in the latest polls. But, he has tightened the gap. IF he wins Pennsylvania, thats it. Game, I mean, race over.
I’m not the only one who thinks so. Two weeks ago in the New York Times an […]

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The Clinton’s tax returns show they earned an estimated $109 million between the years 2000 and 2007. Thats a lot of money. Of course, the returns will be analyzed, and of course, they were released strategically on this late Friday afternoon.

Does Hillary Clinton want to detract attention from the Penn story? Clinton’s chief strategist, Mark […]

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Looks like Clintons fight for the Michigan delegates is not going to happen. A statement was released in Michigan today from Democratic party officials, “it’s not practical.” From the MDP website:
“The Michigan Democratic Party has carefully reviewed several proposals for a party-run primary or caucus as a means of resolving the dispute of the […]

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We’ve taken you to Idaho, back to Washington, over to Ohio and all the way down to good ol’ Texas. Many of us, and certainly the pundits and talking heads, hyped up Ohio and Texas as the decisive states in the race for the Democratic nomination. I was one of the few SeattlePoliticore reporters […]

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