Obama: My grandma’s a ‘typical white person’

It’s been one rough week for one presidential candidate.
Sen. Barack Obama made some interesting comments yesterday on WIP in Philly about his grandmother being a “typical white person” who crosses the street when she sees a black person coming toward her. The New York Daily News has a story explaining the entire situation.
Obama’s campaign is [...]

Wright makes me wonder if Obama is right for America

I’ve got to admit that while I was decidedly in Barack Obama’s camp, and while I admit I voted for him last month in the primary, I am starting to have some serious second thoughts. And this video is part of the reason. My mind is not made up, however, and I know there is [...]

Olbermann slams Hillary like never before

It’s not often you’ll hear Keith Olbermann slam anyone more than Bill O’Reilly or President Bush. But after this latest fiasco with Hillary Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro and racially charged remarks about Barack Obama, Keith unleashed at Clinton in perhaps his second-strongest Special Comment ever. Regardless of what you think of Mrs. Clinton, Ferraro, Obama or [...]

CNN: Obama wins Mississippi

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will win the Democratic Primary in Mississippi, CNN projects. CNN says exit polls reveal a racially polarized vote, with Obama winning most of the black vote, and with Clinton winning much of the white vote. More later as warranted.

A look at the delegate count after Wyoming Caucuses

Here’s a look at the most up-to-date delegate count after Barack Obama’s victory in today’s Wyoming Caucuses.

Clinton wins Texas, R.I., Ohio

She’s back from the dead. After 11-straight primary defeats, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won three of four races today, including Rhode Island, Ohio and the all-important Texas. It is still not clear whether she’ll garner more delegates than Sen. Barack Obama in Texas, however.

Hillary wins Ohio

NBC News projects Hillary Clinton will win Ohio. More later.

Update: Hill wins R.I.; Huckabee drops out

CNN reports Hillary Clinton will win the Rhode Island Democratic Primary. Meanwhile, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the GOP race with John McCain now the presumptive nominee.

Errors in Ohio — what a surprise!

This should not, I repeat, should not come as any surprise.
NBC News is reporting numerous voting issues in Ohio, and says there’s a chance the Clinton Campaign may have to contest the results there because of the problems. In essence, don’t expect any solid results to come out of Ohio at all tonight, unless the [...]

Stange methods in place in Texas

If you thought the idea of caucuses are hard to comprehend, I just learned something new about what the Dems do in Texas. I hadn’t heard of this until today, in fact, and it seems more bizarre to me than the Electoral College system.
Turns out the Dems have both a primary AND a caucus in [...]