49. Breaking News; Clinton Suggests Obama May Be Assassinated
Chalk up another thing she has in common with Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton today insinuated that one of the reasons she's still in the race is that Obama could be assassinated. "My husband (Bill Clinton) did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary, somewhere in the middle of June, right?," Clinton pointed out, "We all ...
50. The Weekend Muse; Vice Presidents Revisited Again
May 23, 2008 The Point Where Not a Word Needs to Be Said About Actual Voting Results Jim Webb? Ruled himself out. Bill Richardson? Ruled out by the media who has realized what a verbal klutz he is, though he is, according to sources, on Obama's shortlist. Claire McCaskill? Says she isn't smart enough to be Obama's running mate. With all this ...
51. Breaking News: The Greatest Legislator Of Our Time Diagnosed With Cancer
May 20, 2008 Ted Kennedy, who suffered from a seizure last weekend, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. The 1 year survival rate is about 60%, and the 76-year-old senator from Massachusetts is likely to undergo radiation and chemotherapy treatment. His likelihood of survival past three years is minimal. Kennedy joined the senate in 1962, and has since then passed ...
52. The Thursday Muse; An Insurgent Vice Presidency?
May 15, 2008 Does It Matter Who Obama Chooses As VP? At the end of this electoral process, Barack Obama will likely have about 2200 delegates, while Clinton will have below 1800. This is because superdelegates will likely switch en masse once they are certain who the nominee is. Clinton will not be able to compete in a floor battle for the ...
53. Wednesday Muse; Edwards Backs Obama
May 14, 2008 Edwards Endorses Obama In a move that shocked the political world and erased any positive news Clinton may have received from her dominating win in West Virginia, Barack Obama received John Edwards' endorsement and the 18 pledged delegates that came along with it. Edwards had been the most sought endorsement, due to the following he still commands (he got 7% ...
54. Tuesday Muse; Democrat Wins in Mississippi, Clinton Wins West Virginia
May 13, 2008 Clinton Triumphs in WV In a result that surprised no one, Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia primary today 67-26, or by a margin of 41 points (I had predicted 43 points). Of all the states in the nation, this was perhaps the perfect state for Clinton, containing a higher proportion of uneducated whites than any other state in ...
55. The Monday Muse; Obama Moves On To General Election, Clinton Doesn’t
May 12, 2008 About That 1 Point Win in Indiana... The Jed Report beat me to the punch in its analysis of Republican meddling in Indiana here, showing that Obama was likely the victor in Indiana among voters who don't plan to vote for McCain regardless. Adding to my numbers estimating that effect in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas, Clinton has ...
56. Weekend Muse; The Worst PR Money Can Buy
May 11, 2008 John McCain Cares About Burma About a week and a half ago, John McCain hired Doug Goodyear, CEO of the DCI group, to run the Republican national convention. Yesterday, Goodyear resigned because he used to represent...you're not going to believe this one... the Burmese Military Junta! Today, Doug Davenport, a top 20 official in McCain's campaign, also resigned today ...
57. Building submarines with film cannisters and pennies
I have never been good at keeping a journal. Henceforth, therefore, and thusly, the rest of these posts will be made from good old Albany, California. I figured I wouldn't leave you hanging, especially after you all saw us on KTVU, right?
Saturday was Science Day, the day that we ...
58. Friday Muse; Media Coronates Obama, Clinton Makes Controversial Comment
May 9, 2008 Is It Over? Time Magazine Seems To Think So The media had been the only reason Hillary Clinton was still in the race, so it is fitting that the media is the group now trying to push her out of the race. Time Magazine, the NY Daily News, MSNBC, and much of the Washington Post, to name just a ...
59. Wednesday Muse; Obama Outperforms Expectations, Clinton Stays in
May 7th, 2008 The "Rocky Balboa" Candidate Starting to Look Like Sylvester Stallone, Gets Pounded By Mason Dixon Barack Obama outperformed all expectations yesterday, winning North Carolina 56% to 42% while losing Indiana by only 2 points. He gained a net of 10-15 delegates and 210,000 votes, putting him ahead in every possible count of the popular vote, and giving him a prohibitive 800,000 ...
60. The Tuesday Muse; Deciphering Tuesday’s Exit Polls
May 6th, 2008 Obama wins NC, Clinton wins Indiana While we've seen a variety of results thus far in this nomination process, one thing we have not seen is Demographic blocs breaking. Perhaps the most surprising outcome of the primaries in the two largest remaining states is that some of these blocs are beginning to be less steadfast. First of all, there seems ...