John Murtha, a prominent anti-war democrat, has endorsed Hillary Clinton. Representative Murtha of Pennsylvania is something of a lieutenant to Majority Speaker Pelosi and is also a coveted superdelegate. Tell you the truth I am a little shocked by this endorsment because Pelosi has tacitly signaled her support for Obama’s campaign in recent days.
Texas also [...]
I had some technical difficulty getting this video to you sooner but here we go. President Clinton had a smaller crowd gathered at the Hoffeinz Pavilion, but that allowed me to video record the first 10 minutes of his speech from up close. After the endorsement by Chris Bell, Clinton was introduced and he [...]
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 [...]
Since the news media washed this out in under a day I thought it deserved some more attention! :)
State Democratic Chairman Brian Colon made the announcement after a marathon hand count of 17,000 provisional ballots that had to be given to voters on Feb. 5 because of long lines and a shortage of ballots. [...]
I read a lot of debate and arguments going on about the role of superdelegates and whether or not Florida or Michigan should be allowed to seat their delegates. I must say one argument that is being applied selectively is in favor of Obama. Obama supporters, indeed obama himself, and many liberal blogs says [...]
Barry O pulled Texas’ largest and perhaps most influential paper today, the Chron:
Of the two finalists for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Chronicle believes Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is best-qualified by life experience, skill and temperament to be the standard bearer for his party. In a conference call, Obama told the Chronicle editorial [...]
Rick Noriega, and Ray McMurrey met last night at the University of Texas for a debate hosted by University Democrats, and Keep Austin Blue. Over 150 enthusiastic Austinites showed up for the debate, comprised mostly of students. Both candidates stressed the importance of a democratic victory over John Cornyn, the Republican incumbent for the Senate [...]
I posted previously about the Obama campaign’s post-Potomac success and I cautioned that key states had yet to vote and we ought not to get ahead of the voters; especially considering that Hillary was polling well before Tsunami Tuesday. Well here are the new polls showing she is still maintaining her leads in OH [...]
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates looking to toss out the incumbent, Texas Senator John Cornyn, debated tonight at UT-Austin. Our very own contributor, Roy, was in attendance at the UT-Austin Noriega debate to provide our first-hand coverage of the debate.
Stay tuned for our exclusive debate coverage.