73. Thursday Muse; The Road Map From Here
April 24, 2008 Road Map to the Nomination Two months ago, I wrote an article putting things in perspective about what margins Clinton needed to win by through Pennsylvania to have a decent chance down the road. Here is what that best case scenario was for Clinton: Hawaii: Best Scenario for Clinton: Lose 14-6, what happened: Lost 14-6 Wisconsin: Best Scenario for Clinton: split ...
74. Wednesday Muse; Clinton Wins Pennsylvania By Enough…But Not By Enough
April 23, 2008 Groundhog Day Punxsutawney Phil has just informed us that we have at least two more weeks of this race. On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania by a little over 9 points, putting her effectively in the same position she was in after Ohio. Prior to the Texas and Ohio primaries, Clinton was perceived dead in the water, trailing by ...
75. The Monday Muse; Is Pennsylvania truly finally here?
April 21, 2008 Finally something that matters to talk about Not Wearing Flag Pins (Clinton, Obama, McCain), Lying about Bosnia (Clinton), association with Reverend Wright (Obama and Clinton), Association with Weather Underground (Obama and Clinton), and "Bitter-gate" (Obama). These meaningless stories have been filling the airwaves ever since Mississippi voted and we became condemned to over a month of no real political ...
76. Monday Muse; Presidential Race Takes a Temporary Backseat
March 24th, 2008 A Lull in the [Endless] Conversation? Now that we're more than two weeks removed, forward or backwards, from any significant primaries or caucuses, the presidential candidates are finding themselves in a strange place: Out of the spotlight. Now that's not to say the story of the campaign has receded into the aether, it's actually still getting the most press ...
77. Tuesday Muse; Obama Wins Back Friendly Media With Speech
March 18, 2008 The Speech It had been getting old. It was becoming mocked. Barack Obama's most notable attribute, being one of the country's greatest inspirational speakers, had been turned into a negative. It was becoming vogue to refer to him as "the chosen one," and the majority of the media was relentlessly tearing apart even the most minor transgressions. Then he ...
78. Breaking Newsflash: Florida and Michigan likely not to re-do primaries
It was supposed to be a done deal: Florida with a mail-in primary, Michigan with a full-fledged re-do primary. The delegates left to be apportioned would keep the campaign going until June third and make Clinton suddenly have a mathematical possibility of getting the nomination. All of that fell apart today, in one of the defining moments of the campaign. First ...
79. Monday Muse; February 5th, March 4th…June 3rd?
March 17th, 2008 Politics Remains In The Foreground Good news for Michigan, bad news for Florida, good news for Hillary Clinton. Michigan will likely be holding a new primary on June 3rd, according to new draft legislation. The last stumbling block will be the state legislators, who are expected to approve the 12 million dollar contest. Of course, the DNC could always ...
80. Wednesday Muse; Pimpin’ Like Spitzer
March 12, 2008 Over the last several days, some of the most important news in worldwide politics has not been from the United States. In Spain, the socialists were re-elected by a slightly larger margin than was expected, winning a second term in power, though failed to take an outright majority of the government. In France, local elections were held in ...
81. The Weekend Muse; Democrats Win Proxy War, and 2 cents on Florida and Michigan
March 9, 2008 Dennis Hastert, the longest serving Republican speaker of the house in history, has been succeeded. The battle over Dennis Hastert's seat wasn't just an election, it was Vietnam, it was Nicaragua, it was a proxy war between two much bigger entities. Bill Foster (the Democrat) and Jim Oberweis (Republican) were just pawns. The 14th district of Illinois, once holding ...
82. Breaking Newsflash; Obama takes Wyoming, and Rasmussen polls on who you’d like answering the phone…
In the first contest since Super Tuesday two, Obama handily won the Wyoming caucus 59% to 40%. Wyoming, which has less Democrats (and people) than any other state, had a record turnout, with about 7500 people showing up to vote. The victory is expected to give Obama a 7 delegate to 5 margin in the state. Clinton had a strong ...
83. Food For Thought; Survey USA Polls Every State
SUSA has released a new poll in each an every state simulating general election possibilities. The Muse has, again, put together what the electoral map would look like if elections were held today, with Red for Republicans, Blue for Democrats, and beige-ish for tossups. The first map is Obama’s performance against McCain and the second is Clinton’s....
84. The Thursday Muse; Congressional Race For All The Marbles…But Why?
March 6, 2008 Betting The Farm On a Square Foot Of Land In a strange move by a party that is hoping to get some semblance of a moral victory before a certainly disappointing congressional election, the Republicans have invested 1.2 million dollars, one fifth of their cash, on the congressional race to replace Dennis Hassert (R-IL) in the special election being ...