Thomas Schaller

One thought in follow-up to One thought in follow-up to Dana’s post about the Republican veepstakes: If John McCain picks Tim Pawlenty, how is the Minnesota governor’s position on allowing seniors and others to cross over into Canada to buy cheaper prescription drugs going to fly with the drug companies who help bankroll the GOP? […]

This story by Roger Simon in today’s Politico has already generated a lot of buzz , sourcing to a high-placed Clinton campaign source the notion that the Clinton team will go after pledged delegates won by Barack Obama, if necessary. Clinton spokesman Phil Singer, via internet director Peter Daou, flatly denied it, saying: “We have […]

Heading into Super Tuesday, Heading into Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton had a decisive lead among announced superdelegates—those declaring themselves for one candidate or the other. Depending on the source, she was “winning” (if that’s the right word) about 60 percent of them. What’s happened in the 10 days since February 4? The 77 (net) changes […]

Given how much more closely I’ve followed Democratic politics the past four years, i’ve been embarrassed at times by my assessments or predictions of the race for the Democratic nomination. But I think it’s safe to say that Given how much more closely I’ve followed Democratic politics the past four years, i’ve been embarrassed at […]

For those following the For those following the Donna Edwards-Al Wynn primary matchup in Maryland’s 4th District, here’s my $.02 from my column in last Friday’s Baltimore Sun. –Tom Schaller

As if one needed any further indication of the abdication of February by As if one needed any further indication of the abdication of February by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, tonight, as two states and the District of Columbia finish tallying their votes, and with Wisconsin and Hawaii and Mississippi on the near horizon, to where […]

As an afterthought to my earlier post on As an afterthought to my earlier post on Hillary Clinton loaning herself $5 million, it occurs to me that the one person who cannot be blamed for the Clinton campaign’s financial situation is Terry McAuliffe. I’ve heard whispers from some Clinton people that they sometimes wish McAuliffe […]

In trying to speculate as to whether or not In trying to speculate as to whether or not Hillary Clinton’s team intentionally leaked news yesterday about her having to loan herself $5 million and accept the offer of campaign staff to go without pay for a month, presumably to save money for media buys, I […]

Using CNN’s Using CNN’s reported results , and rounding to the nearest thousand (both when inputing the numbers into my speadsheet and in the totals)–and noting that there still some votes still to be counted in New Mexico, not that it will upset the overall result to report here–I have a preliminary total of 7.35M […]