Obama’s Austin Office Opening

Over at DailyKos, kath25 has a fantastic liveblog — with pictures! — covering today’s opening of Obama’s Austin HQ.

Houston Chronicle: Obama

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 [...]

News roundup

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 [...]

Senate Candidates Debate Over Change

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 [...]

Post-Potomac Popular Vote Update

Post-Potomac Update:
I previously broke out the numbers for the voter turn-out in the Primaries and promised to update it with caucus numbers. Well, MSNBC has done it for me.
Obama has a slight lead over Hillary in the overall popular vote. MSNBC breaks the numbers down for all the contests including caucuses.
I would note at [...]

Obama sweeps Potomac Primary

The delegates awarded tonight will likely place Obama ahead of Hillary in terms of combined pledged and superdelegates. While it was expected Obama would win all three, the margins are beyond what was expected, particulary in VA. The remaining February contests, also likely to fall for Obama, show continued momentum that Hillary may not be [...]

San Antonio Express-News, El Paso Times endorse Obama

On the heels of this weekend’s primary and caucus sweep, Obama earned the endorsement of newspapers in two important markets — San Antonio (60% hispanic in city, 50% in metro) and El Paso (76% in city.) Both editorial endorsements accept Obama’s message of Hope and Unity as their basis:
San Antonio Express-News
America needs a president [...]