I know other blogs have been covering this story, but the politics of personal destruction aren’t very interesting to me so I’ve held off. From what I’ve read so far, the NY Times story was thin to the point of being anorexic, but I don’t think the timing was suspect. If they had pushed this [...]

Well, this isn’t unexpected, but it does put a sad punctuation on the Ron Paul phenomenon. And yes, you read the title correctly. The man who demanded to be included in any and all debates even though he was only consistently garnering support in the single digits, is now refusing to debate his opponent for [...]

Seriously? Yes, seriously… Among many “facts” they declare are some accurate ones, such as the idea that superdelegates, which in true nomenclatural dexterity they now term “automatic delegates” “are expected to exercise their best judgment in the interests of the nation and the Democratic Party.” But then comes this juicy non-fact: “FACT: Florida and Michigan [...]

That’s the scoop for an inside source, and my guess it’ll get much closer to $40M after his landslide win in Wisconsin. From TPM: Obama raised $36 million in January, and given his victories and momentum, it makes sense that he’d be on track to exceed that and have his best month ever right now. [...]

When it comes to fair and open standards that benefit all, Lessig has to be one of the more brilliant minds you’ll ever read or listen to on the subject. Now he’s thinking about running for Congress, but he doesn’t want to just serve…he wants to change congress. He has 3 things he’s basing that [...]

Another day, another goofy message pushed by Clinton surrogates. Check out the main idea of this commercial. Basically what they’re asking the viewer to believe is that Obama’s platform literally consists of speeches. As if his one and only policy proposal is, “I will go to where there’s a problem, give a speech and this [...]

Wow, color me impressed… (02-19) 23:49 PST Palo Alto — In a radical change to its financial aid program, Stanford University will announce today that it will no longer charge tuition to students whose families earn less than $100,000 a year. In addition, the university will waive room and board fees for students whose families [...]

Yes, there are numerous different counts by numerous different media outlets. They’re all pretty close, but seriously folks…what’s so hard about some sameness? And why doesn’t the DNC have an official tally? Seems like this is a mess in the making. From TPM: CNN: Obama 1,301, Clinton 1,239. CNN: Obama 1,140, Clinton 1,005 (Not counting [...]

The results are very early, but I can’t help but think he has it in the bag. With 8% reporting, he’s up 77% to 23%. I think it’s probably not called yet because it’s really late and everybody has gone to bed. Most important part of this being such a big win…it’ll increase Obama’s delegate [...]

“Look, it’s not us making this charge. It’s the media.” – Hillary on the plagiarism charges against Obama Politico has more.

Looks like he’ll end up finishing the night with a lead of about 13%, which is bad news for Hillary. Her and her team threw some pretty significant attacks at him that dominated the last couple news cycles and it looked like it actually helped him. In fact, if I remember correctly from exit polls [...]

Turnabout is fair play and so we have this. Does it matter? Nope. This won’t be nearly as widely reported as the Obama story, even though there are multiple instances where Hillary copied him. Personally, I think the media just felt it was time to rough-up Obama, and this was an easy way to do [...]

TPM, take it away… Any predictions?

Obama had a 7 point lead yesterday. Now he has a 1 point lead. Did the plagiarism charge have an effect? My guess is that Hillary’s charges that he’s all talk has people thinking twice. The plagiarism stuff could be a punctuation on that, and so we’re seeing the race tighten. We’ll see what Wisconsin [...]

Just watch. These aren’t bad people, they’re just ridiculously ill-informed. But there are a lot of similar views out there and if the Democrats think November will be a cake walk, well, take this stuff lightly at your own peril. (h/t: C&L)

Hillary leads, but only by 2%… “One reason the race appears to be tight is that Texas Democrats are having a hard time choosing between two attractive options,” says CNN polling director Keating Holland. “Likely Democratic primary voters would be equally happy if either candidate won the nomination, and they don’t see a lot of [...]

It shows Clinton leading, but what TPM missed is that this isn’t showing anything new for this particular poll. In fact, this poll is actually good news for Barack because it shows that he gained some ground from the last time they conducted one back on the 6th through the 7th. At that time, Hillary [...]

Oh boy…here we go… Howard Wolfson, the Clinton campaign communications director, today accused Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) of committing “plagiarism” in a speech in Milwaukee on Saturday night. Wolfson made the explosive charge in an interview in Politico, after suggesting as much in a conference call with reporters. On the call, Wolfson said: “Senator Obama [...]

Read his lips, err… From MSNBC: WASHINGTON – Republican John McCain says there will be no new taxes during his administration if he is elected president. “No new taxes,” the likely GOP presidential nominee said during a taped interview broadcast Sunday. McCain told ABC’s “This Week” that under no circumstances would he increase taxes, and [...]

Veracifier rounds up the Sunday spin. Long story short…it’s a mess. I really do think that unless Obama starts to blow out Clinton in these upcoming contests, Hillary’s camp is going to try and take the nomination with super delegates. And that will be really, really bad for the Democrats.