All Posts Tagged With: "election 2008"
Could Spanish-Only Voters Put Hillary Over the Top in Texas?
NationalReviewOnline
Actually, instead of thanking Republicans, if Hillary Clinton wins Texas tonight, she may say “muchas gracias” to Hispanics in Texas who didn’t bother to respond to pollsters who asked questions in English.
Erick Erickson notes:
A friend of mine who is a very reputable pollster tells me that in California the major media polling firms did not [...]
John McCain’s Catch-22
Pajamas Media
By John Hawkins
It’s not easy being John McCain these days. The self-styled “maverick” faces a classic Catch-22, which he will have to somehow resolve if he wants to be elected president.
As we conservatives see it, McCain has gotten this far in his political career by kicking us in the teeth for the amusement of [...]
Delegate Count - Real Clear Politics - 23 Feb 2008
Real Clear Politics 23 Feb 2008
Democrats
Obama
Clinton
Total Delegates
1374
1275
Pledged Delegates
1193
1034
Popular Vote
10,300,410
9,375,213
Popular Vote (w/FL)
10,876,624
10,246,199
National RCP Average
44.6%
43.0%
Ohio
42.0%
50.0%
Texas
46.0%
48.8%
Republicans
McCain
Huckabee
Total Delegates
976
245
National RCP Average
51.9%
28.9%
Texas
48.8%
36.8%
General Election
Democrats
Republicans
Obama vs. McCain
Obama 47.7
McCain 42.2
Clinton vs. McCain
Clinton 43.2
McCain 47.7
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Teamsters Union to Endorse Barack Obama
Unions and Election 2008
San Francisco Examiner
Sen. Barack Obama is slated to pick up the endorsement of the powerful Teamsters, the second major union endorsement for the Democratic front-runner in a week, union officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Obama will meet with Teamster President James P. Hoffa in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. The endorsement [...]
The Voters In The Democratic Primaries
The Silence Of The Saps
Captain’s Quarters
The voters in the Democratic primaries, as opposed to the caucuses, have labored under the delusion that their delegates have a commitment to follow the popular vote in their state. A little-known rule in the DNC removed the first-ballot requirement of pledged delegates to remain faithful to their state’s vote. [...]
Hillary’s Election In Wisconsin
Hillary’s Election Day Talking Points
Fox News Embeds
by Aaron Bruns
“Sen. Obama is running on rhetoric. Recently, we learned that Sen. Obama lifted his rhetoric from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Yesterday, Sen. Obama said he doesn’t think lifting rhetoric is a ‘big deal.’ Hillary knows we don’t need more lifted speeches — we need real solutions.”
The Article [...]
