When Hillary Clinton drops out of the race, the disappointment her supporters will feel will not be not trivial. A campaign, like a romance, inspires fantasies of the future; it idealizes another person; it makes you feel that you’re part of something larger than yourself. And when it’s over, your heart breaks. “What we’re talking […]
Kelly Nuxoll
Kelly Nuxoll is an editorial intern at the Prospect. She blogs about the presidential election for The Huffington Post.
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Clinton, Obama, and the Gaming Industry
Where do the Democratic presidential candidates stand on gambling and regulation of the industry?
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LIVE BLOGGING FROM CLINTON CAMPAIGN RALLY IN VIRGINIA.
I’m here in Arlington, blogging from the gym bleachers while the Washington and Lee High School band plays and the line outside stretches down the block and doubles back, like a small intestine. I’m here in Arlington, blogging from the gym bleachers while the Washington and Lee High School band plays and the line outside […]
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THIRD PLACE IS THE CHARM.
Polling a distant third in his native state, John Edwards has never looked so good. At a young voters forum in Columbia, Edwards addressed a modest gathering of 300 or so in a campaign sweatshirt and a pair of blue jeans, with an ink stain on the pocket. “I’m the underdog in this race,” he […]
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CLINTON CONFRONTS RACE IN S.C. TODAY.
The The Clinton campaign appears not only to be fighting hard in the state it hinted it might pass up, but also seeking to diffuse Obama’s apparent advantage among African-American voters. Clinton is speaking across the state today. She began this morning with a rally at Benedict College, a historically black school in Columbia. Race […]