Sam Boyd

A couple of items to get you ready for the New Hampshire results: CSPAN just said that more than a dozen polling places have run out of ballots, but they can photocopy existing ones and/or use absentee ballots. Also, fresh ballots are being delivered. New Hampshire political sage Dante Scala has the places to watch […]

I didn’t write about Hillary Clinton‘s misty-eyed moment yesterday because I thought it was a stupid non-story. It still is, but unfortunately I don’t get to make assignments for cable news stations which, as Think Progress put it, are, along with the rest of Media, “torn over whether to cast Clinton as ‘weak’ or ‘calculating’ […]

After watching the premiere of the new American Gladiators last night, I have to say I’m a whole lot less impressed with the primary process. Imagine if Barack Obama had to fight Wolf or Hillary Clinton had to get past Hellga (yes it’s spelled with two Ls). And I’d love for any Republican to tangle […]

Apparently it does: Wyoming Republicans will make history Saturday when they become the first in the country to select delegates for the national GOP convention. True, Wyoming’s early county conventions haven’t generated the profile of Iowa’s caucuses, but they have resulted in the state’s first-ever serious look by presidential candidates. “I’ve got to tell you, […]

That’s the big story today. Obama is for real. He really can get supporters out. He really did win by a very convincing margin in a race everyone expected to be a dead heat. He really can outdo two of the most impressive candidates for the presidency that I can remember. See his breathtaking victory […]

220,000 Democrats voted compared with 140,000 Republicans. Obama enters with impossibly cute family. Blitzer says he’s had trouble with his voice today but I can’t tell. Speaking of change, Obama has the word right up on his podium. He stands in front of supporters with signs, not key backers like the others so far. “They […]

Huckabee is soft-spoken. “A new day is needed… it starts here… it ends at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue one year from now” — that’s one long day. “People are more important than the purse.” “Most pundits believe that when you’re outspent more than 15-1 it’s impossible to win the election.” As Kate pointed out, both Edwards […]

Edwards gives a variant on his stump speech including his standard (very moving) examples. He wraps in a positive story, spinning the election as a mandate for change. It goes on a bit too long, but it’s impassioned and powerful. Clinton looks quite cheery… “good night for democrats.” And hey look, it’s Madeleine Albright! She […]

It remains to be seen what the final margins are, but both sides seem to have produced decisive results. Obama is leading by seven points, Huckabee by nine. NBC news is leading with Obama’s victory and reporting it as a big upset. Brian Williams just referred to Huckabee’s victory as a “stunner.” Turnout was apparently […]

Today’s Lightning Round comes to you from on the ground (well a fold-out couch actually)… in Los Angeles, but a bunch of other members of Team TAPPED (we’re like superheros except that I don’t think you want to see us in spandex) are riding dogsleds around the frozen wastelands of Iowa and New Hampshire. See […]