DNC makes a deal: Florida, Michigan fiasco settled

Is this it for the continuously hard-nosed and feisty Democratic primary struggle? Has the esteemed DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee managed to accomplish what nearly five months of voting has not?
After a Friday filled with back door negotiations on the fate of Florida and Michigan that were ultimately unable to come up with a deal […]

Clinton campaign goes to D.C. with big wishlist

For anyone wondering about potential compromises emerging from the public rhetoric of the Clinton campaign, today’s conference call with Howard Wolfson, Harold Ickes and Tina Flournoy shut the door on that thought. Info from the inside of Hillary’s camp has most advisers accepting that not all of the delegates from Michigan and Florida will be […]

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The monumental DNC rules committee meeting tomorrow is all the rage in the media and within the Clinton campaign today. Wolfson, Ickes and other advisers held a conference call at 12 noon (more on that later) with the rundown on what to expect tomorrow and how much the Clinton camp will push to get every […]

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The Scott McClellan tell-all has hijacked the media storyline this week, pushing the happenings on the trail off the front page. And why not? The McClellan memoir is a bona fide bombshell, piling up more negative accusations on a Bush presidency whose sole job of late is to stay out of the way of GOP […]

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With the Democratic primary calendar all but exhausted and chances for some sort of last-second win slim to none, the question in front of Hillary Clinton is now all about her post-presidential run future. Unless Obama caves and decides t pick HRC as his running mate, she will be left a battered ex-candidate with little […]

A new push for MI and FL from Clinton campaign

Clearly realizing that big wins in Pennsylvania or any other remaining states won’t help cut down on the significant lead Obama retains on the all-important delegate race. He’s got a comfy cushion barring a string of 65%-plus wins for Hillary or mass defections among the superdelegates.
This scenario is why the Clinton camp has begun a […]

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The 40th anniversary of MLK Jr’s death in Memphis brought out the big speeches from each presidential candidate today. Hillary and McCain were on-site to memorialize the fallen civil rights leader, but Obama - of course, the only black contender - did an apparent 180* from his speech on race in Philly a few […]

Romney wins Michigan, shakes up the race

No breaking news that Mitt Romney was the big winner in Michigan last night. We all know by now that Mitt thrashed McCain at the polls by nearly ten-points. Huckabee finished a respectable third and Rudy Giuliani lost to Ron Paul and barely squeaked ahead of the “Uncommitted” vote. That’s another story…
How did Romney win […]

ROMNEY WINS MICHIGAN

With all polls closed in Michigan and around 10% of the returns in,all networks are calling the race for Mitt Romney. MORE LATER…

Michigan: Good news for Romney?

With polls in Michigan set to close within a couple of hours, exit poll data is beginning to come in. And that data shows the makings of a major win for Romney at a time when he needs a “gold” the most.
It was clear that Romney could only win with low turnout among independent and […]