109. Maine Caucus Updates
7:45 P.M. - Final results are in, Obama won about 60% to 40%, netting 15 delegates to Clinton's 9 according to Obama advisor David Stouffe. This was enough to move Obama into a 3 delegate overall lead, according to Realclearpolitics, and a 77 delegate lead if you don't count superdelegates. 3:00 P.M. - Obama maintains his 57-42 lead with 60% of ...
110. Semi-Super Saturday - tune in for updates
11:23 P.M. - As the last chips fall, it appears that McCain safely has Washington and Huckabee safely has Louisiana, though neither have large margins. For those who are too lazy to look up and down the page, here's a summary of the results: Washington: Obama wins with 68%, McCain wins with 26% Louisiana: Obama wins with 57% of the vote, ...
111. Weekend Muse; Life After…Romney?
February 9, 2008 With a Republican Nominee in Place, Electability Becomes Distinct Concern For Dems With Romney's withdrawal from the Republican nomination process a few days ago, John McCain is presumed to be the nominee, with his booing at CPAC the coronation. Democrats now need to consider not only policies (which are more or less identical for the Dems) or "change" at ...
112. Breaking News; Liquid-Gate
Sorry for the corny name, but anything with "gate" in it draws attention. According to the New York Times, Hillary Clinton gave her campaign 5 million dollars of her husband's money last month, and they're considering giving themselves another 15 million. Bill and Hillary are estimated to have 40-60 million dollars in the bank, so this could last them a ...
113. Wednesday Muse; Life After Super Tuesday
February 6th, 2008 McCain all but wraps up Republican Nomination, Obama and Clinton Still Neck and Neck In an election cycle full of so many surprises, the nationwide results yesterday didn't yield much of a surprise. John McCain took 12 states and the lion's share of the delegates, effectively moving him out of reach of any other candidate in the Republican party. ...
114. Super Tuesday Muse; So Important We Skipped Monday
In here, updates and polls for the 24 primaries and caucuses tomorrow will be posted and hopefully updated semi-frequently. 6:34 PM, February 5th - John McCain has been winning where he's supposed to win, taking Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Connecticut thus far. Huckabee has taking West Virginia, Alabama, and Arkansas, with Romney only holding on in Massachusetts. Clinton has won ...
115. Weekend Muse; Dems Move into virtual tie, Romney hanging in by the skin of his teeth
February 3, 2008 The widening and narrowing of the races You've seen tens of thousands of words about the Democratic nomination process, so we won't bore you with much, except that the race continues to tighten up. Several polls have Obama and Clinton tied nationwide, as well as in California, Missouri, New Jersey, Arizona, Alabama, and Connecticut. That's right, 6 states that ...
116. Friday Muse; Blow By Blow on the Democratic Debate
February 1st, 2008 Painstaking Details on What Blitzer Called the Democratic "Discussion" The Muse has kindly compiled a blow by blow of what happened during each question in a nutshell, and, perhaps most importantly, the number of audience cheers each candidate received in the large hollywood audience. Opening Statements: Obama: Good move to acknowledge Edwards, forces Clinton to follow suit. Doesn't toot his ...
117. Thursday Muse; Obama’s Second Wind
After John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the race, it seemed quite apparent that Clinton and McCain would be competing with each other for president this coming November. However, a couple of days later, the polls seem to show that Obama is alive and vibrant as ever. He has moved to a virtual tie in Minnesota, Massachusettes, California, Delaware, ...
118. Wednesday Muse; Edwards is Out of the Race
January 30th The Power Broker's Broke After much ado about him being a potential power broker if he picked up enough delegates, John Edwards has dropped his bid for president, as has Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani is expected to endorse McCain, while Edwards is expected to endorse no one. Giuliani's drop-out is a slight benefit to McCain, but it hardly changes what is still ...
119. The Muse’s Democratic Predictions For Super Tuesday States
Are there polls out on most of the states I'm about to predict? No. That won't stop the Muse from doing a good deal of prognosticatin' ten days before these states' votes are counted. In most of these cases, if Edwards drops out you can give about 60% of his vote to Clinton and about 40% of it to Obama. Note: ...
120. Weekend Muse; Barack Obama’s Rout Impressive, But Meaningless
January 27, 2008 The Sad Story of the Exit Polls When you initially look at South Carolina's results you might say "wow, it looks like America has gotten past the race issue in this election." After all, South Carolina is a state in the south, known for its racism, and Barack Obama took all but two counties in the entire state in ...