Meet Sean Buchanan, 18-Year-Old Obama Delegate August 26, 2008

Denver – Sean Buchanan is 18, a freshman at the University of Kansas, and an alternate delegate for Barack Obama.
Political pundits sometimes express skepticism about Obama campaign claims that they’ll turn out a historic number of young voters. I don’t know who’ll be proven correct but I do know that there are an unusually [...]

Primary Preview 3: Hulshof Has a Lead But Beware the Insurgent’s Campaign August 3, 2008

This is our third preview of the key primary contests that will be decided in Kansas and Missouri this Tuesday. Today we look at the Republican primary contest between Congressman Kenny Hulshof and State Treasurer Sarah Steelman in the race for Missouri governor.
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Congressman Kenny Hulshof is the favorite to win the Republican nomination for [...]

Clinton’s West Virginia Win Is Meaningful Only to John McCain May 13, 2008

Hillary Clinton won a big victory in West Virginia tonight. It just doesn’t matter. The superdelegates aren’t going to take the nomination away from Barack Obama.
That’s not to say, though, that her victory is insignificant. It’s very significant to John McCain. She’s making the case against Obama that McCain will make [...]

North Carolina Is Obama’s Must-Win State May 5, 2008

Barack Obama must win the North Carolina primary tomorrow to prevent a Democratic feeding frenzy around his candidacy. It’s his first must-win contest.
Hillary Clinton has won every won of her must-win primaries. She had to win in New Hampshire to prevent an early knockout blow.
She had to win in Ohio [...]

Nancy Pelosi Wields a Mighty Sword in the Obama-Clinton Battle April 5, 2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the most super of the Democratic Party superdelegates.
Yes, she holds one of the most powerful positions in Amercan government. And, yes, she will chair the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
But she wields a particularly powerful sword in the Democratic nominating process because she can, at the [...]

Is Obama Tough Enough to Be the Democratic Nominee? March 27, 2008

We’re going to find out in the next six weeks if Barack Obama is tough enough to be the Democratic nominee for President.
Hillary Clinton and her surrogates are trying to strip the bark off him before the Pennsylvania primary on April 22 and the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on May 7.
Obama will be taking [...]

Obama Gets the Delegates Back in Mississippi March 12, 2008

After a big win in Mississippi, Barack Obama appears to have regained the delegates he lost to Hillary Clinton last Tuesday.
Clinton’s victories in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island were hailed by her campaign as triumphs for the ages. Those wins were impressive.
It’s important to remember this, though: she gained all of about [...]

She’s Alive! March 5, 2008

Hillary Clinton won a big victory today in Ohio. She may be headed for victory in Texas as well.
Her campaign is alive and breathing.
Now she and Obama will prepare to do battle in the Wyoming caucus this Saturday, the Mississippi primary next Tuesday, Pennsylvania on April 22, North Carolina and Indiana on May 7, [...]

McCain Will Be a Formidable Candidate for President March 5, 2008

John McCain swept to the Republican nomination for President tonight on the strength of primary victories in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island. He swamped former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in all of the contests.
McCain’s victory in Texas was the killer for Huckabee. Huck had hoped that his strong core of evangelical voters [...]

Texas and Ohio are Key in Clinton’s Fight to Save Her Campaign March 4, 2008

Hillary Clinton needs wins in Texas and Ohio tomorrow to have a chance at winning the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. Her husband, First Gentleman-in-Waiting Bill Clinton, said as much a couple of weeks ago.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been putting out a different story in the last 24 hours. Her staff is [...]