Sam Boyd

Clinton‘s speech raises one question for me: Why is that guy behind her wearing boxing gloves? More seriously, this is one of the best speeches I’ve heard her give, in delivery if not in content. The dominant theme seems to be that Obama can’t manage to knock her out of the race despite outspending her, […]

While making a vapid point based on the assumption that Obama hasn’t campaigned hard on change (really!) Chris Mathews describes Obama’s message as “too debonair, too Fred Astaire.” –Sam Boyd

Harold Ford Jr. “My message to my friend Barack Obama is that he’s got to win Indiana” Um, or what? I mean Clinton can stay in as long as she wants, but the more states go by the less chance she’ll have to win… Ford also explains that Obama won 11 states in a row […]

MSNBC has called it. The more interesting question, however, is by how much. After all, a win by 2 points would still be fairly damaging to her. Update: Her margin of victory, I should say, is going to effect the decisions of many superdelegates and whether she can improve her fundraising (she’s currently broke). –Sam […]

Chris Matthews wonders what happened to the honest days of yore when campaign strategists worked for canidates they believed in and didn’t ask for large sums of money. Say what? On the plus side, the conventional wisdom seems to have shifted to the position that Mark Penn was a disastrous waste of money. Howard Fineman, […]

He’s now insisting (with the help of Harold Ford Jr.) that Obama “can’t win the big contests.” Which is true, if you define “big contests” as “states won by Hillary Clinton.” Never mind that Obama has won Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia, Washington and Virginia, all among the top 15 states in population. –Sam Boyd

Finally, after six long weeks of pointless scandals, commentary, meta-commentary, and meta-meta-commentary, we’re actually going to have a result. Of course, it’s unlikely to end the primary, but it will end some of the speculation. Slate’s Chadwick Matlin has a good summary of what effect various vote percentages are likely to have. Also see Mori, […]

I don’t think there’s anything objectionable in this Clinton ad, but I also don’t see how it’s going to convince anyone to vote for Clinton. I mean, doesn’t everyone know that the stakes are high? I guess the idea is to scare people into making what they think of as the safe choice (Clinton), but […]

Oy, I’m still shocked by how bad that debate was. Take a look at my takedown of David Brooks, who gave the moderators an “A.” Sean Hannity couldn’t have written the questions any better because, in the case of at least one question, he actually did write it. Steve Benen, as usual, has the authoritative […]

Will Jack Shafer publish his oh-so-counterintuitive “the debate was teh awesome OMG!!!!” column today or tomorrow? –Sam Boyd