Michelle Cottle has a must-read piece over at The New Republic that lays out just what went wrong inside the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2008.
“Bottom line: I just don’t think she was hungry enough for it in the beginning. It wasn’t really until the ten-in-a-row loss that she started doing stuff like Saturday Night […]

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As the polls get ready to close in just under 45 minutes as I write this, what can we expect tonight? I get the feeling that the overwhelming majority of cable news outlets will have a general theme….
It doesn’t matter.
Does a Clinton blowout in West Virginia matter? She is expected to win by as much […]

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There is a strange thing happening on the WV campaign trail these days, it is quite absent of the “gas tax holiday” that Sen. Clinton was driving down everyone’s throat last week.
Why is that?
West Virginia is full of hard-working, white, middle-class Americans that are currently paying $3.83 a gallon, which is the WV average. So […]

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A close adviser within the Clinton campaign has stated that the campaign is currently holding a $20 million debt, according to the Washington Post.
It also appears as though Clinton will not be exiting the race anytime soon, despite the current debt.
Her campaign is also stating that she does not have any interest in pursuing the […]

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According to a new Politico article, Sen. Hillary Clinton is now talking to uncommitted superdelegates and trying to get them to privately commit to her without making those commitments public.
According to a senior Democratic aide, Clinton asked some uncommitted superdelegates if they could commit to her privately — without the political risks of a public […]

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***Update*** - This post is according to ABC News only. I have found no other major news sources as of yet that are saying that Obama has gained the superdelegate lead, although it is all over the blogosphere this morning!

Sen. Barack Obama has now officially taken the lead in the superdelegate count for the 2008 […]

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Like it or not, the 2008 Democratic Primary nominee has been decided….
by the media.
For months they have kept this thing closer than it really was and now, just like that, it is over. Recently, I posted another article about the May 6th primaries, asking what had really changed. Well, apparently a lot has changed because […]

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Face it, when you want to win, you will do or say most anything to win. Such is the case with Hillary Rodham Clinton and her mystical delegate count.
Now, everyone (except the Clinton campaign) knows that 2,024.5 delegates will wrap this puppy up tighter than a Christmas present, but for some reason, Mrs. Clinton likes […]

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The AP is reporting this morning that Sen. Hillary Clinton loaned her presidential campaign another $6.4 million dollars in the past month in an effort to stay afloat in the race for the White House.
You may remember a few months back she loaned herself $5 million after it was apparent that Barack Obama was breaking […]

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Chris Bowers over at Open Left makes some interesting points on last night’s primary results, and that is how was last night any different than before?
I think for a while now people have known that Obama had the nomination secured, barring some catastrophe out of no where that no one saw coming. It is interesting […]

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Wow, last night was one of the most riveting nights in politics that I have seen in quite some time. In what was thought to be a 50/50 split going on, turned into a real game-changer and almost a complete upset.
As of 1:00am Eastern Time, most networks still could not call the Indiana primary simply […]

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According to the LA Times, two of the five current California superdelegates will consider switching allegiance from Clinton to Barack Obama if he maintains his elected delegate lead through June 3rd.
It is almost a certainty that Obama will end the primary season with the elected delegate lead, popular vote lead, and the most states won. […]

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Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign has released a new advertisement criticizing Hillary Clinton for her ridiculous “gas tax holiday”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4TPIFxxR6o

First of all, the gas tax holiday first proposed by John McCain, and now Hillary Clinton, will not work.
Even people within the Clinton campaign say it will not work, along with scores of experts and economists that have […]

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North Carolina Governor, Mike Easley, officially endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton today.
“It’s time for somebody to be in the White House who understands the challenges we face in this country,” Easley said at a rally in Raleigh with Clinton at his side. “They are significant. I never ever thought the United States of America could get […]

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Sen. Hillary Clinton has endorsed a recent proposal by Sen. John McCain to suspend the taxes on fuel during the peak summer driving months, to help consumers with the rising prices at the pump.
Sen. Barack Obama does not support the temporary cut and says that the average motorist would not benefit very much from such […]

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