Almost enough to turn me republican

THANK GOD FOR OBAMA.
From CNN:
[Bill] Clinton told People that after her mother lost the Iowa caucuses, daughter Chelsea “was upset, bawled, went to her employer and said, ‘Look, you got to let me go or give me an indefinite leave of absence. I’m not letting my mother go down like this.’”
Does the former president [Bill [...]

Obama’s Vice Presidents?

According to CNN, Jimmy Carter said, in a convention last night: (emphasis my own)
“I think it would be highly unlikely for Obama to ask [Hillary Clinton] to take it,” Carter said. “Because I don’t see how it would help his ticket. I think he needs somebody like a [former Georgia Sen.] Sam Nunn, but I [...]

Obama gains ground pretty much everywhere

Obama is only losing in one demographic now– women over 50. He has caught up or gained a larger lead in all the other demographics: Young voters support him 3:1, he has a lead in Hispanics and women in general, and basically only Clinton’s own demographic, older women, still support her at all.
Full story from [...]

Barack Obama opens up his biggest lead yet

From CNN:
Amid reports that the Democratic Party’s leaders and largest fundraisers are beginning to take steps to try to bring their party together after a long, hard-fought primary campaign, the latest Gallup daily tracking poll suggests Democratic voters are beginning to coalesce around Sen. Barack Obama.
Obama holds a 16-point lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton in [...]

Operation Chaos Won Hillary Clinton Indiana

For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past two months, Operation Chaos is a proposal by conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh for republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton in open primaries so that she will become the democratic nominee because she will be easier for McCain to beat than Obama.
Many [...]

Why Obama Baracks the Vote, what to Look for in Indiana, and more on GAS

This is why so many new people are mobilized to vote for Obama:
From Yahoo! News, Obama’s campaign bussed students to early voting in order to increase voter turnout:
More than 160,000 voters cast their ballots early [in Indiana], with large numbers coming in from Obama strongholds in Lake (Gary), Marion (Indianapolis) and Monroe (Indiana University-Bloomington) counties.
The [...]

Hillary is too smart to listen to economists

CNN reports:
In the face of criticism from a slate of economists who say her gas tax holiday plan would be ineffective or even harmful, Hillary Clinton said she wasn’t taking stock of their opinions and emphasized that this was a short-term fix that would primarily benefit long-distance drivers. “I’m not going to put my lot [...]

HillRaiser Raises Some Hillary Hell

Finally, a Hillary Clinton supporter with some sense! Oh wait– he’s now for Barack Obama!
Read the original Washington Post article (emphasis is my own):
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon served as an ambassador to Chile during Bill Clinton’s presidency, considered himself a close friend of Sen. Hillary Clinton and became a “HillRaiser” by raising six-figure sums for her presidential [...]

Booya, Billary…

So much for Hillary’s double digit lead in Pennsylvania. CNN reports:
According to the most up-to-date vote totals from the Associated Press — used by all networks and national news organizations — Clinton won 1,260,208 votes in Pennsylvania to Obama’s 1,045,444. If you break it down by percentages, that’s 54.65 percent for Clinton and 45.34 percent [...]

Pennsylvania Exit Polls

According to CNN:
There were more than 150,000 new voters in the Pennsylvania primary and they overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama, the just released exit polls show.
Among first time voters, 60 percent went for Obama while only 38 percent went for Clinton. That discrepancy could keep the race close.
But in good news for Clinton, among voters [...]