Bill Clinton spoke tonight at the University of Houston, trying to solidify support for Hillary in what has become a must-win state for her campaign. Michael and i were in attendance, and he’ll have a more complete write-up later. In the meantime, there are more pictures and some of my impressions from the [...]
Today, Obama began stumping deep in the heart of Texas, where he drew 19,000 suporters to a rally in downtown Houston. I imagine it would have been more, but they ran out of tickets quite quickly, and still had lots of people on standby, hoping for a chance to get in.
An hour before the [...]
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New poll shows Obama up 11 points in Wisconsin
Obama mysteriously got zero votes in 80 heavily african-american districs in New York. There’s no evidence of foul play and the official tallies are under way. This may swing a few delegates Barack’s way.
The Chronicle rounds up Clinton and Obama’s views on hot [...]
In case you’ve been living under a rock, a controversial issue this year is whether voters from Florida and Michigan should have their delegates seated at the Democratic convention. Both states ignored party warnings and moved their primaries up to a date earlier than the rules allowed. As punishment, they’ve had their delegates [...]
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In the name of transparency, I feel like we should disclose our author’s biases. Ian, Roy, and I are pulling for Obama to win the nomination. Michael is a strong Hillary supporter. I think I speak for all of us, though when I say that we’ll be supporting either one of these [...]
Obama is gaining ground quickly on Clinton here in Texas. One poll from ARG even shows him ahead (though its likely to be an outlier). And Clinton’s vaunted advantage among Latino voters? Fugeddaboutit - ARG polls it as only a 2% margin.
Cornyn and his cronies are already gunning for Rick Noriega, the [...]
Hillary Clinton draws 12,000 supporters to a rally in El Paso
Arguably the most popular texas weblog, Burnt Orange Report, endorses Barack Obama today and follows it up with a detailed analysis of how they believe Obama will win Texas.
Want to see the debate in Austin? Too bad. KXAN reports that the event will [...]