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Back to Smoke-Filled Rooms more similar news »
The Wall Street Journal points to a wonderful scenario for political junkies but a "nightmare" for Democrats: "The party's bigwigs, rather than its voters, may end up choosing the presidential nominee."
If neither Sen. Barack Obama nor Sen. Hillary Clinton "manages to pull decisively ahead in the next few weeks, the nomination could depend on the convention votes of 796 party leaders, or superdelegates, who are free to ignore the preferences of Democratic voters."
A new site has already been set up to track the superdelegates in the case of a brokered convention.
Thu Feb 07, 2008 more from this source»»
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Who's the Democratic Frontrunner? more similar news »
The latest Gallup tracking poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton widening her national lead over Sen. Barack Obama to 52% to 39%. However, most of the interviews were conducted before the results of Super Tuesday were known.
Meanwhile, the political futures markets show Obama passing Clinton as the frontrunner.
Another data point comes from First Read: "After Tuesday night's amazing tie between Clinton and Obama -- how else
do you describe it? -- the two campaigns had divergent day-after
responses. The body language of Obama's was that of a front-runner,
that of a campaign that feels as if it won something Tuesday. Clinton's
campaign body language was of a team not sure what to do next."
Thu Feb 07, 2008 more from this source»»
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Gore Made His Choice more similar news »
"Al Gore hasn't made an endorsement, but he has made his choice," Ben Smith notes.
Gore's ballot "was one of the 631,680 counted yesterday in Tennessee, where Clinton won the state by a 54% to 40% margin."
Said a spokeswoman: "He early voted. As a private citizens, neither of the Gores are releasing who they voted for."
Thu Feb 07, 2008 more from this source»»
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Super Turnout for Democrats more similar news »
CQ Politics: "Democratic voters' strong enthusiasm for their presidential contenders led to record-high numbers of primary and caucus participants for the party on Super Tuesday, while Republicans saw a spotty mix of increases and dropoffs for their own party's presidential nominating contests."
Thu Feb 07, 2008 more from this source»»
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Obama Campaign Forecasts Deadlocked Race more similar news »
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign "is forecasting that the Democratic presidential race will remain deadlocked after the primaries end, and the outcome may depend on a fight over whether delegations from Florida and Michigan are counted," Bloomberg reports.
"By the time the last primary is held June 7, Obama's advisers project he will have 1,806 delegates to 1,789 for New York Senator Hillary Clinton, according to a document outlining the scenario that was inadvertently attached to a release on delegate counts from yesterday's Super Tuesday primaries."
However, Obama spokesman Bill Burton cautioned, "This is only one of an infinite number of scenarios."
Thu Feb 07, 2008 more from this source»»
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Obama on Pace to Raise $30 Million in February more similar news »
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign "is on track to raise another $30 million in February," according to The Politico.
He's raised $2.2 million in just the last 24 hours.
"Insiders in both campaigns say the growing financial disparity virtually ensures that Obama will be able to significantly outspend Clinton in the critical primaries to come. Even before all the Super Tuesday votes were counted, Obama began airing advertisements in Nebraska, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Maine -- the next round of primary and caucus states -- before Clinton did."
Thu Feb 07, 2008 more from this source»»
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Clinton May Self-Finance Campaign more similar news »
Marc Ambinder confirms rumors swirling all day that Sen. Hillary Clinton "is weighing a self-loan in order to finance a competitive race against Barack Obama over the next few weeks."
The Clinton campaign raised just $13 million in January -- as compared to Obama's $32 million -- "and has spent most of its store of money on ads leading up to Tuesday's multi-state primary."
"Truth be told, Clinton cannot afford to allow Obama to rack up delegates by blowing her away in the next set of caucuses and primaries. Clinton needs to find a way to take 42% of the vote of or so in these states in order to limit Obama's delegate acquisition."
Update: TPM reports Clinton already loaned her campaign $5 million last month.
Update II: Time reports some Clinton staffers are now working without pay.
Wed Feb 06, 2008 more from this source»»
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Will They Go Negative? more similar news »
The Democratic presidential race is about to turn negative, according to most analysts we've spoken with today. The likely vehicle will be 527 groups which can take unlimited contributions from supporters of either Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton to run television advertisements.
First Read: "Now that a majority of the country has voted and the delegate battle is THISCLOSE, the likelihood that both campaigns will decide it's ok to go negative is high. Someone needs a knockout, particularly Clinton since she appears to have the bigger resource problem."
But the New York Times isn't so sure, noting that "the history of their contest -- and the sensibilities displayed by Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton -- suggests that would not necessarily be the case."
Wed Feb 06, 2008 more from this source»»
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