Clinton the Stronger Candidate?
Chris Cillizza examines Hillary Clinton's claims that her demonstrated ability to appeal to white, working class voters makes her the better candidate in the Fall. Examining the state-by-state races, he figures only 14 states will truly be competitive. A glance at these 14 states -- and the polling to date in each -- suggests that Clinton is clearly the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 15, 2008 11:57
West Virginia Primary Postmortem
Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama by a 2-to-1 margin (67-26) in West Virginia. Does this change anything? Probably not. One suspects Dick Cheney could have beaten Obama in this one. As impressive as Clinton's string of victories in states dominated by white people with blue collars, there's no evidence that her argument of "and therefore only ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 14, 2008 07:54
Hillary Clinton Losing Millions
Hillary Clinton may take a hit to her personal finances in excess of $11 million, Bret Schulte reports for U.S. News. With rounds to fight running out, the self-described Rocky Balboa of politics will soon be forced to assess the damage sustained by the most expensive primary bout in history. Sen. Hillary Clinton doled out $6.4 million of her own money ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 9, 2008 07:38
Obama’s Poll Numbers Dropping; Clinton’s Too
A series of public opinion polls show Barack Obama's support dropping among Democrats, with Hillary Clinton the obvious beneficiary. While her numbers are static, or even dropping, she's now ahead of him in several head-to-head polls nationally and has opened up a big lead in Indiana. The RealClearPolitics average still shows a 1.6 percent Obama lead but that's entirely ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 2, 2008 06:56
Hillary Clinton Fact Wars
There is a lot of chatter going on about the "facts" as regards to Hillary Clinton's bid to come from behind to win the Democratic presidential nomination. The campaign's The Fact Hub blog contends that "More People Have Voted For Hillary Than Any Other Candidate." They arrive at this conclusion, which goes contrary to the expert consensus, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 24, 2008 08:05
Clinton Wins Big in Pennsylvania, Fights On
Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary by ten points [actually, 8.6* or whatever**], continuing her string of large state victories and thereby keeping her dim hopes for the presidency alive. Unfortunately for Clinton, the press is treating this is a foregone conclusion, despite inconsistent polls and a hard fought six week battle. ABC's Jennifer Parker: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 23, 2008 05:54
Dean: Superdelegates Must Decide Now
DNC chairman Howard Dean is tired of the democratic process and wants the superdelegates to decide who the Democratic nominee will be now. An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they’re for – and “I need them to say who they’re for starting now.” “We cannot give up two or ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 18, 2008 08:11
Republicans Beating Democrats at Money Game
Eric Kleefeld reports that, while Democratic candidates are beating their Republican counterparts by embarrassing margins at fund raising, the reverse is true at the national level. The Republican National Committee has announced that they have $31 million cash-on-hand at the end of March, money that can be used to assist John McCain as well as down-ballot races this Fall. Quarterly figures ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 17, 2008 14:35
Hillary Clinton a Victim of the System
Sean Wilentz contends that, "If the system made sense, [Hillary] Clinton would be far ahead" rather than, well, losing. Unlike the Republicans, the Democrats in primary states choose their nominee on the basis of a convoluted system of proportional distribution of delegates that varies from state to state and that obtains in neither congressional nor presidential elections. It is this ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 7, 2008 08:21
Florida and Michigan Revotes Unlikely
The hopes of Democratic Party leaders to solve the delegate impasses in Florida and Michigan have been dashed, as technicalities have proven impossible to overcome. The AP reports that, "Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party." In Florida, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 17, 2008 21:02
