Sam Boyd

Many pollsters are apparently skipping Nevada in an effort not to be incredibly embarrassed once again James Clyburn may rethink his neutral stance after comments from both Clintons which he saw as downplaying the accomplishments of the civil rights movement. Obama picked up the endorsement of Janet Napolitano and somewhere in Washington Matt Yglesias is […]

After some initial confusion, news organizations now seem to agree that Bill Richardson will drop out today. Maybe it was his lackluster debate performances or his essential lack of ideology, but I’d like to think he never caught fire because he insisted on calling himself a “pro-growth” Democrat — as if there was some other […]

So, um, Hillary Clinton and John McCain won. It’ll take a while before the political gurus parse the polls and figure out what changed (Steve Benen and Marc Ambinder round up some possibilities) and I’m certainly not going to try. Clinton won, that’s what I’m confident of. The polls were very wrong about her numbers […]

Enters to cheers of Hillary, embraces Chelsea, thanks New Hampshire. “I found my own voice.” Huge cheers. “Let’s give America the kind of comeback New Hampshire has just given me.” “You helped remind everyone that politics isn’t a game.” “We know we face challenges at home and around the word… so many challenges.” Talks about […]

Elizabeth Edwards opens for her husband. “You’re all family.” “It’s so fitting this event it staking place in an old mill.” Enough with the damn mills. Everyone knows what John Edwards‘s father did. We get it. Really. Now he’s entering to that “this is our country” song by John Mellencamp from the Chevy commercials. Says […]

I missed the first part of Paul‘s speech but he sounds deranged when I tune in. He says the gold standard is good because when you print too much money it loses its value. Yes, because inflation is a massive problem in the U.S. It gets less coherent from there. But then he starts complaining […]

McCain enters to some very familiar music I can’t quite place. It sounds like the theme to some old TV show, but I can’t figure out which one. Supporters are chanting “Jack is Back.” Says he’s too old to be a comeback kid. Each generation can build “another better world.” My friend Lindsey: “he sounds […]

“A few weeks ago we were in not so even 6th place,” “we just sensed we were going to do a lot better than people thought.” Then he notes that it’s Elvis’s birthday. “If there’s any sadness it’s not where we finished.” The sadness is apparently that he doesn’t get to come to New Hampshire […]

Opens by congratulating McCain, says he’s won “two silvers and one gold.” Actually he has a point here, if you just look at the results independent of expectations you’d think he’s doing alright. He’s now on a long jag about how “Washington” has said X, “but they haven’t.” It’s a pretty good message, and I […]

Giuliani is now thanking a long list of politicians in his concession speech… He says the networks haven’t called a winner, guess no-one told him about CNN. Also, He’s currently tied with Ron Paul at 9 percent. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy… “our journey has just begun.” Good luck with that Rudy. Now […]