That’s the implication of this headline from ABC News, but read on, and it turns out Edwards is torn, doesn’t want to pick a loser, is skeptical of joining the Obama “bandwagon,” and could still choose to stay neutral. In other words, all options are on the table. Though he sometimes aligned himself with Obama […]
Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.
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WISCONSIN CLINTON AD: OBAMA PREFERS “SPEECHES” TO QUESTIONS.
Yesterday Yesterday Ezra wondered why people weren’t talking more about Barack Obama‘s seeming aversion to taking questions, whether at his rallies or by agreeing to more debates. Today the Clinton campaign jumps on him with the same criticism. In a new attack ad airing in Wisconsin, a narrator says over anxiety-producing music, “Maybe he’d prefer […]
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A FEW FACTOIDS FROM THE POTOMAC EXIT POLLS.
No big surprises here last night — it was another clean sweep for No big surprises here last night — it was another clean sweep for Barack Obama, and one that confirmed much of what we already know about the dynamics of the Democratic race. In Virginia, Obama’s margin of victory shrank from 27 to […]
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PRIMARIES V. CAUCUSES.
Today, Today, Barack Obama is expected to win three regular old primaries, which should somewhat quell worries about his weakness in that format when compared to his exemplary track-record at caucuses. But to play devil’s advocate with Mark‘s post defending the caucus format on the Obama campaign’s superior ability in organizing caucuses (update: Mark rightly […]
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REMEMBERING TOM LANTOS.
Tom Lantos, the 14-term U.S. congressman from the Bay Area, died of esophageal cancer today at the age of 80. Lantos, who was born in Hungary, was the only Holocaust survivor serving in Congress, and was chairman of both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. His life story epitomizes some […]
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Obama’s Demographic Problem
Even some supporters worry that Obama is doing little to retool his message to reach the demographic groups that have challenged him — working-class whites and Latinos.
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THIS WEEKEND IN THE DEMOCRATIC RACE.
Barack Obama won caucuses in Washington state, Maine, and Nebraska, and primaries in Louisiana and the Virgin Islands. His delegate takeaway from the weekend is at least 82, and Hillary Clinton‘s is at least 48. That brings the overall pledged delegate count to 968 Obama, 895 Clinton, according to 2008 Democratic Convention Watch. But if […]
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CLINTON RESPONDS TO OBAMA’S ROCK-STAR APPEAL.
Here’s her new youth appeal video: —Dana Goldstein
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UNDER THE RADAR: AIDS AND ABSTINENCE EDITION.
Once again, the House Foreign Relations Committee is fighting over PEPFAR, President Bush‘s AIDS relief and prevention bill, which focuses on sub-Saharan Africa. In his State of the Union address, Bush asked Congress to double PEPFAR’s funding to $30 billion over the next five years. House Democrats want to up that number to $50 billion, […]
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MCCAIN BOOED BY THE BASE.
Mori reports that John McCain was initially booed today at the Conservative Political Action Convention as he spoke about his support for immigration reform. A year ago, I saw Hillary Clinton heckled by a few anti-war Code Pink protesters at the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting here in D.C. But this far along in the […]
