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…
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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 of the …
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 might …
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 next five hours. Someone will soon have to …
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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 Texas and Ohio by healthy
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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 are aiming to knock on a million
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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 …
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Apology
I said something stupid last night during at panel at the 92nd st Y in New York. I do believe that the media have been tougher on Hillary Clinton than on her opponents this year. I don’t believe it has anything to do with Roman Catholicism and shouldn’t have implied that it did. Stupid. I’m sorry.
Blame Canada? Blame Obama
A couple of days ago I blogged about this CTV story that the Obama campaign had reassured the Canadian government the Illinois Senator’s populist rhetoric on NAFTA was simply for the primaries and that Canada shouldn’t worry. At the time, both the Canada government and the Obama campaign vehemently denied the story.
Turns out, thanks to …
Now He Tells Us…
This is not what you generally hear from a highly paid political strategist who thinks he’s about to win:
As the campaign faces a make-or-break moment, some high-level officials are trying to play down their role in the campaign. Penn said in an e-mail over the weekend that he had “no direct authority in the campaign,” describing
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Texas: Down Ballot
Texas is not accustomed to playing such a crucial role in picking a Democratic presidential nominee. But Texas Democrats are looking at the race from another perspective as well: Which Democratic presidential candidate is mostly likely to help local candidates in a state that has been hostile territory for Democrats?
It is a crucial …