Chuck Todd Gives Good Math

You know, every primary it gets better – we love Chuck Todd and his skills with the stylus.  Last night he even started our new favorite word “primacaucus” – yes, we’re nerds.  A little Chuck Todd action:

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Super Tuesday Post-post Game

We know, it’s Thursday, super Tuesday is old news. We decided to take Wednesday to see how the hot air blew around the punditry. We’ve got a full run down after the jump- including Willard dropping out of the race.

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Super Tuesday

So today is super tuesday, what’s going on out there? Are you at a polling place or standing in line? Chat it up in comments.
Update: Huckabee takes West Virginia after the second round of balloting Huckabee 52% Romney 47% McCain 1%

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Breaking: John Edwards Drops Out

The AP is reporting that John Edwards is expected to drop out today at 1p EST in New Orleans where he began his campaign. His delegates and support are expected to go to Obama.
Update: The Washington Post is saying a source close to Edwards was the leak. He does have dozens of [...]

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How many stolen elections do we have sit through?

The longer I watch the Florida Primary unfold, the more pissed off I get. How many more stolen elections do we have to sit through? Camp Billary just had a conference call allegedly explaining her sudden cry to have the delegates seated. According to Billary, it’s entirely a coincidence she’s having this whim [...]

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Political Roundup: Endorsements, Jabs, & Speeches

Well it’s been one hell of a Monday, and it will only get better. Tonight, as you know is the State of the Union, which will be the closing act in a day of political theater, perhaps yet unmatched in this campaign season and indeed this year. We’re going to run down all [...]

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Why Don’t Americans Do This?

In China, middle class people, businessmen, office managers, have been organizing sudden, short mass protests via euphemisms in conversation and text messages, circumventing the Chinese police state to make their voices heard on issues. These people understand Chinese law, their own rights, and have a firm grasp on what is taking place in their [...]

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Clintonian Double Speak

The latest attack coming from Billary is that Obama will win South Carolina on Saturday because he’s black. Interesting, coming from a campaign, who was seemingly fine with people picking her for being the woman in need of sympathy. Sexism over racism we guess. So much for the great statesman, former president, and [...]

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Eugene Robinson Gets It Right

In his column today He cuts right to the crux of the issue with the Clinton camp and their low brow gratuitous attacks on Obama. He dared to try to overshadow their legacy. What they fail to mention is their real legacy – TANF, Hillarycare, NAFTA, don’t ask don’t tell, defense of marriage act, [...]

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McCain/Lieberman Ticket?

Any truth to this? We just heard on a radio program a caller from Michigan call in and she’s getting robo calls of Joe Lieberman asking for support for McCain. This is just speculation, but we’re wondering if anyone else is thinking he’s getting the VP slot if the nomination goes to McCain? [...]

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The Clinton Campaign Suffers From a Serious Irony Deficiency

Ok, ok, we know, we’re heavy on the Hillary. But sometimes its just too hard to hold it in. It would be easier if she wasn’t so consistently ridiculous. As we wrote earlier today, her comments about Martin Luther King and consequent clarification on Meet The Press were a course in theater [...]

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Karl Rove Has Nothing On The Clintons

Whether you thought the choke up heard around the world was calculated or not, Hillary’s performance on Meet The Press should leave no doubt in your mind that the sexism debate surrounding her recently was at least partially calculated. After making remarks that seemed to insinuate that LBJ had more to do with [...]

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On the cusp: Feminism and Hillary

The conversation has been rumbling over here for two days about feminism and Hillary Clinton. Well look who finally showed up: The Washington Post. Join the debate here.

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The Real News Is Happening In Pakistan

News of the goings on inside Pakistan has all but disappeared from the western media lately with the naval gazing over the presidential primaries dominating nearly every second of the news cycle. The elections in Pakistan have been set for February 18, Bilawal Bhutto the soon-to-be leader of the Pakistan People’s Party addressed the [...]

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Beyond The Primaries- Process Questions

While the punditry at large is still digesting how wrong they were on the exit polling, internal polling and reading their tea leaves the Supreme Court is taking up Voter Identification. This and other election process issues will be something to watch as we have the potential to head into our third highly controversial [...]

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