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A new CBS News-New York Times poll shows Barack Obama heads into tomorrow night’s third and final debate with a 14-point lead over John McCain. 53% of likely voters prefer the Obama/Biden ticket, 39% prefer McCain/Palin. This is a huge jump; before last week’s debate, the Democratic ticket held a 3-point lead in this poll.
Several […]

This is one clever, smart and funny video. Scott Bateman took the audio track of the most-discussed part of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin and ran with it. Bravo, Bateman!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SnN_ALF59G4

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Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver last night was thought-provoking, historic and unique, delivered not in the convention hall but in a football stadium before 80,000 people. “This campaign is about you,” he said, meaning all of us.
If you missed the speech, here it is in its entirety.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yZCrIeRkMhA

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Hours before their scheduled joint appearance, the new welcome screen at Barack Obama’s website confirms Friday’s many reports of his choice for the second spot on the ticket.

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NBC News confirms reports that Tim Russert has died. He was 58.
He collapsed and apparently suffered a heart attack at NBC News in Washington, where he was the bureau chief and long-time host of Meet the Press. The network hasn’t made available further details. [Update: NBC now says he collapsed and “was striken.”]
Just today, he spoke […]

NBC news has confirmed Hillary Clinton plans to suspend her campaign for the White House on Saturday and “express her support” for Barack Obama.
Aides say she will also congratulate Obama for winning enough delegates to clinch the nomination. At any other time, with nearly any other candidate, that would be assumed but after her arrogant, defiant […]

Illinois Senator Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, with the required 2,118 delegates, as tallied by CNN.
Throughout the day, as voters in South Dakota and Montana cast primary ballots, delegates and superdelegates were moving to Obama. Some had been undeclared while others switched allegiance from Hillary Clinton.
Obama will address supporters tonight in […]

Now it’s on to Chicago and let’s win there.
Those were among the last words we heard Bobby Kennedy speak.
Hillary Clinton has apologized for invoking his 1968 assassination yesterday and Robert F Kennedy, Jr., who has endorsed her, issued a statement that said: “It is clear from the context that Hillary was invoking a familiar political […]

Hillary Clinton has made a last-minute change to her schedule for a stop in Detroit today to further try to persuade Michigan legislators to allow a do-over primary election.
She trails Barack Obama in both popular votes and elected delegates; without do-overs in Florida, where the proposal has been rejected, and in Michigan, where Obama was […]

In her “kitchen sink” approach to attacking her opponent, Mrs. Clinton has acquired a recent fondness for saying, “I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience to bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in […]

Barack Obama has defeated Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin primary, a loss whose significance cannot be overstated.
With a small number of precincts counted and based on exit polls, Obama had 53% to Clinton’s 46%, for his ninth straight win. He finished at 58% – a true landslide.
Clinton needed a win or a narrow loss in Wisconsin, not for […]

Tomorrow’s New York Times, in a story online tonight, says Hillary Clinton’s campaign is “starting to come to terms” with her need to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out. The paper quotes a superdelegate who has endorsed Clinton and who has requested anonymity.
Campaign advisers, also speaking privately, confirmed that.
Those key primaries are […]

Barack Obama swept all four of  yesterday’s primaries in three states and the Virgin Islands, giving him a 6-delegate lead over Hillary Clinton. In both Nebraska and Washington state, his share of the vote was more than double hers. (see below for update)
As the leaderboard shows, Obama has 861 delegates to Clinton’s 855. To win […]

Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical dead heat, heading into the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses.
National polling for The Washington Post and ABC News shows 47% of Democrats likely to vote on Tuesday back Clinton, while 43% favor Obama. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus four […]

In what could be another slight to Hillary Clinton, the New York Daily News says Senator Ted Kennedy is expected to endorse Barack Obama today, one day after Caroline Kennedy’s endorsement and amid reports Bill Clinton tried to change the senator’s mind. [Update: He has endorsed Obama. Details here.]
The paper says Kennedy is set to […]