Mori Dinauer

The Clinton campaign has rolled out another pitch to undecided superdelegates in the form of a PowerPoint presentation that argues Clinton does better in competitive House districts than Obama. Slide three notes that “In 2006, the Democrats retook Congress by picking up 31 new seats. 20 of those freshman Democrats are in Republican-leaning districts that […]

Marc Ambinder flags this DNC memo (PDF) that touts the impressive gains Democrats have made in turnout this primary season. But this turnout is, in part, simple proof that this primary has taken a different course than previous primaries. First of all, it’s not surprising, as the memo notes, that “comparing 2008 Republican turnout to […]

As Scott noted earlier, the Clinton campaign continued to utilize the services of Mark Penn, despite his lack of understanding for a fundamental feature of the Democratic primary system. It looks like Michigan Democratic party leaders have come up with a reasonable plan for seating their delegates — Clinton gets 69, Obama 59, which won’t […]

Mr. Super, an anonymous superdelegate I interviewed last month, has identified himself, according to a release on the DemConWatch blog: MrSuper.org is a website which was created in March to debunk myths, offer insight and answer questions about the 2008 Democratic nomination process for President. The author, who has been posting under the pseudonym “Mr. […]

By all accounts, turnout was very high in both Indiana and North Carolina last night. In fact, looking at the numbers, something quite amazing emerges. According to the By all accounts, turnout was very high in both Indiana and North Carolina last night. In fact, looking at the numbers, something quite amazing emerges. According to […]

People magazine gets the scoop: Bottom line: the couple said they will not endorse either remaining candidate, saving their political capital for their own causes — his, fighting poverty; hers, fighting for universal health care. Worthy causes to fight for, but what are they “saving their political capital” for, exactly? John Edwards isn’t likely to […]

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton bombarded the Sunday talk shows, appearing on all six. Obama won Guam’s primary by seven votes. The race is now fundamentally altered. Clinton says that after Tuesday’s contests, she’ll stay in the race — no matter what the results are. Were the years of the Clinton administration the “eight best […]

Ross Douthat doesn’t think Democrats should be shutting out the network that’s setting the trend for the future: boycotting Fox means boycotting the future. Media outlets of all stripes, I suspect, are only going to grow more opinionated/biased over the next few decades, which means that more and more viewers who aren’t partisans will, by […]

The Wall St. Journal reports on the efforts of “critics of evolution” to target state legislators with “academic freedom bills” designed to undermine the teaching of science in public schools: The academic-freedom bills now in circulation vary in detail. Some require teachers to critique evolution. Others let educators choose their approach — but guarantee they […]

Sullivan on the DC Madam’s suicide: We sometimes forget that the people in the glare of our media frenzies are human beings. Does that apply to the Clintons? –Mori Dinauer