Hold Fast

Scarecrow at FireDogLake wants Obama and Clinton to answer some important questions before they take office. 1. Given that the Bush/Cheney regime has been the most lawless and destructive of Constitutional safeguards in our lifetimes, what do you intend to do to bring those who flouted the law to justice? If nothing, how do you [...]

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Burnt Orange Report brings the good news – Texas will be in play in the general election. Survey USA has just completed massive nationwide, state-by-state polling of match-ups in the presidential race. While both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would rack up winning scenarios nationally, what is most stunning is that Texas, yes-Texas, is a [...]

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Over at TAPPED, Mark Schmidt has a sensible solution to the Michigan and Florida delegate situation, though it comes from an Obama standpoint. The short version is that Obama should let Florida’s delegates be seated as is in exchange for a new caucus in Michigan. This would give Clinton a gain in delegates that wouldn’t [...]

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The delegate tallying in Texas from Tuesday isn’t even finished and already the Clinton and Obama campaigns have resumed nasty campaigning on a line that will guarantee even more nasty campaigning in coming days and weeks. I’m with John Aravosis – Clinton was right in 2000 when she criticized Rick Lazio for not releasing his [...]

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It occurs to me that now that the Democratic nomination process is likely to continue in earnest for at least another seven weeks, Clinton and Obama will probably be compelled to debate each other at least once or twice more. I can’t say that prospect excites me.

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It’s the morning after Whatever People Finally Decided To Call It Tuesday. As the polls consistently showed going in, Clinton won Ohio, withstanding late tightening. She also won the Texas popular vote; though many polls showed Obama taking a small lead, it was (as far as I recall seeing) always within the margin of error. [...]

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Heh, indeedy.

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Turkana at The Left Coaster has what I think is the most sober assessment of how possible outcomes tomorrow in Ohio and Texas will impact the state of the race. The short version is that Clinton has to win the popular vote in both states (which would presumably give her a delegate win in Ohio [...]

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I think Chris Bowers pretty much nails the likely course of events with the Democratic nomination the rest of the way:  The decline of a once frontrunning presidential campaign might be the exact opposite of Gandhi’s famous saying: first you think you have won, then they fight you, then they laugh at you, and then [...]

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Ben Smith reports on an Obama conference call: A reporter asked whether Clinton should drop out after Ohio and Texas. Obama adviser Richard Danzig responded: “I would encourage you on March 5 to call Sen. Clinton at 3 a.m. and ask that question.” In that case, I’d recommend Clinton combat the snarkiness of Danzig’ss statement [...]

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