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Nominations Will Not Be Decided on Super Tuesday
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 24, 2008
"The race for delegates is so close in both parties that it is mathematically impossible for any candidate to lock up the nomination on Feb. 5," reports the AP. "There will be nearly 1,700 Democratic delegates at stake on Feb. 5, enough to put a candidate well on his or her way to the 2,025 needed to secure the nomination. But even if somehow either Clinton or Obama won every single one of those...
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Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 23, 2008
"I kinda like seeing Barack and Hillary fight."-- Bill Clinton, quoted by ABC News, who "non-chalantly admitted" to a crowd his view of last night's debate.
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Quote of the Day
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 23, 2008
"How do we get along? We can’t stand each other."-- John Edwards, on the Late Show with David Letterman, when asked if the three leading Democratic presidential candidates get along with each other.
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Edwards Plots Delegate Strategy
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 23, 2008
As the February 5 primaries approach, ABC News reminds us that battle isn't likely to be over even after 23 states vote that day. "Unlike November's winner-take-all system of electoral votes, Super Tuesday, the Feb. 5 nationwide battle for delegates, is largely proportional and allows multiple candidates within each party to win large swaths of delegates... It is no surprise, given a...
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Obama Tries New Southern Strategy
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 23, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama "is trying something many observers say has never been done" in South Carolina, according to the Wall Street Journal. "He is circumventing entrenched local leadership and building a political machine from scratch.""His staff consists largely of community organizers -- many from out of state or with no political experience -- who are assembling an army of volunteers. It is a...
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Clinton Uses Old Playbook
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 25, 2008
Walter Shapiro: "I am struck by the continuity of Bill Clinton's public persona... In using every weapon at his disposal, Clinton is following the same playbook he employed to go after choice (and far from innocent) Republican targets like Newt Gingrich. He always radiates the same sense of hurt feelings toward the press, whether it was in response to the overzealous 1992 pursuit of his...
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Bonus Quote of the Day
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 30, 2008
"If I do endorse, it's going to be a gut feeling. It's not going to be about statistics, about past ties. I've been on the campaign trail with both of them. I feel that I know them. I feel I know the issues. I feel I know what makes them both tick."-- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, quoted by the Washington Post, on endorsing either Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama in the...
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Carter Praises Obama
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 30, 2008
Former President Jimmy Carter "lavished praise on" Sen. Barack Obama "during an interview at his home on Monday, though he won't formally endorse any candidate in the race for the Democratic nomination," reports the Wall Street Journal.Carter "compared Mr. Obama's speeches to those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and said he believed the candidate could carry some southern states if he...
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The Rise of Young Voters
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 31, 2008
Time: "Frustrated by feckless Washington, energized by the unscripted, pundit-baffling freedom of a wide-open race, young people are voting in numbers rarely seen since the general election of 1972 -- the first in which the voting age was lowered to 18. Sen. Barack Obama is both catalyst and beneficiary... In a year of unprecedented levels of participation by Democrats of all ages, Obama is...
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Political Markets Suggest Obama Benefits From Edwards Exit
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on January 31, 2008
The Wall Street Journal looks at the political futures markets to try to determine who supporters of John Edwards will gravitate towards now that he's out of the race."When word of Mr. Edwards's pending withdrawal leaked, Mr. Obama's stock rose. So the markets tell us that Mr. Obama is a better replacement for an Edwards candidacy than, say, Hillary Clinton, whose stock fell on this...
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