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Why Is This Man Smiling?

Posted: January 31, 2008 in 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Primaries
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I’ll give you 32 million reasons… (Photo courtesy: New York Times)

Wow.

Obama’s money

Campaign manager David Plouffe says he’s raised $32 million this month.

That would be more than $1 million a day.

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The Rules of the Game

Posted: January 30, 2008 in 2008 Elections, Democratic Primaries
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Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules! (Photo courtesy: New York Times)

Clinton thanks Floridians, promises to get delegates seated

Posted: 10:19 PM ET

(CNN) – Hillary Clinton held a victory rally in Davie, Florida Tuesday night — even though the Democratic National Committee has stripped Florida of all of its delegates to the nominating convention, and no Democratic presidential candidate campaigned in the state.

So Hillary Clinton won the Florida primary for the Democrats, which is considered meaningless because none of the candidates campaigned in the state because they violated the DNC’s rules on the primary calendar. As punishment, the DNC is not going to seat any of Florida’s 210 delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer.

Along comes Hillary after getting a run for her money from Barack Obama, including a routing in South Carolina last week, and now she wants for the Florida delegation to be seated.

Michigan also had its 128 delegates stripped by the DNC for the same reason, but Hillary Clinton was the only candidate on the Democratic ballot, unlike Florida where all four Democratic candidates appeared on the ballot. Not surprisingly, Hillary also wants these delegates seated at the convention as well.

If it remains a close race delegates-wise and Hillary is behind by 338 votes or less at the convention, Florida and/or Michigan could decide the Democratic nomination, depending on whether or not their delegates are ultimately counted. The Wall Street Journal has this interesting story about it, which I recommend reading. The two states combined account for roughly 17 percent of the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination. Florida and Michigan’s delegates for the Democratic nomination, if they are seated, will be divided among the candidates in proportion to the outcome of the primary, as well as the superdelegates who choose candidates as they please regardless of who the voters pick.

It’s going to be a wild ride between now and the convention….

Debate Fact Check: Obama’s PAC Money

Posted: April 27, 2007 in 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Primaries
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About 18 minutes into tonight’s debate of the Democratic presidential candidates on MSNBC, Barack Obama said “In terms of how we’ve been running this campaign, I think what we’ve seen is I haven’t taken money from federal registered lobbyists. We’re not taking money from PACs.”

A review of his campaign finance numbers for the first quarter of 2007 compiled by the Washington Post shows that he has received $3,050 in PAC money.

UPDATE/CORRECTION: The FEC lists the same set of contributions as “Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees”

A review of this section shows 5 separate contributions. Four of them are from congressional campaigns. The other is from Locke Liddell and Sapp LLP PAC, dated Feb. 21, 2007 and worth $1000.00. An image of the form for this contribution can be viewed here.