DNC meeting: Hillary cancels, Obama shines

With Hillary out of the lineup at the DNC’s fall meeting in suburban D.C. due to the ongoing drama in New Hampshire, Obama and Edwards were left as the only frontrunners to deliver remarks at the big event.
Edwards’ speech was nothing remarkable, hinting on his populist stances and “One America” theme while taking veiled […]

Hillary NH office experiences hostage situation

Scary stuff popping up in New Hampshire early this afternoon as news of a hostage situation at a local Hillary office in Rochester, NH came across the wires. No matter what your political views, this was bad news and something you never want to hear about. Thankfully, the two Hillary staffers held by an apparently […]

FL YouTube GOP Debate: Candidate Rundown

In order of best performance to worst…

Mike Huckabee - Got super reaction for the debate crowd and various Republican voter focus groups. Nothing sensational, but he is the most consistent performer of the bunch. As usual, presented extreme evangelical positions on abortion and other social topics without sounding like a raving theocratic nut. That’s a […]

Hot Reads

Politico/Martin Kady & Jim VandeHei - “Democrats: Voters Shifting Focus from Iraq“
National Journal/Ron Brownstein - “Shooting Matches”
New York Times/Michael Cooper - “Citing Statistics, Giuliani Misses Time and Again”
Boston Globe/Marciela Bombardieri - “With Iowa Tight, N.H. Becoming Clinton’s Firewall”
Washington Post “The Trail” blog/Michael Shear - “Macaca’s New Gig: Richardson Stafffer”

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A Double-Edged Bill

When Sen. Barack Obama announced this week that Oprah Winfrey would be joining him on the campaign trail, Sen. Hillary Clinton sought to trump him by pointing to her own popular celebrity campaigner. Not Barbara Streisand, but Bill Clinton. “We all have a lot of supporters. I am proud to have my husband campaigning for […]

FL YouTube Debate: Winners & Losers, Plus Analysis

Last night brought a wild start in St. Pete that quickly bogged down amidst questionable and pathetic YT user queries and  overzealous attention on trifling GOP-centric issues (yes, it’s a GOP debate. But it’s also supposed to cover more than softball Republican topics; guns, abortion, etc. The candidates have wised up by now…). CNN might […]

FL YouTube Republican debate: Liveblog

Welcome Political-Buzz.com’s liveblog of the GOP YouTube debate in St. Pete. We’ll give you instant reaction to the events on the stage as the unfold, live. Refresh the page frequently for constant updates.

8:01 - Anderson Cooper starts us off with a hurried into, leaving the floor to Florida Governor Sunshine Crist to […]

St. Pete GOP debate: Preview

Unlike the Democratic race (and thus the debates as well), which is fueled only by the Hillary/Obama feud and how those two candidates react to every question, the Republican fight is much more wide open and entertaining. Multiple skirmishes going on at once means loads of dissension and brutal “honesty.” Story lines and potential bombshells […]

Hot Reads

New York Times/Patrick Healy -  “Bill Clinton Flatly Asserts He Opposed War at Start”
Roll Call/Mort Kondracke - “Clinton Could Lose Iowa, New Hampshire and Nomination”
CNN.com/Paul Steinahuser - “GOP candidates to Field YouTube Queries with Edgy Race Undecided”
AP - “Giuliani Surrogates in Massachusetts Launch Romney “Reality Check”

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Hillary/Obama tit-for-tat moves to foreign policy…again

Ina a pair of moves from Hillary and Obama blatantly designed to tweak the other on a sore subject, the two campaigns went after each other on foreign policy after Obama staged a major FP address and policy session in New Hampshire today. The “forum” allowed Obama to beat back - at least temporarily - charges […]