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On a Need to Know Basis

On a need to know basis does anyone really care if Obama Girl didn’t vote? I mean really who gives damn? Is this really news? No. It’s fluff and hype.
And considering that Obama told AP in August, “that his own daughters became upset with the risqué video,” he probably didn’t care either. Obama Girl is […]

Bundlers for Barack Obama Who Have Registered as Federal Lobbyists

The Obama camp is raking in the dough after Super Tuesday, but I wondering, did you hear Barack Obama in his speech last night when he claimed that his campaign “has not taken a dime of” lobbyist money?
Not True, says Public Citizen who released a report detailing that ten bundlers for Barack Obama have registered as […]

Will There Be a Brokered Deal for the Dem Nominee?

I’ve said here recently in the comments that I didn’t think it would be a good thing for the Dems to have to take the fight for the nomination to the convention floor this summer. Howard Dean weighed in on the possibility of a floor fight for the nomination or brokering a deal:
“The idea that […]

Hillary’s Super Tuesday Victory Speech

Looking forward from Super Tuesday, here’s Hillary’s Super Tuesday Victory Speech (h/t C&L):

The Clinton campaign notes today that the Super Tuesday “results confirmed Hillary’s strengths as a candidate and signaled that she made inroads with a number of key groups and demographics. As we look through the returns and the exits, there are a number […]

Dems Shatter Primary Turnout Rate

Although we still don’t have a clear picture of who our nominee will be, and I don’t think anyone expected we would, the one thing we do know is that across the board, Democrats shattered their records for turnout in the Super Tuesday races:

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Delegate Count And Gallup Track Poll

Per Political Wire:
Clinton 825, Obama 732 (2,025 needed for nomination)
Gallup Daily Tracking Poll as of 2-4-08

More details here.

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

Despite my self-imposed news blackout, I was still following the blogs in my Google Reader. I also have one that my readers can follow, on my own website’s sidebar. If you had been watching it throughout the evening, you would have noted that there was a lot of primary reports highlighted from most of my […]

The Odd Facts of Delegate Numbers in California

I will not pretend to understand the very complex rules of the California Democratic Party with regard to delegate counts after the Primary.
I do know these two things:
A. It’s possible for a popular vote winner, like Hillary Clinton by nearly 10 points, to wind up with less delegates than the popular vote loser.
B. If a […]

YES SHE CAN! California for Clinton!

The graphic below from California Sec. of State Debra Bowen’s Primary Election Night Results page shows how the counties in California turned out for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (click on the graphic for updates):

California is Clinton Country! Yes She Can!
The N.Y. Times reports:

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Servers & Databases and Super Tuesday

Note to readers:
We had server issues tonight and in the interim we had a minor meltdown which caused us to lose our post categories and our main blogroll (now fixed). Thankfully all the posts and comments are in tact. I’ll be working on restoring our blogroll and categories in the coming days.
My apologies to readers who […]