Richard,

I'm not sure if you noticed, but Obama was there, voting against the FISA bill. It was Senator Clinton who was missing.

Posted at February 12, 2008 10:47 PM in response to In Victory Speech, Obama Trains Fire On McCain

Doesn't this also have the advantage that the DNC can attack McCain while both Hillary and Obama can claim to be running a "positive" campaign because neither of them are involved?

Posted at February 12, 2008 5:38 PM in response to Democratic National Committee Starts Softening Up McCain For General Election

The reason Obama supporters keep saying he won more delegates is that we aren't counting superdelegates. You can argue about the fairness or accuracy of that, but when it come down to it, he has more pledged delegates.

Maybe we're overly optimistic, but I think most of us believe that the superdelegates will fall into line with the pledged delegate count at the convention to avoid the negative reaction that would be caused by them essentially going against the will of the voters. Hillary may lead in declared superdelegates, but that doesn't really matter until they cast their votes.

Posted at February 8, 2008 7:51 PM in response to Your Election Central Guide To The Weekend Dem Contests