A top adviser within the Barack Obama campaign says that Obama is open to the idea of helping Hillary Clinton pay off her estimated $20 million campaign debt, according the Bloomberg.
While Obama cannot directly pay the debt for Clinton, per campaign finance laws, Obama could hold fundraising events and ask his supporters to donate to […]

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Well, after what seems like an eternity, the Democratic primary race is officially over today, in terms of contests that is.
Sen. Barack Obama certainly appears to have it wrapped up and several big sources indicate that he will claim that victory tonight in St. Paul during his speech. He will need to roll out roughly […]

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According to CNN, a majority of the 17 remaining uncommitted Senators in the U.S. Senate will endorse Barack Obama at some point this week.
It appears that most of these endorsements will not come until after the South Dakota and Montana primaries tomorrow night.

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Well, it has been a relatively quite Sunday in the political world even though we did have a primary today.
Sen. Hillary Clinton has won the Puerto Rico primary, to no surprise of anyone following this race. It is an impressive victory, yet, no matter how impressive, you still can’t help but feel the meaningless aura […]

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Well, after what seems like an eternity, two of the top Democratic party leaders have finally called on superdelegates to make their choice and end the Democratic nomination for President.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday, that he, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and party chairman Howard Dean will urge uncommitted delegates to choose sides.
“By this time […]

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According to the Obama campaign, the race for the Democratic nomination will be over next week, following the final two primaries in South Dakota and Montana.
In an interview with the New York Daily News, Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said that after the June 3 primaries in South Dakota and Montana, Obama will “be at […]

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she thinks the party should cut the total number of superdelegates starting in 2012, according to CQ Politics.
Pelosi said she opposed the superdelegate structure when it was originally formed and also said that “800 is far too many.”
With the current state of the 2008 Primary election, […]

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Taylor Marsh did an excellent job of liveblogging the Clinton conference call this morning and I found some surprising stuff that was said during the call.
Reporter: Where was Clinton’s dedication to voter’s rights last fall?
Wolfson: Because of DNC rules, we didn’t expect the turn out to be so huge. “Enormous interest on the part of […]

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Rachel Maddow has a great piece at the Huffington Post today laying out Hillary Clinton’s continued efforts to take this nomination to the Democratic National Convention.
Do you see where this is going? If there is an open, unresolved procedural issue involving the Florida and Michigan delegations, Senator Clinton will be able to cite that as […]

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When Hillary Rodham Clinton gets up in front a crowd, on national TV, and tells the world that she is ahead in the popular vote, why won’t the media correct her?
Note to media…… You have to call bullshit and correct her.
Currently, Hillary Clinton is out there on the trail spewing two different lies:
1. She is […]

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With the primaries today in Kentucky and Oregon, today really should be the nomination clincher for Barack Obama. After tonight, with a win in Oregon, he will take the majority lead in pledged delegates. This is really the final hurdle that the Obama campaign needs to claim victory in this race.
Obama is already leading in […]

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Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia announced today that he is officially endorsing Barack Obama for President.
Many had speculated that Byrd may endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton since she won an impressive victory in Byrd’s home state of West Virginia, but today Byrd announced quite the contrary.

“I believe that Barack Obama is a shining young statesman, […]

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Just in case you have not heard about it, there is a much more important race going on tonight in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District.
The Democratic party, who has already taken 2 other special election seats this year, are in a very close running for a third tonight. Travis Childers is facing off against Republican Greg […]

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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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MSNBC has scooped up Mike Huckabee as part of the West Virginia primary coverage tomorrow night from 6pm to 11pm. He will be on in place of Joe Scarborough who is on vacation this week.
Should be interesting to hear Huckabee go up against Matthews, Olbermann, and Maddow, although he will fit right in with Pat […]

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