March 6, 2008

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Michigan Plans Re-Vote

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.)

The New Republic reports that Michigan “plans to get out of its uncounted delegate problem by announcing a new caucus in the next few days.“

Said the source: “They want to play. They know how to do caucuses. That was their plan all along, before they got cute with the primary.”

“Michigan Democrats had originally planned on caucuses after the legally permissible Feb. 5 date, but then went along with top elected Democrats, including Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who pushed for an early primary.”

The Hotline confirms the story.

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Dana Perino Can’t Remember The Last Time The Press Asked Her About Iraq

March 6, 2008 in Executive Branch, National Security, Republicans by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed.)

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was on “Fox & Friends” this morning and host Brian Kilmeade asked her when the last time she’d been asked about Iraq in the White House press briefing. Perino said, “I don’t remember having sustained questions on Iraq” and said she hadn’t had to respond to questioning on the Iraq war “probably since early December.” Wow. Go get ‘em, D.C. Press Corps! Kilmeade also asked her about John McCain’s “100 years” in Iraq comment, and asked about the planned long-term relationship; Perio sidestepped neatly by instead invoking America’s long-term relationships with Japan and Germany. She also noted that the White House was going to be requesting an additional $108 billion in Iraq War funding soon. Amazing what a lame duck prez can put on the agenda, ain’t it?

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Obama nabs another Georgia superdelegate

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Newsvine - democrats.)

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has scored another superdelegate from Georgia.

Democratic National Committee member Mary Long told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she will back the senator from Illinois in his quest for the Democratic nomination for president.

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State By State

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall.)

It’s early; it’s just a snapshot; some of the numbers are within the margin of error and all that. But these 50 state polls put out by SurveyUSA are fascinating. The topline is that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton beat John McCain by the slimmest of margins (you can see Eric Kleefeld’s write up here). But they do it in starkly different ways. Barack Obama manages to beat John McCain while losing Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida — which I would scarcely have thought possibly (i.e., that a Dem could win while losing those states). Meanwhile Hillary wins in a more conventional way — judged by the standards of the last twenty years. Most of the blue states are blue and red states red. But where she loses the Pacific Northwest she takes Florida.

Supporters of Clinton and Obama can both take from this that they’re backing solid general election candidates but it does show they’re very different — at least at this moment — in terms of the package of states they’d put together. The maps here are well worth taking a look at.

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Obama raised $55 million in February

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth.)

The Obama campaign raised $55 million in February alone. Not only did Obama outraise Hillary Clinton by $20 million, Obama’s February haul alone is more than McCain’s entire campaign fundraising ($54848606.82) through January of 2008 — and that even includes McCain’s shady loans. Of the $55 million, Obama can spend $54 million in the primaries.

Ben Smith has the details and notes:

The vast increase in the number of Obama’s donors — he’s now past a million — indicates how deep a well he’ll have to tap for the rest of the year, in the general election, and beyond.

In the primary, the question isn’t whether he’ll outspend Hillary — as he did vastly in Texas and Ohio — but by how much.

More stats from the campaign:

* Contributors: 727,972
* First Time Contributors: 385,101
* Total Contributors – Campaign to Date: 1,069,333

Top that with your nominee, GOP. Also, keep in mind, that McCain is in the middle of a major campaign finance scandal, which is the subject of an FEC complaint against the GOP’s nominee. McCain is currently in the public financing system and subject to its limitations. If he exceeds the $54 million spending cap, McCain, the alleged champion of campaign finance reform, is breaking the law.

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Dems Can’t Win Without Superdelegates

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Newsvine - democrats.)

Hillary Rodham Clinton won’t catch Barack Obama in the race for Democratic delegates chosen in primaries and caucuses, even if she wins every remaining contest.

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Republican National Committee Buying Domain Names Related To Clinton, Obama

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Republicans by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed.)

Cannotrustclinton.com? clintonisbad.com? At least 25 domain names related to Hillary Rodham Clinton have links to the Republican National Committee: the names were either registered by the R.N.C. last year or showed up on servers the committee uses. Half a dozen seemed to guess at Mrs. Clinton’s eventual running mate, like clintonomalley.com, referring to Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland.

The day after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses, the R.N.C. snapped up at least 20 domains related to his candidacy. Some of them may signal the party’s future strategy: baracknotready.com and norealexperience.com. The party has also begun preemptively registering domains that could be used to attack John McCain, like mccainamigos.com, voteagainstmccain.com, flipflopmccain.com and hatemccain.com (ihatemccain.com was taken.)

Full post here.

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Pelosi Blasts McCain Over Anti-Catholic Pastor

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, House of Representatives, Republicans by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed.)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most prominent Catholic serving in the U.S. government, called Sen. John McCain to reject the endorsement of Texas televangelist John Hagee, who has labeled the Catholic church “the great whore,” a “false cult system,” and linked it to Hitler’s Nazi movement.

“That behavior is outside the circle of civilized debate in our democracy,” Pelosi said during a Thursday conference call. “I certainly think John McCain should reject his endorsement and I’m sure it won’t be long before he does.”

McCain has come under heavy fire from Catholic groups across the political spectrum for appearing with Hagee last week and declaring he was “proud” of the endorsement. Subsequently, McCain told reporters that Hagee’s backing “does not mean that I embrace everything that he stands for and believes,” but added, “I am very proud of the Pastor John Hagee’s spiritual leadership to thousands of people.”

Full story here.

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IL-14: Democrat Bill Foster Leads For Hastert’s Old Seat

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, House of Representatives, Republicans by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via MyDD.)

Survey USA, which has been remarkably reliable this cycle at the presidential level, has a new poll out of Illinois’ 14th (conducted for Roll Call) showing Democrat Bill Foster ahead of Republican Jim Oberweis by 7 points two days out from Saturday’s special election. Brownsox brings us the subscription-only Roll Call story:

Full story here.

Rasmussen: Clinton Surges in Pennsylvania

March 6, 2008 in Campaign 2008, Democrats by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.)

A new Rasmussen Reports survey in Pennsylvania finds Sen. Hillary Clinton has opened a 15 point lead over Sen. Barack Obama, 52% to 37%. Less than two weeks ago, Clinton’s lead was just 4 points.

Key finding: “The big difference between that poll and the current result is found among men. Clinton now leads by seventeen percentage points among women and eleven among men. In the previous survey, she was ahead by fifteen points among women but trails by fourteen among men.”

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