President ’08
ABC News is reporting (on Nightline) that Rudy Giuliani will withdraw tomorrow and endorse John McCain.
Senator John McCain has won the Florida primary. Further, those fifty seven delegates have given him the “yellow jersey” of the Republican Presidential primary. Delegate-wise, here is where they stand: McCain – 95 Romney – 67 Huckabee – 26 Paul – 6 Giuliani – 1
Today is the official end of the beginning of the primary season, as the last “early” state, Florida, votes. One way or another, the Republican race will be transformed in a fundamental way, either with Rudy Giuliani emerging as a viable candidate in a three-way race with John McCain and Mitt Romney heading into Super-Tuesday,…
The Florida primary is the big story of the day for GOP presidential hopefuls…and unofficially for Democratic hopefuls who can’t believe they may be losing. Kinda like this…. (h/t):
So the Kennedy clan is coming out strong for Obama, saying that he is the next generation’s very own JFK. Heck, I can understand what they mean. Of course, the cold political calculation of hopping on the bandwagon can’t be dismissed. But what is most interesting is that–all of a sudden–the Clinton machine doesn’t seem…
CNN reports: With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had 55 percent of the vote. Clinton was second with 27 percent, followed by Edwards, with 18 percent. In the meantime, Christopher Hitchens warns the Senator from Illinois (…er, Obama, not Clinton) to watch his back: On the very next day, I heard via three different…
First things first, here is the current GOP delegate count according to RealClearPolitics: “Super Tuesday” is February 5, but there are two primaries before then: Florida and Maine. Florida is so important because it is a winner take all contest with 57 delegates up for grabs (it actually has more, but the GOP has penalized…
Catching up on some regrettably lapsed blog reading habits, I came across a post by Lane Core that notes a January 2 post by the Anchoress with the following bit of prescience: What I dread most in this political season is the “genuine” moment – and it is coming, soon, sometime between today and tomorrow,…
From the AP: Heading into the most racially diverse contest yet in the presidential campaign, [Senator Barack] Obama took to the pulpit at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Ebenezer Baptist Church on the eve of the federal holiday celebrating the civil rights hero’s birth 79 years ago. His speech was based on King’s quote that “Unity…
Roger Simon frames the debate: While watching the endless pundit blather on TV tonight after the Republican Michigan Primary and Democratic Nevada Debate and reading the various opinion meisters commentaries online, I had one of those rare zen moments of simplicity. It all comes down to a simple question: Who would you like to be…