On C-Span.org… On MSNBC! (by the way, I wish C-SPAN allowed embedding and then replaced whatever live feed they had with the recording of that feed. That would be great for us political bloggers…hint hint…) I’m watching Robert Wexler make the case for Obama right now. He’s doing a very good job…because he’s talking about [...]

I wonder what it’ll be after Saturday’s Michigan/Florida decision? The details… Since just after the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, Obama has led Clinton nearly every day, including a stretch of double-digit leads in the May 18-22 Gallup Poll Daily tracking releases. Since then, his advantage had been slightly less, at five to eight percentage [...]

The numbers are starting to get a lot closer when you look at the different sources… NY Times: Obama – Pledged (1,656), Super (319.5), Total (1,975.5) Clinton – Pledged (1,502), Super (274), Total (1,776) 50.5 for Obama to win, 250 for Clinton to win CNN: Obama – Pledged (1661), Super (317), Total (1,978) Clinton – [...]

The last nail in Hillary’s coffin? From TPM: In what could potentially be a blow to Hillary’s electoral hopes, such as they are right now, the Democratic National Committee’s lawyers have declared that the Rules and Bylaws committee lacks the legal authority to seat the full Florida and Michigan delegations. The DNC’s lawyers sent a [...]

Even though he’s a pretty staunch Clinton supporter, Paterson gave an interview today and put it pretty bluntly… It doesn’t get much plainer than that. (h/t: TPM)

From the depths of Tallahassee, Florida comes a man so qualified it’s shocking that he’s not running his own vice president campaign already! Governor Charlie Crist once served as Vice President of the student body at Florida State University where he studied Law. Under Jeb Bush, he became Deputy Secretary of the Department of Business [...]

A Quinnipiac University poll found some disturbing news for Barack Obama. Currently, Obama trails John McCain in Florida and Ohio polls by 4-5 percentage points. By itself, the numbers aren’t too bad. But here’s the kicker. The same poll showed Hillary Clinton leading John McCain in those two swing states by 7 percentage points. In [...]

She didn’t, did she? From Politico: “In Florida, you learned the hard way what happens when your votes aren’t counted and the candidate with fewer votes is declared the winner,” she said. “The lesson of 2000 here in Florida is crystal clear: if any votes aren’t count, the will of the people isn’t realized and [...]

The 2,025 number has been THE finish line since the beginning of the campaign. Not until the Clinton camp started to see their imminent demise did they start to make the argument that the “real” number is actually 2,209…which would include delegates from Florida and Michigan. From Politico: The Obama campaign agrees with the Democratic [...]

I have serious doubts she would use the following “nuclear option” because it would ensure that Obama’s supporters would stay home. There are just too many landmines. Still…there do seem to be whispers of a plan… Hillary Clinton’s campaign has a secret weapon to build its delegate count, but her top strategists say privately that [...]

This from Clinton’s ironically titled “The Fact Hub” blog: After last night’s decisive victory in Pennsylvania, more people have voted for Hillary than any other candidate, including Sen. Obama. Estimates vary slightly, but according to Real Clear Politics, Hillary has received 15,095,663 votes to Sen. Obama’s 14,973,720, a margin of more than 120,000 votes. ABC [...]

I guess they thought they could buy some influence and expect the DNC to break their own rules? From Hotline: A DNC spokeswoman is confirming that the party is returning money, totaling $45K, to three donors. Details will indeed be reported in that April 20 filing. All three are FL donors upset with the ongoing [...]

The Clinton camp will not be pleased. Here’s an excerpt from the statement: Last week, the Florida Democratic Party laid out the only existing way that we can comply with DNC Rules – a statewide revote run by the Party – and asked for input. Thousands of people responded. We spent the weekend reviewing your [...]

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TIME has the details… Florida’s existing delegates would be seated at the Denver convention—but with half a vote each. That would give Clinton a net gain of about 19 elected delegates. The two states’ superdelegates would then be able to vote in Denver, likely netting Clinton a few more delegates. The betting: Florida and Michigan [...]

My guess is if they don’t redo the contest, they’ll simply seat the candidates equally. There’s really no other way, aside from trying to get delegates seated based on illegal election results. From the AP: The head of Florida’s Democratic Party said Thursday the proposed vote-by-mail presidential primary is unlikely to go forward because of [...]

That’s the word from Politico: Washington, DC – The Members of Florida’s Democratic Delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives issued the following statement regarding the seating of Florida’s delegates at the DNC National Convention this August. “We are committed to working with the DNC, the Florida State Democratic party, our Democratic leaders in Florida, [...]

I guess that’s the solution they’re coming up with because the DNC won’t give them any money. From TIME: A solution to the growing controversy over Florida’s disputed Democratic primary may now be in the works. Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson tells NEWSWEEK he has spoken to the Florida Democratic Party about launching a soft-money [...]

I said this back in August 2007 when I first heard that the DNC was penalizing Florida because they moved up their primary… How in the hell does that make sense? Florida is usually one of THE swing states. Doesn’t it make sense for it to be a deciding factor for the Dem nomination? Now [...]

Looks like do-overs could be in the offing, but only if the states will cooperate. From AP: DNC Chairman Howard Dean issued a statement Wednesday that seemed to leave the matter for the states to resolve. Dean said Michigan and Florida have two options: either submit a new plan for a process for choosing their [...]