McCain in San Diego

The Governator introduced him as the man who would “say hasta la vista to wasteful spending.” Then he said the Reagan era “will be back.” And then he said that McCain would “crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of the women!” Only one of these* the things above [...]

You Said It: A Few More Reports from Those on the Ground

If you have some eyewitness accounts of doings in Super Tuesday states, please send your comments to supertuesday08 -at- gmail -dot- com From Mass.: On Sunday, a large pickup truck circled our neighborhood playing pro-Hillary messages over a loudspeaker in English and Spanish. I was impressed with the tactic, but didn’t really see how disturbing [...]

The E-War: Obama’s Not Even Really Trying; Also: TED DANSON!!!!

So, here’s the “4:10PM EST HILLARY WIRE UPDATE”: • False reports about voting problems in LA are being drudged up – Everything is going smoothly in LA. • Although the weather in NM is terrible, all caucus sites are open so we’re offering to help voters get out to caucus. We have a hotline set [...]

McCain’s Huck’s West Virginia Win

I guess since it’s still an hour before we get any official exits, MSNBC is trying to gin up a “controversy” over Huckabee’s West Virginia caucuses win, based on the Romney campaign’s statement that blames their loss on… John McCain. As posted below, the Romney people are spinning the decision of McCain voters to throw [...]

In the Arena

How to Watch Tonight

We mainstream media sorts have a tricky situation tonight: how to decide who won on the Democratic side. Because the chances are in the game that really matters–delegate count–no one will really win. For example: Who won New Hampshire? Hillary Clinton, famously, right? Only if you count the popular vote. The delegate count was 9 [...]

Obama: “Clinton is the Favorite”

Senator Barack Obama cast his vote in his hometown of Hyde Park, IL today, quipping: “It was close but in the end I went for Obama.” He then paused to answer a couple of questions for reporters. He played down expectations, but in the end predicted that no clear winner will emerge from today’s voting. [...]

West Virginia: The Anti-Mitt Alliance Claims Another Victim

First round of voting in today’s W.V. caucuses: Romney: 42% Huckabee: 33% McCain: 15% Paul: 10% There was no candidate with a clear majority. Paul was knocked out and voting went to a second round: Huckabee: 51.5% Romney: 47.4% Hm. UPDATE: Gonna take their ball and go home: The delegate switch didn’t sit well with [...]

More Debates; Hillary Soft on Fox?

The bad news is that we’re not done with the debates. Hillary has accepted a “2/10 debate to be broadcast on This Week with George Stephanopoulos; A 2/27 CNN debate in OH and a 2/28 MSNBC debate in Houston,” and, according to Mark Penn on a conference call going on right now, a Fox News [...]

The E-War: Scores

Romney campaign out-sending McCain about 4 to 1. Clinton campaign out-sending Obama about 10 to 1. RNC out-sending DNC by about 20 to 1. Note that some campaigns have different levels of lists; the “gets everything” list, the “gets X subject” list, etc. I have no idea what lists I’m on. A selection of subject [...]

Not So Much the Tabloid Election as the Porn One…

Obama and McCain have received endorsements from American Apparel. The Obama campaign doesn’t use American Apparel as their supplier of their swag though it is cool enough that it looks like American Apparel swag. And when we say swag, we mean… swag. Or maybe swank. UPDATE: Commenter “ghostlawns” asks: Forget the American Apparel ads for [...]