Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
After Obama finished his victory speech in Columbia, Hillary popped up on stage in Nashville, TN giving what was basically her tried-and-true stump speech during a previously scheduled town hall event at Tennessee State University. Barely a peep about South Carolina and her mighty loss outside of a mild congratulatory remark toward Sen. Obama and […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
No question that Obama can claim a sizable victory in the South Carolina primary. Amidst rancorous jabs with the Clintons and plenty of worries that he would be a “blacks only” candidate, Obama showed great ability in cobbling together an odd coalition of those coveted African American voters as well as enough anti-Hillary whites […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
BILL CLINTON ARRIVES IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI FOR A “SUPER TUESDAY”-FOCUSED CAMPAIGN EVENT… NO CLINTON ANYWHERE NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA… 8:11: BILL IN MO: “THIS IS AN INTERESTING RACE”… A MINOR REFERENCE TO “SENATOR OBAMA’S WIN TONIGHT” - THAT’S THE ONLY TALK OF SC… EVERYTHING ELSE IN BILL’S SPEECH IS HYPER-FOCUSED ON SUPER TUESDAY AND THE “MILLIONS […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
This statement from Hillary Clinton just arrived from her campaign. In the casual statement, HRC takes an obvious turn to focusing on Super Tuesday (“…twenty-two states as well as American Samoa…”) as the new dte of importance. But she also mentions Florida - again. Leaves questions concerning her intentions for that state…
The full statement:
“I have […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
OBAMA SET TO MAKE VICTORY SPEECH AROUND 9 PM - EDWARDS SPEAKS MOMENTARILY… MICROSCOPIC RETURNS SUGGEST THAT OBAMA IS HEADED FOR A NUMBER OVER 50%, HILLARY AROUND 30%, EDWARDS A DISAPPOINTING 15%…. WILD RUMORS ON EDWARDS - DROPPING OUT?… KEY NUMBER: A VAST MAJORITY OF LATE-DECIDING SC VOTERS CHOSE OBAMA OVER HILLARY… HOW BIG A […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
AFTER BARELY CONTAINING THEIR ILLICIT KNOWLEDGE, ALL NETWORKS CALL SOUTH CAROLINA FOR OBAMA AT - EVEN BEFORE - 7 PM POLL CLOSING. AP AND NBC GIVE BLUNT MESSAGES ON HOW BIG OF A WIN: “ROUT”, AND “SUBSTANTIAL.” OBAMA CAMP READY TO CAPITALIZE. BILL AND HILLARY FLEE TO NASHVILLE, LOOK TO SUPER TUESDAY.
OBAMA GETS 80%+ […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
Just a quick blurb to say that we just received a strategy memo from Howard Wolfson, communications director for the Hillary campaign. With everything pointing to a big win for Obama in South Carolina (this is different from NH…) and Hillary struggling to stay afloat in third place, Wolfson is summarily trashing the importance of […]
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Posted on January 26th, 2008 by political buzz
With no exit polls released until the polls closed (darn…), al eyes are on turnout in the race, which will be a key element of the outcome. Higher turnout obviously benefits Obamal it would mean his GOTV efforts with young voters and normally non-voting African Americans in SC would be successful after failure in New […]
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Posted on January 25th, 2008 by political buzz
Just noticed a very disturbing post on the blog of Brad Warthen, editorial page editor of “The State” newspaper. The paper is, of course, based in Columbia, SC and is the most influential newspaper in that state. It has endorsed Barack Obama in the Dem primary.
What is disturbing about the blog post is not what […]
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Posted on January 25th, 2008 by political buzz
Voting day tomorrow in South Carolina, and the two frontrunners are taking final stock with one more push on the trail, getting out their final arguments and rallying their GOTV efforts.
Hillary is not taking things as seriously as she could, seemingly paving the way for easy acceptance of a loss in strong Obama country. Instead […]
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