+Barack Obama | 1371 days ago

PUMAs Without Claws…

By wpcomimportuser6

I know a rock-ribbed Republican operative who was a key Reagan sergeant back during the heated Reagan – Ford primary in 1976. He is still so mad that the Mississippi delegation switched to Ford that he promises physical violence should he ever by chance run into the guy who chaired that delegation. No doubt, these [...]

+Barack Obama | 1499 days ago

Scranton #1: Obama Rally

By Jay Newton-Small

Dispatches from the Obama trail: Obama ventured into Hillary territory, quite literally where her father is buried, to Scranton, Pennsylvania tonight and rallied 4,800 eager fans. Under the neon lights of a massive indoor soccer field, Obama also unleashed some of his harshest criticism yet of Clinton, laying out three reasons why he’d make a [...]

+Barack Obama | 1510 days ago

The Thong Primary

By Jay Newton-Small

Just for fun, to liven up this hump day: Forget about polls and primaries, caucuses and voter registration stats. There’s a market barometer out there and it’s proven surprisingly intuitive in predicting shifts in the 2008 campaign: the thong. No, this isn’t a lucky thong or anything a candidate has worn (at least, I don’t [...]

+Uncategorized | 1519 days ago

Even More New Pennsylvania Voters

By Jay Newton-Small

Ever more fascinating Pennsylvania registration numbers emerged today and the PA Secretary of State is still counting. Apparently there are, so far, 4, 119,213 registered Democrats now in Pennsylvania, that’s up an additional 74,261 from last week’s tally. The state’s voter registration deadline closed at midnight a week ago today. In my voter registration story [...]