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Govs Knock Primary Schedule
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyThe 2008 presidential primary season is in the final stretch. The compressed primary and caucus schedule has been like manna from heaven for Barack Obama. The demographics of Super Tuesday voters powered him to victory. His frontrunner status was secured with a string of victories two weeks later.So, while Obama is clearly happy with how things have worked out, a survey taken at the National Governors Association winter meeting found that most respondents want to change the schedule for the 2012 presidential election. ...
'The View' Ladies Get Catty on Chelsea C.
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyUPDATED below. For some undecided voters - especially famous ones - a personal phone call from the campaign seems to be in order. After complaining about not being quite able to decide who to vote for prior to Super Tuesday in New York, three of the four ladies from The View got personal phone calls from Chelsea Clinton herself. Listen to the lib ladies describe the calls they received Tuesday after the show: Elisabeth Hasslebeck did not rate a call it seems. ...
My Brain Hurts
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyVoters In Maryland and Virginia rallied to the polls yesterday, only to find out that ... there wasn't any election there. More than 700 people called the Virginia State Board of Elections to ask, "Why aren't my polls opened, and where do I go to vote?" said Susan S. Pollard, a spokeswoman for the board. On a typical day, the board fields 150 to 200 calls. If we can take this as a random sample -- I think we can -- these 700 represents thousands of confused people who have never participated in the process and who don't read newspapers. ...
Bragging Rites
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn the choppy wake of Super Tuesday, each one of the candidates running for president has something over which to gloat. The political washing machine has definitely entered the spin cycle. Let's do some sorting. First, let's look at the Republican race:John McCain is the one candidate tonight who can let the numbers speak for themselves. With a string of victories across the country, including the big prize of California, McCain has now picked up more than half the delegates he'll need to win the nomination. Moderate Republicans, it seems, are a bigger force in the Republican Party than some ...
Super Tuesday Early Reactions
By Dave - Politics DailyWow, and I mean wow what a night. At this point, Huckabee has won at least two more states than anyone expected him to win is on the verge of winning Tennessee and is neck and neck in Missouri. If Huckabee is a stalking horse for McCain, he needs to back off a bit, he's doing too good. Conversely, I don't see how this night is anything other than a disaster for Romney. Not only has Huckabee taken his southern delegates, he's going to suck up all the media oxygen, stopped Romney from getting any traction in a non-southern state, and made a laugh line out of Romney's call for Huck to exit the ...
Is McCain the New Gerald Ford?
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyIf John McCain is the Republican nominee, he will face a nearly unprecedented breach in his party, one largely of his own making. It was not necessary to anger the Republican base to this degree to pursue whatever philosophy John McCain has pursued over the past decade or so. I say whatever philosophy, because I cannot detect any coherent pattern in it other than a desire to gain the approval of editorial boards.But the problem he faces is now so daunting it is almost unimaginable. To put it in perspective, let's look back at 1976, the year that Reagan pushed Ford all the way to the ...
Super Tuesday Democratic Live Thread
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyGood evening, my fellow Americans, and welcome to The Political Machine's Live coverage of Super Tuesday 2008. I will be following the Democratic results, while my counterpart, Mark Impomeni, has all the latest in the GOP races. It feels like eons since this Presidential campaign began, and on the Democratic side, the race promises to roll on even after Super Tuesday. In these moments before the polls close, and the results start coming in, I suggest we all take a deep breath, relax, and reflect on what is really at stake here. 22 states, 1,681 delegates, 81% of the total needed to secure the ...
James Dobson Will Never Vote For McCain
By Dave - Politics DailyThis is pretty big. Lots of folks assume that the Evangelical vote is this great big monolithical thing and we do whatever our leaders tell us. Which bears little resemblance to reality. I am an Evangelical and I can tell you that there are lots of folks who call themselves Evangelical leaders, they all try and speak for us, but we rarely pay any attention whatsoever. But if there was one guy who commands a lot of respect in the community, it's James Dobson and he's declaring that if McCain is the general election candidate for the GOP, he, (like Ann Coulter!) will sit this one out. Here's ...
Problems at the Polls?
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySpent much of sunny SuperTues bouncing between polling stations in West Los Angeles, chatting with voters, volunteers and exit pollsters. Began the day covering Arnold Schwarzenegger, who told reporters he's feeling outnumbered in his house because his now-voting-age daughter was wearing an Obama t-shirt this morning. From the governor on down, I met all kinds of voting folk: A 61-year-old Vietnam vet who hadn't voted since 1980, pulling the lever for Obama; A conservative college junior whose first choice was Fred Thompson, settling for McCain; A reformed Green Party member who likes Obama ...
Live Threads Tonight at 7pm
By David Knowles - Politics DailyMark Impomeni will analyze the results of the Republican race as they come in, including Mike Huckabee's win in West Virginia. Did a back-room deal with John McCain supporters keep Mitt Romney from taking the first prize of the day? For the Democratic contest, Tommy Christopher will scrutinize the fast-changing numbers. Can Hillary Clinton hold off Barack Obama? Will Obama muster enough support to stay in the race?We invite you to weigh in with your own analysis. Are you disheartened, encouraged, bored, or beside yourself at how the presidential battle is shaping up? ...
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