Posted on 21 May 2008
ANOTHER SPLIT DECISION
Perhaps NBC’s Chuck Todd best characterized the 2008 Democratic primary last night when he claimed that demographics, not votes, were the key to identifying which states would fall for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. The latest round of primaries were no exception.
In states with either dramatically large or dramatically small populations of [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential election, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Kentucky primary, Oregon primary, Rust Belt, Ted Kennedy
Posted on 20 May 2008
ANOTHER DAY OF PRIMARIES
Today the nexus of the political universe is split between east and west as Oregon and Kentucky become the latest in a seemingly unending series of states, provinces, commonwealths, island nations and Districts of Columbia to cast their lot for the nominees of the Democratic and Republican primaries.
This go-around, much like [...]
Tags: 1980 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Kentucky, Oregon, primary, Ted Kennedy