Sam Boyd

Of course, momentum isn’t all it’s cracked up to be these days. Still, Obama seems to be gaining in the polls and it seems like the result tomorrow will be fairly close. More interestingly, the calendar after tomorrow is more favorable to him both because he’ll have much more time to spend in each state […]

Hey man, wanna endorse Obama? All the cool kids are doing it. You want to be cool, don’t you? Today we have MoveOn.org and the CA SEIU joining the Obama bandwagon. Josh Patashnik has more thoughts on the meaning of endorsements, especially from conservatives. Meanwhile Ann Coulter displays her genius for mendacity by undermining both […]

Some news from the money tree: Romney hasn’t spent any in a February 5 state yet, Obama has raised 32 million dollars this month, while the McCain campaign started winning primaries in January despite being millions of dollars in debt. Also, Bill Clinton seems to have used his influence to aid a mining executive by […]

John Edwards, after a long and inspiring campaign, is bowing out. If he’d run his 2008 campaign back in 2004 I think he’d be running for reelection right about now. Hard to see why he didn’t stick around until February 5th though. My guess is he had polling that indicated a departure would help the […]

The greatest show in politics moves to Florida today. Even though Florida only assigns delegates for the Republican race, the Democratic race is getting almost as much attention. While some ads for Obama have run there as part of a national ad buy, Clinton has a huge advantage since she wants to seat Florida’s delegates […]

I think Ted Kennedy is pretty cool, but I have to say I’m pretty surprised by how much play his endorsement of Obama is getting. I mean, what was the last endorsement reporters brought their children to? How important it will turn out to be remains to be seen, but it’s interesting how his support […]

A couple of updates on my piece on delegates from last week (warning, lots of wonkery ahead): First off, the New York Times has short piece on superdelegates that covers a lot of the same ground but neglects to note that Edwards has some and incorrectly states that pledged delegates are required to vote for […]

One thing I’ve learned writing the LR is that political news actually diminishes right before a primary. It makes sense, when you think about it, since any speculation will be proved wrong tomorrow, while it’s still fresh in people’s minds, rather than a week or two later when it has been forgotten. Also, who’s going […]

My new piece (plugged three times on TAPPED, stardom will be mine!) on the main site points out that the campaign isn’t going to be over any time soon, but it’s worth examining the consequences of that argument in a bit more detail. Essentially, Clinton and Obama will enter February 5 with roughly the same […]

Battles between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continued yesterday. Obama launched three web videos showcasing a former president of Chicago NOW who switched to his campaign from Clinton’s. On the less honorable side, Obama has launched a new radio ad that’s pretty shockingly brutal to Clinton as well as being more than a bit dishonest […]