Obama continues to become more competitive in Hillary’s firewalls, mirroring his increasing, statistically significant national lead.
CNN/Opinion Research:
Clinton 50
Obama 48
Of course, things are still in rapid flux as both candidates start campaigning seriously in the state, which is shaping up to be the most important prize in this contest — Texas contains enough delegates to tip [...]
Several major candidate and surrogate events in the city this week:
Obama “Stand for Change” rally at Toyota Center — Tuesday, 6pm (registration req’d)
Morning Bill Clinton “Early Vote Rally,” at Galveston County Justice Center — Wednesday, 8:30am
Evening Bill Clinton “Early Vote Rally” at University of Houston Hoffheinz Pavillion — Wednesday, 8:45pm
Bill Clinton fundraiser at Hyatt Regency [...]
Hillary and Obama are locked into a very close battle in Wisconsin according to recent polls released by the American Research Group and Research 2000.
ARG 49: Clinton 49 vs. Obama 43 , Feb. 15-16th (error +/-4%)
Research 2K: Clinton 42 Vs Obama 47 , Feb. 13-14th (error [...]
Texas Superdelegate watch
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 [...]
Over at DailyKos, kath25 has a fantastic liveblog — with pictures! — covering today’s opening of Obama’s Austin HQ.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]