Obama and Clinton Conference Calls from March 2

Personally, I would be happy to never listen to another one of these again, but I think The Page has the right idea in posting them for the world to hear (if they want to): Raw data has value in a world where it’s way too easy to ingest nothing but processed idea-food. So, with [...]

What Do We Call This Tuesday?

Superlative? Suspicious? Surreal? Do we need to keep it in the “s” neighborhood? In any case, I will be live-blogging the returns tonight, from about 6PM on. UPDATE: An early leader from KathyR! I love “Telltale Tuesday”! Top that, QH…

In the Arena

Roger Simon Nails It

This is a pretty good account of the zeitgeist on a very important primary day.

CAPTION CONTEST: Luxury Living on the Campaign Trail

Commenter Martin Gale starts it off, with the following caption for the photo posted below: Reporters listen as Larry Craig gives a speech in one of his favorite locales. (Hey–I’m stuck here for five hours. I need to find something to amuse myself.) UPDATE: The Independent Film Channel is interviewing Gail Sheehy over by one [...]

UPDATE: Luxury Living on the Campaign Trail

A photo from Karen’s cell phone:

Lap of Luxury

Responding to Karen’s post… We did stay at the swanky Fairmont Hotel last night in Chicago, which had a nice spa and offered $60 specialty bathes that the hotel’s bubble bath connoisseur (talk about a career specialty!) can run for any guest. And tonight we’re staying somewhere pretty nice as well, though the Secret Service [...]

Luxury Living on the Campaign Trail

This has got to be a first. Here in Austin, on the night before that make-or-break Texas primary, the Clinton campaign has set up a filing center for the traveling press corps … in a men’s room. Insert metaphor here. UPDATE: According to the schedule, we will be here in the men’s room for the [...]

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Obama Nerves

A few days ago, I criticized the Clinton spinsters for stupid, implausible horse race expectations spin–they said Obama had to win everywhere in order to be considered a winner on March 4–and so it’s only fair to note that Obama spinster David Plouffe is now doing the very same thing: If they do not win [...]

A Micro Snap Shot of Obama’s Union GOTV in Ohio

I spent a good part of the last week looking at Obama’s sudden popularity with unions. Here’s my story, but there was some color that got cut out that I thought I’d share. If it is a true microcosm of what’s going on in Ohio, it’s really interesting. The Obama campaign and its union partners [...]

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The Nafta Debate

The Clinton campaign is going slightly berserk today over the news that an Obama adviser really did tell the Canadians that: “[Obama'santi-NAFTA] messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans.” At least, according to a Canadian memo recounting the [...]