Maggie Williams Takes Over the Clinton Campaign

On the heels of her three defeats yesterday in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington State comes word that Hillary Clinton is replacing her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, with Maggie Williams, her former chief of staff in the Clinton White House and a woman whose toughness and loyalty to Clinton are the stuff of legend. Williams [...]

The Aetheist* Atheist, Vegetarian, Veteran, Lifetime NRA Member Weighs In

Short version: He’s cold. Swampdad, live from the great white north: I am listening to [Obama] and, again, I really like what he says. I still believe any Dem beats any Rep – and that is the reason McCain has been allowed a revival. I like McCain, love him really. Now I think Obama is [...]

The Votes That Matter

Analysis! Huckabee has little chance of actually winning the nomination. He would have to win each one of the next primary contests with better than 50% of the vote just to keep McCain short of the 1,191 delegates needed to nab the GOP nod. And even then, it is unlikely that a brokered convention would [...]

Saturday’s Results

The Hillary Clinton campaign has always* known that the month between Super Tuesday and the big primaries on March 4 in Texas and Ohio were going to be tough going for her. They include a number of caucuses, where Barack Obama’s better-funded organization has proven itself superior, and contests in states where he has an [...]