2008 Presidential Race
Feb. 27th, 2008 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chromodynamicsOn the Democratic side:
The debate in Ohio was rather contentious last night, with Hillary launching as many “nice” attacks as she could, but from the analysis I have read so far no pundit feels that she was able to land a big enough blow to have an effect on Obama’s momentum.
Both:
Charlie Cook has an excellent wrap-up of some of the recent events in the race: why Nader doesn’t matter (“Frankly, his candidacy this time around is sad and more than a little pathetic.”), why the Times McCain-lobbyist story came out at the best time for McCain, and why Cook feels that the same story probably ended Hillary’s chances to win the nomination.
On the Republican side:
McCain apologized after a local talk radio personality that opened for him at a campaign stop continually stressed Obama’s middle name Hussein. As MSNBC First Read discusses, this is yet another example of how difficult it is running against Obama, as most of the apologies during this campaign have been directed his way (Biden for his "articulate" comment, several Hillary supporters for comments about drugs, and now this).
The debate in Ohio was rather contentious last night, with Hillary launching as many “nice” attacks as she could, but from the analysis I have read so far no pundit feels that she was able to land a big enough blow to have an effect on Obama’s momentum.
Both:
Charlie Cook has an excellent wrap-up of some of the recent events in the race: why Nader doesn’t matter (“Frankly, his candidacy this time around is sad and more than a little pathetic.”), why the Times McCain-lobbyist story came out at the best time for McCain, and why Cook feels that the same story probably ended Hillary’s chances to win the nomination.
On the Republican side:
McCain apologized after a local talk radio personality that opened for him at a campaign stop continually stressed Obama’s middle name Hussein. As MSNBC First Read discusses, this is yet another example of how difficult it is running against Obama, as most of the apologies during this campaign have been directed his way (Biden for his "articulate" comment, several Hillary supporters for comments about drugs, and now this).