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Presidential Primaries: Why We Need a Better Way to Pick Nominees
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailyWhat's the matter with Iowa? That's a question worth asking as news from the Hawkeye state circulates about next year's presidential caucuses, scheduled for Feb. 6, 2012. According to a recent Associated Press dispatch from Des Moines, Mitt Romney and other potential Republican White House aspirants are considering strategies of avoiding or not emphasizing Iowa in their nomination bids. With conservatives, particularly evangelical Christians, so involved in Iowa GOP politics, Romney and someone like Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana (who is on record for wanting "to call a truce on the ...
The Reason Hillary Lost Texas
By Brandon Barker - Politics DailyIn spite of Ricky's efforts, Sen. Hillary Clinton may have technically lost the Texas Democratic primary. How do we know? It's complicated. And here's the reason she lost:[via Radar]B. Brandon Barker is the author of the novel Operation EMU. ...
Clinton Will Lose Texas
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe Texas Secretary of State will release the official results of the Democratic primary on March 29th. But if initial estimates hold, Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates. CNN confirms what others have been seeing for days. While Clinton won the state's popular vote, Obama racked up more caucus support, so that, now that the dust is settling, the Lone Star state's delegate total reads:Obama: 61 delegates from the popular vote + 38 delegates from caucuses = 99 delegates.Clinton: 65 delegates from the popular vote + 29 delegates from Caucuses = 94 delegates.So news ...
Obama Takes Wyoming
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Cowboy State caucus is more about bragging rights and rebuilding momentum than it is about delegates. (Obama gets seven, Hillary Clinton takes four and there's still one delegate up in the air.) But a win is a win and Obama gets to crow again, after getting bruised a little last Tuesday. And now Obama is able to ride high into Mississippi, which is sure to be another victory for him.The big story out of Wyoming is the turnout. In 2004, a paltry 675 people took part in the caucuses. That's statewide! Meanwhile today party officials were reporting lines around blocks and even some people ...
Michigan, Take Two?
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe New Republic claims to have the scoop: Michigan, which had its delegates stripped after pushing for an early primary, will try again. Expect a new caucus to be announced in the next few days, according to a source within the DNC. The state, feeling left out, simply wants its delegates counted. However the report is at odds with what a lot of experts have been saying..."The idea of redo is absurd," said Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics....so we'll just have to wait and see how it plays out. Not surprisingly Hillary Clinton, about 100 delegates behind Barack Obama, is all ...
Hot Seat: A Democratic Revote?
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Clinton Radio in Wyoming
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyHillary Clinton's campaign is airing a new :60 second radio spot, airing in Wyoming. ...
Did Obama Win Texas?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThat's what the Austin American-Statesman has concluded, anyway:With all the back-and-forth over the delegates gained by Obama and Clinton in yesterday's Texas primary, this word is just in from state Democratic officials.Obama could pick up a net gain of three delegates, after all the dust settles. So Clinton won the popular vote by a margin that gives her 4 delegates. But Obama leads in the caucus portion of the primary, and, as a result, is on pace to earn 7 delegates. Maybe that big comeback wasn't so big after all.Overall, as Marc Ambinder points out, the math still favors Obama. ...
No Sunshine for Florida Delegates
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyThousands of Florida Democrats gathered this weekend to choose delegates for the Democratic National Convention in Denver. In the land of hanging, dangling and pregnant chads, the fact that the national party stripped Florida of delegates for flouting party rules was no deterrent.The party faithful elected 121 delegates to attend the national convention. Based on the Jan. 29 primary results, 67 are pledged to Hillary Clinton, 41 to Barack Obama and 13 to John Edwards, who's no longer in the race. ...
Clinton's Texas Caucus Strategy Revealed
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyIn the last couple months, the Clinton campaign has made no secret about how it feels toward caucuses. They have tended to use their resources in states with primaries and have virtually ceded all caucus states to Barack Obama. With campaing coverage turning now to Ohio and Texas, a caucus state, Clinton can no longer afford to ignore caucuses. A blogger for The Dallas Morning News uncovered "training materials" that make it quite clear that this time they're playing to win the caucus game. ...
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