Billary is racist to the core.
No reason for it.

We need mature conversation here.

I realize hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug, in the Clintons' campaing, but itsn't this sleazy even for them?

From a reader at AndrewSullivan.com:

Winning New York City would be more than a symbolic victory for Obama. In New York State, twenty-three Congressional Districts have five delegates\ apiece, and six CDs have six delegates. Five of those six are in NYC. Were Obama to carry those districts, he'd score 4 delegates to Hillary's 2, or 3 to her 1 if Edwards tops 15%. In the remaining CDs, if Obama can just top 30%, the delegates will split 3-2 in favor of Hillary, or 2-2-1 if Edwards meets the threshold.

The point is this. Using the numbers in the poll you cite, and the conservative assumptions that Hillary wins every single district out of the city, that Obama everywhere garners at least 30%, and that Edwards doesn't meet the threshold anywhere, the pledged delegate tallies for New York State would be: Hillary 132, Obama 100. You can knock one delegate off of Hillary's total for every upstate CD in which Edwards cracks 15%; if he breaks that statewide, subtract another 6 from Hillary and 4 from Obama.

The point is this. Hillary's strategy is built on the assumption that she can leverage huge leads in NY, NJ, and CA to compensate for her losses in the south and midwest. And in the last week, that strategy has gone up in smoke. She's finished; if our national media wasn't innumerate, it would have noticed by now.

Full post here:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/01/obama-in-nyc.html

She's finished; if our national media wasn't innumerate, it would have noticed by now.

You are greatly underestimating this two-headed monster. They will not go easily into their old age. They will go to court, like Bush in 2000, if they thought it could leverage one more delegate. You are talking about a monster political machine that has 8 years of presidential favors to call to roost.

No. Don't count your chicks yet.

Should help push her delegate count in Florida to just about ZERO.

Seriously, why would they expend dollars in a state they were going to win since NO ONE CAMPAIGNED THERE? This is just silly....

angry vet: do you have a link for the CT Rasmussen poll? I can't find any sign of it on the Rasmussen site, or at Pollster.com.

hillary doesnt like to play by the rules. I've long said that how you run your campaign is how you'll govern.

we've had 8 years of a president not playing by the rules. do we really want more of that???

totally off topic, sorry:

but this "snub" nonsense is totally annoying and pissing me off. i'm pleased TPM has avoided it...but can i hear from hillary / obama folks alike that this is the kind of stupid political noise that debases the system?

we've obviously got our differences and believe the one candidate is more precious than the other, but come on. do people actually think he went out of his way to avoid her? that would be ridiculous.

If Obama's NAFTA mailer was "negative," why isn't this one? The NAFTA mailer just made factual points, with references to back them up. How is that negative, but "change is more than words" is not?

benjoya: thanks yeah I just found it too. since you posted I will refrain. Weird they don't have it on their front page or even on the Politics page. I had to search the term Connecticut.

That's a pretty amazing result, although two caveats to remember: one-day polls are really even more snapshot-like than normal multi-day surveys, and weekend polls are considered a bit weak even by experts. But Sundays are considered better than fridays or saturdays.

Here's a link to the Rasmussen poll:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/connecticut/election_2008_connecticut_democratic_presidential_primary

Lets see, an unaffiliated group running robocalls, dropping a mailer, and another, PROMISING THE CANDIDATE WILL APPEAR at a victory event at 7pm today??? Unaffiliated, but they must have coordinated or they wouldn't know the candidate would be there, no? This is campaigning. Why? Because no one will do a G__ damn thing about it.

The only safe thing to say is that the race is tightening. I wouldn't believe any of these polls--not only because of NH (to Hillary) but because of SC (to Obama by a ridiculous margin) too! Each campaign should be going about it like they're 20 points behind if they have any brains at all.

According to this Huffington Post article, this has been on the wires for almost a week:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/afscme

Still makes no sense to me. There are NO DELEGATES at stake tonight.

Actually Florida is very important come the general election and it's best to keep the party from completely revolting. They will be very unhappy with any candidate that fights to prevent their delegates from being seated. Remember the primary was set by the Republican legislature not the state party.

obama racist in Nevada? Please provide details. i haven't gone 30 minutes without news in 6 weeks and that seems to have escaped me.

They, Obama and Hillary, both make me sick.

But, you have to admit that Hillary is a worse liar than Bill. I mean, she did it so boldy and with such audacity. Atleast Bill fessed up to his big lie. I just don't think good ol' Hillary will. Can you believe she is not even in the White House and she's already started a gate? "FLORIDAGATE"
Hillary, Hillary,Hillary....shame, shame,shame.

As for Obama, I'm still waiting for him to tell me something else besides hope and change.
I guess it's easier not to lie when you really don't say anything concrete and keep your speeches in the feel good abstract.
Come on Obama,
Please tell me not just that your going to bring the troops home but WHEN and HOW?.......you are running for president you know.

Everyone has to check out the article “White Voters with a Side of Hispanics” on the blogzine Savage Politics. This is an awesome discussion and analysis on the current Democrat and GOP candidates and their eligibility.

www.savagepolitics.com
Here is an excerpt: “Tuesday night’s Florida Primary was a very important episode in the drama in which both the Republican and Democrat Parties are unfolding towards the Presidency of the United States. It also dramatically demonstrated the incredible bias that the Media continues to display towards the Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, in spite of all the evidence pointing to his lack of viability. From MSNBC’s Chris Mathews, who openly stated the day before that any Network that decided to report on the Democratic voting results in Florida was proving a “gross” favoritism for Hillary (ironically enough his Network ended up having to cover it nevertheless), to CNN’s pundits, who continuously utilized the exact same rhetoric that the Obama Campaign was spewing to excuse their defeat (”Beauty Pageant” was their favorite phrase, with all the sexist connotations it implies). All the same, the Florida results in the Democratic side were overwhelmingly favorable to Hillary Clinton, who won a 50% margin, to Obama’s 33%, Edwards’ 14%, and Gravel’s 1%. On the Republican side, it was John McCain who came out victorious with a 36% margin, to Romney’s 31%, Giuliani’s 15%, Huckabee’s 14%, and Paul’s 3%. Let’s discuss each Party’s results and their realistic consequence.
First, we have the very significant victory of John McCain. His candidacy was, from the very start, labeled as a failure due to his unpopularity amongst most “base” Republicans, much of it owed to McCain’s overwhelmingly dubious record on Conservative issues. His notorious tendency to side with multiple (highly despised) Democrats on issues like Immigration, Bush’s Tax Cuts and other measures, have always been enough to marginalize him from even the “moderate wing” within his Party. Still, when the Florida Exit Polls are analyzed, they reflect many unexpected re-alignments in his favor. Evangelical/Born Again Christians voted for John McCain in a 30% margin, in comparison to both Romney’s and Huckabee’s 29%. This may seem like an insignificant difference, but when you also consider that the majority of non-Evangelicals (Catholics, Atheist, etc.) also…” Find the rest of the article at http://savagepolitics.com/?p=64