Perhaps Hillary will find comfort in the fact that she is drawing better than Bill. He blitzed through NC today, hitting small colleges, which offer the next best thing to a captive audience, and drew only 1500 at UNC@Pembroke and 1800 at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=290512

I am a registered Dem, 35 miles and a county line from Laurinburg, and last night I was invited via robocall to that event, so it is not as if there were no “get out the spectator” efforts being made.

Posted at April 5, 2008 5:39 PM in response to Clinton Aide: Smaller Crowds are "Regular People"

meanwhile, back in rural NC...

I - or rather my trusty answering machine - just got a 6:30 pm robo call from NC for Hillary, inviting me to join Bill tomorrow for a Solutions for America day at St Andrews College in Laurinburg, which is thirty miles from me. Trying to drum up a few hundred registered Dems, I suppose...

Posted at April 3, 2008 6:40 PM in response to Obama Running Spanish-Language TV Ad In Philly

What I find interesting about this ad is the overzealous attempt to disguise Johnny’s deformed left jaw - first with the mic, then by using a right profile shot, then with enhanced, ultrawhite spotlighting, and finally by just cutting off the left side of his face in the last image. Can’t be the Ideal American President if have a physical imperfection, of course.

Posted at March 28, 2008 10:45 AM in response to New McCain Ad: "The American President Americans Have Been Waiting For"

NC should go to BO by 10+ points. Gotta be a registered Dem or Indy to vote in the primary; 20+ percent of voters are Indy and a big proportion of registered Dems are AA (30+? I’m too lazy and busy to check). If you vote early, you can register and vote at the same time. Obama’s sort of brierpatch, definitely.

He rolled in about 8PM last night. Check the polls in a week or so...

Posted at March 19, 2008 1:17 PM in response to PPP: North Carolina Primary A Dead Heat, Hillary Stronger Than Obama In Ohio

Ain’t it grand to get this out now, before the GE!? The first negatives the Repub guys I talk to spout are the ‘ol won’t wear lapelpin/won’t salute flag/wife’s not proud Merikan talking points. “Does Not Love America” is going to be the “Flip-Floper” meme for 08. Betcha McCain would rather have sprung this God Damn America on us on Sept 11, instead of now.

I’m beginning to hope this does go all the way to the convention. Leave no rock unturned, Hilly. And two more practice debates are a good thing, too!

Posted at March 14, 2008 7:06 PM in response to Obama Offers Most Extensive Response Yet To Questions About Rev. Wright

At least feeding them won't cost a fortune. They can send out for Chinese:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-donors19oct19,0,4231217.story

Posted at March 12, 2008 12:22 PM in response to Hillary To Huddle With Her Top Donors In D.C. Today

I know it is Sat but it looks like ya’ll (ieGreg) could find something nittygrittier than a Newsweek poll to base a post on. The lede in the Newsweek article is:

Sen. Hillary Clinton's primary victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island have revived her near-dead campaign and brought her into a statistical dead heat with Sen. Barack Obama among registered Democrats and Democratic leaners, according to a new national NEWSWEEK Poll.

Last week, in the first graf of their poll piece, they informed us that:

The poll also found that no clear leader has emerged for the Democrats, as Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remain locked in a statistical dead heat for their party's nomination. And as the candidate running hardest on a platform of "change," Obama enjoys only a small margin as the candidate Democrats view as likely to effect that change.

No news is NOT good news, kemosabe. And when the lede is based on Dems and “Dem LEANERS”, from a telephone survey of 1215 regestered voters, ya gotta wonder if there aren’t better polls to snatch a weekend post from.

BTW I appreciate the effort and thought that goes into this site; look forward to THM reopening. And like the guy said when he was told that the poker game he was steadily losing in was crooked - I know, I know what’s going on - but it’s the only game in town.

Posted at March 8, 2008 11:56 AM in response to Poll: Dems Evenly Split On What Super-Delegates Should Do

I know it is Sat but it looks like ya’ll (ieGreg) could find something nittygrittier than a Newsweek poll to base a post on. The lede in the Newsweek article is:

Sen. Hillary Clinton's primary victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island have revived her near-dead campaign and brought her into a statistical dead heat with Sen. Barack Obama among registered Democrats and Democratic leaners, according to a new national NEWSWEEK Poll.

Last week, in the first graf of their poll piece, they informed us that:

The poll also found that no clear leader has emerged for the Democrats, as Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remain locked in a statistical dead heat for their party's nomination. And as the candidate running hardest on a platform of "change," Obama enjoys only a small margin as the candidate Democrats view as likely to effect that change.

No news is NOT good news, kemosabe. And when the lede is based on Dems and “Dem LEANERS”, from a telephone survey of 1215 regestered voters, ya gotta wonder if there aren’t better polls to snatch a weekend post from.

BTW I appreciate the effort and thought that goes into this site; look forward to THM reopening. And like the guy said when he was told that the poker game he was steadily losing in was crooked - I know, I know what’s going on - but it’s the only game in town.

Posted at March 8, 2008 11:53 AM in response to Poll: Hillary Back In National Tie With Obama; 3 A.M. Ad Might Have Helped

Al Giordano is doing a heck of a job covering this nailbiter. Funny and informative:

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/

Here's a quote he links to from The Austin AS:

Clinton spent Monday night in Austin, where a star-studded town hall-style meeting — paid for by her campaign and televised live on the Fox Sports Southwest cable channel — was followed by a rally before a less-than-capacity crowd in the Burger Center gym.

With actress Eva Longoria acting as town hall emcee and stars such as Ted Danson and Melanie Griffith introducing questions from the audience of about 700, Clinton pronounced herself ready for the nation's verdict on her yearlong "job interview." She also identified with Texas icons, to approving applause.

He also links to this, from boston.com:

The Obamas held their customary late-night election eve rally at a Houston convention center, firing up 6,000 people to vote and to get their friends, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, dog-walkers, dentists -- whoever -- to come with them.

Oh ye of little faith. Yes we can.

Posted at March 4, 2008 10:28 AM in response to Poll: Two Thirds Say Hillary Should Stay In Even If She Loses One Big State

re snowbird42 upthread:

I had the same thought about cell phones but conventional wisdom is that cell only users don’t differ from conventional landline voters politically, even though they are younger, poorer, and more of them are black or asian. Pew did a survey about this; a good summery w/ audio is at

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18632817

BTW, I think something is being overlooked, especially when you factor in caller ID. I mean, do YOU pick up unknown callers? I don’t.

Posted at March 3, 2008 10:20 PM in response to Poll: Hillary Up By Five In Texas