- Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent
- Obama On Veep Talk: Clintons Are Trying To "Hoodwink" You
- Farrakhan's Support For Obama? Hugely Controversial. Hagee's Backing Of McCain? No Problem.
- Obama's Closing Ad: I Will Take Country In Fundamentally New Direction
- Breaking: Bill Richardson Endorses Obama
- Obama Hits McCain For Failing To Support Webb's GI Bill
- Obama Memo: "No Support For Claim That Clinton Has Passed `Commander-In-Chief Test'"
- Power Resigns Over Hillary-Is-Monster Comment
- Obama Responds: I Will Never Use "Threat Of Terrorism To Scare Up Votes"
- Lieberman: Obama's Alleged Endorsement By Hamas Shows "Difference" With McCain
Greg Sargent
Obama Campaign Seeking Staff For General Election
Help wanted... The primary may not be over yet (officially), but the Obama campaign is seeking to staff up for the general election. Here's an email, forwarded our way by a source, that was sent out by Obama spokesperson Dan...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 6:51 PM
Happy Hour Reading
Okay, it's not quite happy hour yet, but that's something we're willing to be very flexible about here at TPM Election Central. So here's some must-reading... * Ben Smith has an excellent take-down of the bogus notion that Hillary could...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 4:19 PM
AFSCME Official Vows To Put "Real Money" Into Hillary Ads In Remaining States
AFSCME is going to put "real money" behind independent expenditures for ads on Hillary's behalf in remaining Democratic primary states, a union official just confirmed to me. On Friday I noted that one good gauge of Hillary's continuing support would...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 3:17 PM
Obama Camp: We're Moving On To General Election States Now
Multiple observers have noted today that Obama's schedule is starting to take on a general election feel to it, with stops planned for places like Missouri and South Dakota in the days ahead. Now Obama spokesperson Bill Burton makes it...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 2:02 PM
Obama Hits McCain For Failing To Support Webb's GI Bill
Barack Obama is giving a speech right now on veterans' issues in West Virginia in which he hits John McCain for failing to back Jim Webb's 21st Century version of the GI bill -- a measure that would cover the...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 12:55 PM
Harry Reid: We're Watching Lieberman's Conduct In Prez Race "Very Closely"
Is there anything at all Joe Lieberman could do in the presidential race to get Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to take punitive action against him? Or will Lieberman, who supports McCain, be free to lodge all the gutter attacks...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 11:38 AM
Super-Del Tom Allen Announces Support For Obama; Calls On Race To End
Super-delegate and Congressman Tom Allen of Maine just announced in a release that he's backing Barack Obama. "Most of the primary voters across the nation have now spoken," Allen said today, according to a release sent out by his campaign...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 11:05 AM
Gallup: Bush More Damaging To McCain Than Wright Is To Obama
New Gallup numbers shed some light on the question of whether Wright is really going to turn out to be a major liability for Obama in the general election. Amusingly, the poll finds that McCain's association with George W. Bush...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 10:32 AM
Lieberman: Obama's Alleged Endorsement By Hamas Shows "Difference" With McCain
It was only a matter of time, really. If you ever doubted that Joe Lieberman would be using what's left of his "Independent Democrat" credentials to legitimize the GOP's bogus "Hamas endorsed Obama" attack, here he is on CNN doing...more »
Posted on May 12, 2008 9:23 AM
Hillary Holds Private Conference Call With Her Super-Dels: "I Know This Is Not Easy"
Hillary held a private rally-the-troops conference call with her super-delegate supporters this afternoon, urging them to believe that "this race is not over," vowing to them she'd promote Dem unity after the primary, and conceding that she knows what they...more »
Posted on May 10, 2008 2:55 PM
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does Idiotic still have his own blog? Anyone know?
Posted at May 12, 2008 7:02 PM in response to Obama Campaign Seeking Staff For General Election
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thanks for noticing. we'll see if anyone else does
Posted at May 12, 2008 4:53 PM in response to Happy Hour Reading
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like I said, we're very flexible with "happy hour" around here.
Posted at May 12, 2008 4:33 PM in response to Happy Hour Reading
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it's highly unlikely that he'll do anything. it would be interesting to see if he even says anything privately to him
Posted at May 12, 2008 11:43 AM in response to Harry Reid: We're Watching Lieberman's Conduct In Prez Race "Very Closely"
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thanks
Posted at May 9, 2008 5:12 PM in response to McAuliffe: Joint Ticket Would Be "A Great Idea"
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right, this post giving tons of airtime to one of Obama's chief delegate counters is...
...somehow biased against Obama
...wowPosted at May 8, 2008 6:38 PM in response to Obama's Super-Del Whip: Many Super-Dels Back Obama, But Won't Go Public
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inartfully worded. I've fixed. But seriously, there's plenty of other good stuff in here. why focus only on that?
Posted at May 8, 2008 6:30 PM in response to Obama's Super-Del Whip: Many Super-Dels Back Obama, But Won't Go Public
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No. There is no Clinton bias here.
Posted at May 8, 2008 5:20 PM in response to Housekeeping!
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yeah, that one was already in the totals
Posted at May 8, 2008 4:24 PM in response to Tracking Today's Super-Delegates: Many Who Met With Obama Today Remaining Neutral
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if the delegation gets seated in some capacity, he counts. the fact that both candidates are courting him suggests they expect that to happen
Posted at May 8, 2008 3:33 PM in response to A Super-Delegate Meets With Hillary And Obama, Comes Away Unswayed
