Telltale Tuesday: The Liveblog

7:28 PM Sorry I’m late. Fox ready to declare Ohio! Which means… something. That it’s decisive? That someone way over or under performed? Anyway, I’m happy to get more time to study the Texas primacaucus without the distraction. 7:31 PM Okay, here’s what it means: That Fox lies. They declared the R race but, yeah, [...]

Don’t Call It a Comeback (Clinton Mix)

A media pal emailed me to suggest (I won’t say “predict” — and he wouldn’t either) that tonight will be the beginning of a Clinton comeback. If the situations were reversed, and it would be Obama eking out a victory after weeks of being pummeled in the press, that would certainly be the case. But, [...]

I’m Worried about Ann Coulter

This has nothing to do with anything but I believe that Ann Coulter is having some kind of seizure on the Hannity radio show right now. Her voice has reached a level of shrillness that I am worried about the windows in my home. If you guys are hungry for criticism of John McCain, you [...]

Something Strange Going on in GOP Precincts in Texas?

Bloggers at the Dallas Morning News notice an unusually large number of Democratic voters in GOP precincts: I live in GOP-heavy western Allen, and walked in just behind an older man today at Green Elementary. He paused and asked an election worker what he should be doing, where he should go. “That’s the Republican primary [...]

Okay, Okay, Okay: The McCain BBQ

First of all, neither Time nor McCain paid my way to Sedona or for my stay while I was there. As I answered in a thread earlier, I put the whole thing on my personal card — though, to be totally transparent, I will likely be expensing or writing off specific items as they relate [...]

Hillary Clinton in the Stretch

Here’s a piece I did for TIME.com on the Clinton campaign in the final days going into Ohio and Texas. The intensity and energy with which Hillary Clinton has campaigned in these last few days has been remarkable. On the flight into Houston last night, after I filed this, the campaign staff had a picture [...]

Clinton Conference Call, Notes and Audio

Here it is [MP3 file]. My notes follow if you want a preview of sorts. The whole thing is about an hour long… yep.

City Slicker

Election day in Texas! And that means… cattle? Obama this morning took a tour of the Future Farmers of America exhibit in Houston, Texas. We’d been promised a rodeo by his handlers and had been wondering: who rides rodeo at 8:30am? Turns out no one. And, alas, Obama didn’t go near any of the prize [...]

Afghanistan Follow-Up to Follow-Up

Just to be clear: The HRC spokespeople answered the question of whether operations in Iraq divert resources from Afghanistan very straightforwardly. She believes they do. As for the second question: 2) If that is your position, aren’t you implying that she gets a pass on not attending those hearings simply because she didn’t give a [...]

Clinton Conference Call: The Afghanistan Question

I asked a version of one of virginiagentleman’s terrific suggestions. I’ll post audio of it and their response as soon as I can. His question was this: Isn’t it hypocritical of Sen. Clinton to criticize Sen. Obama for not holding hearings on Afghanistan when she sits on the armed forces subcommittee, which held two hearings [...]