Hold Fast

I want to take a moment to note that Senator Barack Obama was present and voting in favor of every amendment a majority of Democrats supported today. He did vote for the Specter-Whitehouse substitution amendment and the Feinstein “good faith” decision by the FISC, two amendments that arguably should have been opposed for their damage […]

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Matt Yglesias takes on Clinton campaign spin on what does and does not count for primary/caucus wins:
Back in October 2007, Clinton was beating Obama in Maine by a hilarious 47 to 10 margin, but it seems he’s carried the state today, once again by a large margin. My understanding, though, is that this doesn’t really […]

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I’ve spent a great deal of time over the last four and a half months trying to pressure the major Democratic presidential candidates - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - to use their platform as the two most important, most listened to Democrats in the country to speak out forcefully against retroactive immunity for telecom […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA8Wy51Ionk

This is probably my favorite Clinton video of the cycle. It’s really well done, it’s not celebrity driven, and it’s pretty hilarious. I’ll be curious to see if it actually succeeds in gaining traction with young people online, which I’m sure is at least part of the Clinton campaign’s goal, or if it’s merely picked […]

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The big news yesterday afternoon was a double negative story about the Clinton campaign’s money situation. First it came out that Hillary Clinton had loaned her campaign $5 million late last month. Then it came out that top staff on the Clinton campaign were foregoing pay, including the campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle.
The Obama campaign […]

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I’m with Steve Benen, last night was a draw and anyone who’s spinning hard one way or the other is just  spinning you. Both candidates had places where they had key victories. Both candidates lost in places they really would have been helped to win. Generally speaking, I think Obama closed ground and kept delegates […]

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It’s hard to describe the Clinton campaign’s decision to do a 180 and accept an invitation to participate in a debate hosted by Fox News as anything other than nuts.
According to the Lear Center, Fox News is the most politically divisive news channel. 70% of its daily viewers are conservative and only 3% are liberal.
Via […]

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Chris Bowers breaks down potential outcomes from Super Tuesday in the Democratic presidential delegate chase and paints a clear picture that shows we’re headed towards an outcome that is determined by super delegates. Then the Clinton campaign confirmed to Matt Stoller that they think this can go to a brokered convention. Then Bowers received further […]

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And neither should you:

If Hillary Clinton cried again;
If Barack Obama snubbed her at the State of the Union;
Which celebrities are supporting which candidates;

I’m sure we’ll discover more things I don’t care about in coming days regarding presidential politics…

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Yesterday’s MoveOn member poll showed Barack Obama winning decisively over Hillary Clinton, 70% to 29%. Matt Stoller has the news at Open Left. MoveOn had set the threshold for endorsement at 66% and Obama comfortably got enough votes to meet that standard.
But there are a number of questions that I would be curious to see […]

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