Bird’s-Eye View

Hillary Clinton announced she would give a post-primary speech in New York on Tuesday night, right after the final primaries in Montana and South Dakota wrap up. That’s unusual. Will she concede the race to Barack Obama? Will she vow to fight on to the convention? Anyone’s guess, but it makes for one of the […]

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The finish line is not in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Scranton or Pittsburgh today. The increasingly bitter contest between Barack Obama and Clinton (and the ongoing battles among their surrogates) will roll on to May 6 when North Carolina and Indiana vote, which very likely could negate any gains in the delegate count Clinton makes.
If you’ve ever […]

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The beating heart of Hillary Clinton’s case to superdelegates is a.) Barack Obama cannot beat John McCain in critical swing states like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and b.) I’ve won the must-win blue states like Massachusetts and California during the primary.
It’s an argument compelling enough to keep her in the race. While her and Obama’s […]

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Last hour, I interviewed the venerable U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, an Obama supporter. I asked him whether superdelegates should vote with their constituencies - a dicey situation for Kennedy since a majority of Mass voters went with Hillary Clinton - or should superdelegates exercise independent judgment.
Here’s his answer:
“The elected delegates, they ought to […]

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There’s a story from ABC News that President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton are directly appealing to Democratic superdelegates with this argument: Obama can’t beat John McCain. And a quick look at RealClearPolitics.com appears to support the notion. After compiling voter polls and tallying the averages, a hypothetical matchup in key states like Pennsylvania, Ohio […]

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SCRANTON - Barack Obama’s holding another town hall meeting, this time in Scranton at the Dunmore Community Recreation Center.
Caught this as soon as I logged onto the Internet, from CNN.com:
A key Hillary Clinton supporter appeared to be a bit off message during a recent interview with a Canadian radio station.
“If I had to make […]

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11:47 a.m. No calls for Clinton to drop out of the race. No question about Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Obama told the crowd he believes the Democrats will unite no matter who’s the nominee because, apparently, Clinton is a better alternative than McCain, according to Obama.
Obama’s out after an hour and 20 minutes. I’m out, too. Obama’s […]

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First, there was New Hampshire. Barack Obama could end the candidacies of his Democratic rivals including the once heavily-favored Hillary Clinton with a victory there. Didn’t happen.
Then it was Super Tuesday, Feb. 5. Clinton or Obama could deal the other a knockout blow. Didn’t happen.
Ohio and Texas? With victories in at least one, pundits argued, […]

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An enormous advantage Democrat Hillary Clinton has deployed in Pennsylvania is sending out three people with the last name “Clinton” to stump for her presidential aspirations. Hillary, Bill and Chelsea at different times, sometimes on the same day, have criss-crossed Pennsylvania, which draws out local TV and newspaper reporters. On the second day of chief rival Barack […]

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You know, if anyone’s job is on the line in this presidential election, let’s not forget about Howard Dean, the chairman of the DNC. According to G. Terry Madonna of Franklin & Marshall College in a story I wrote this week, the Democrats have a lot going for them in this election - an unpopular […]

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