Chris Matthews finally convinced me to mute the box. He said something along the lines of: "Fairly or not, early in the process, after he won 10 or 11 straight contests, Barack Obama was deemed the front-runner."
Early on? Um...after that streak, 70% of the delegates to the DNC had been selected. He didn’t become the dominant, widely accepted front-runner until well more than half the people had voted.
I seem to recall that Hillary Clinton was considered "inevitable" not just by the press, but by her own campaign. In fact, she entered January with a lead of about 100 superdelegates on Obama.
Chuck Todd on the other hand is a good reason to unmute the box. He’s now saying Michigan is closing in on the 69-59 approach advocated by Sen. Levin, and that the Obama will get the two add-on superdelegates. The delegation would be seated at half-strength.
Update: Chuck says that once the deal is done, Obama will need just another 15 or 20 superdelegates after the vot...
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A New Morning in America? Forget the Lincoln analogy. Why Ronald Reagan is the president Barack Obama is more likely to model himself after.
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Also, the Mumbai attacks fly in the face of the Left’s narrative that if we only elected Barack Obama, then the whole world would love us and everybody would be all Kumbaya. Instead, we see Islamic terrorist targeting Westerners and Jews despite the fact the the Obamassiah is about to take office.... more
The Corrigan Brothers “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” was such a hit on YouTube and all around the internet, that they are releasing it as a single on Dec. 12th. They also got signed to one of Universal’s labels and have been invited to play the Irish American Democrats Inaugural Ball.
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Straight off a joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd appeared shocked at what he described as a complete lack of cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust between the two heads of the Republican ticket.... more
Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust.... more
It was a scene that made your humble correspondent want to pull an Evis on his TV screen. Brian Williams and Chuck Todd, the NBC numbers crunching political director, were being questioned by Chris Matthews on Hardball yesterday about an interview Williams conducted with John McCain and Sarah Palin. Brian Williams was annoying enough with the way he wrote off Sarah Palin by citing poll numbers, as if they were written in stone, that she isn't qualified to be president. However, ... more
A few hours ago, Todd Beeton over at MyDD.com falsely accused me of manipulating video footage to distort Hillary Clinton’s statement yesterday that John McCain was more ready to be president than Barack Obama.
His accusation is completely false.
In the video I posted, here’s what Hillary Clinton said:
I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know that Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And Sena... more
I don’t know what to make of this, but it’s pretty clear Bill Bennett (not exactly the world’s most trustworthy guy) thinks that Republican voters may be interfering in the Texas primary. Recall that Rush Limbaugh yesterday urged voters there to do just that. Also, earlier today Ben Smith noted a report from a Texan that on conservative radio stations, callers were complaining that after voting for Clinton, they weren’t allowed to vote in the GOP primary.
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As I’ve said many times, the real magic number is 1,627 -- a majority of the pledged delegates selected through primaries and caucuses.
Once a candidate hits 1,627, he or she will win the nomination -- unless superdelegates step in and overturn our judgment.
Here’s a look at how things stand at the beginning of the evening.
The question tonight is how much closer each candidate gets to the magic number.
There’s only about one thousand delegates left to be selected ... more
Obama wins Vermont From: feeds.feedburner.com Post Date: 2008-03-04 16:00:00
It may be a long night, but this is a nice way to start!
Update: CNN’s Schneider says exit polls show Barack Obama’s opposition to the war in Iraq from the very start (and Hillary Clinton’s support thereof) was a major factor in Obama’s victory.
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