Sam Boyd

Wisconsin and Hawaii vote today, but since Obama is expected to win they don’t count unless he doesn’t win. It’s fun being the frontrunner! Meanwhile, it turns out that the Clinton campaign failed to submit a full slate of delegates for the Pennsylvania primary. Not a big deal for a variety of reasons, but indicative […]

As we wait for tomorrow’s primary results in the badger state and Hawaii, it’s interesting to learn that the Clinton campaign may have staked everything on Texas without realizing that its unique rules will make it hard to gain many extra delegates there. Hey, check it out, policy differences between the democratic candidates! RNC members […]

Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the civil rights movement and Clinton backer, said yesterday that he would vote for Obama at the Democratic National Convention because of the wishes of his constituents. This is, as they say, a big deal. Still, it’s more of an indicator of shifts in the party than a source […]

Chris Cillizza has a good piece about McCain’s inner circle. It’s worth a look for the picture of McCain nuzzling John Warner alone. Romney will endorse McCain. Shocking, I know. Fox News Radio compares Obama to Hitler. Somebody’s been taking Liberal Fascism a little too literally. The New York Times crunches the numbers and concludes […]

Obama won big last night, but in a campaign that hasn’t done anything but surprise us so far we shouldn’t be sure about what comes next. Still, the signs aren’t very good for Clinton. Obama picked up support in her key demographic groups and increased support in his. He’s now leading in every delegate count […]

Josh Green goes deep inside the Clinton campaign to explain the meaning of Patti Solis Doyle‘s exit. It’s getting harder and harder to defend Jake Tapper. I was impressed with his work for a while, but now he seems intent on scandal-mongering to the exclusion of good sense. Today he passes on without criticism a […]

They don’t exist in 2008. This past weekend Barack Obama won some states including Maine which is dominated by working-class whites. That bodes well for his chances in future elections. Obama’s victories are important, not because they generated “momentum” (a poorly-defined concept about as real as the Force) or because they were unexpected, but because […]

Mitt Romney cuts his (very substantial) losses. His explanation? If he stayed in it would help Clinton and Obama and that would help the terrorists win. Have we ever actually seen Romney and Stephen Colbert in the same place at the same time? You might imagine this will hurt McCain since he now faces a […]

I’ve got a longer take on the Democrats below and all that really needs to be said about the Republicans is that the nomination is pretty much McCain‘s now. Barring a total collapse by either Huckabee or Romney and straight victories for whomever is left running against McCain, the senator from Arizona will be shopping […]

One thing’s for sure about last night’s results, the One thing’s for sure about last night’s results, the long campaign is now a reality and superdelegates are going to be important. Told ya so (sorry, couldn’t resist). Most analysis of last night’s results tries to answer three basic questions and I think it’s worth dealing […]