Mori Dinauer

Today the Today the Senate is debating a non-binding resolution to settle the status of John McCain‘s citizenship — the Arizona Senator was born in the Panama Canal Zone — to clarify whether he is eligible under the Constitution to serve as President. Now, I don’t think McCain’s eligibility is any more in question than […]

Last week I noticed that Time Magazine‘s latest cover bore a striking resemblance to recent covers of The Prospect and The New Republic. But it turns out the homage runs deeper. I don’t pay much attention to advertisements on television, and don’t really watch NBA basketball until the playoffs, but I did watch the Phoenix […]

It’s worth noting, in light of this It’s worth noting, in light of this MSNBC post that asks whether Indiana could go blue this year, that of the remaining primary states, only two have voted for Democratic presidential candidate since the 1970s, Oregon and Kentucky. The rest haven’t supported a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson, and, […]

Over the weekend, the Over the weekend, the NY Times ran a story about how the financial plans of each of the three candidates held one thing in common: each would raise the budget deficit by “trillions of dollars.” What’s odd, other than the Times‘ newfound interest in avoiding budget deficits, is how they don’t […]

Eleanor Clift writes a bizarre, Godfather-inspired column suggesting that if Hillary Clinton eventually does win the White House, it won’t be business, but personal. Bill Clinton appears to be campaigning harder for Hillary than Hillary herself, pushing hard for debates in Oregon. Steve Clemons has the transcript from the “‘background briefing’ with Senior US officials […]

2,741,165 people voted for John Kerry in Ohio in 2004 to Bush‘s 2,859,764 — a difference of 118,599. Leaving aside questions of vote fraud (these are, after all, the only numbers we have to work with) why did Kerry lose to Bush in a state with very similar constituents to a state Kerry won, Pennsylvania? […]

Dig the the cover of the latest issue of Time. Doesn’t it bear a striking resemblance to the cover from our March issue? At least they didn’t take the creepy TNR route: –Mori Dinauer

Hillary Clinton, as quoted in the NY Times: “I won the states that we have to win — Ohio, now Pennsylvania,” Mrs. Clinton said on CNN about her successes over Senator Barack Obama, in one of her six appearances on morning news shows. “It’s very hard to imagine a Democrat getting to the White House […]

The NY Times, which endorsed Clinton in February, today runs an editorial calling on superdelegates to settle the race now, rather than let it continue producing elections that are unable to change the status quo. It seems both candidates are raising money off of last night’s contest. Clinton pulled in a reported $2.5 million, while […]

To follow up on what Holly Yeager and Tom Schaller have already noted, I find that anecdotal evidence like this certainly strengthens the argument that the drawn-out primary has been good for Democratic turnout: “Let’s just say it’s very busy,” said Joseph Passarella, the director of voter services for Montgomery County, sounding a little harried. […]