There’s no way around it, one way or another, this election is going to be monumental for the Democratic Party. If Obama’s winning streak carries on, for the first time in our nation’s history, an African-American will be on the ticket. On the other hand if Clinton can pick up Ohio and Texas, she might […]

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There are moments in time, where one must stop and ask, “Am I ever going to be able to do this again?” That is the question I tried to remember this past week, when I when I found myself submerged in the processes of American democracy in a historical presidential election. 

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By Laura J. Mansfield
Spokane, WA- You can call it Obama Fever, Obama Mania, or just call him Obama-rama. The point is, Barack Obama had a tremendous amount of enthusiastic people turn out in both congressional districts in Idaho yesterday. The results are in, and it was a landslide victory for Obama in Idaho. In Ada […]

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Coeur d’ Alene- North Idaho College
By Laura Mansfield and Will Mari
As the craziness of the caucus wound down, the nitty-gritty of electing delegates and alternates began for both Obama and Clinton supporters.
Amidst “ya’lls” and raised hands, seven delegates were chosen for Clinton, 27 for Obama.
Clinton’s supporters were conciliatory.

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The cold temperatures and icy roads didn’t stop over 1,256 people from voting in Kootenai County tonight. Even more are packed into the gymnasium to  supporting their candidates. This is what the scene looked like upon our arrival to the college just before 7 p.m. tonight. Check out this video:

And these videos from later, as things got busier:

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The polls opened early this morning and all of them should finally be closing up.
Clinton took some large delegate states while Obama cleaned up the rest.
The next big day is this Saturday when the great state of Washington joins Louisiana and Nebraska to hold their votes.

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Frantic negotiations are underway between the Edwards campaign and the undecided voters, both of whom did not meet the 15% level to move on to the state level. Should Edwards gain enough votes, they can re-caucus at the state level, whereas the undecided cannot and will lose their shot at a delegate.
“At the national […]

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CNN doesn’t have anything substantial from California but they’re drooling all over themselves to try to make sense of something, so here’s the earliest of the early predictions.
It’s going to be close, that’s the talking head mantra currently.
Hillary is winning among Latinos and Asians.
Obama is winning among African-Americans and Whites.
But they just said there are […]

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Just in—Clinton wins home state of New York. Wait, I thought she already won her home state of Arkansas? But wasn’t she born and raised in Illinois? Oh but Obama won there–that’s his home state.
While CNN and NBC babble on about exit polls and avoiding embarrassment in home states, is there anything more to it […]

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