Following up on yesterday’s post, the number of senators singing the letter to urge Harry Reid to put the public option back in play is now growing. Here’s where the list stands: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Michael Bennet (D-Col.) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Al Franken (D-Minn.) Pat Leahy (D-VT) Roland Burris […]
That is how much a new healthcare proposal would cost – one that would cover 97% of the country: The plan carries a 10-year price tag of slightly over $600 billion, and would lead toward an estimated 97 percent of all Americans having coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and […]
Another great month for Obama, and it looks like it might be more than double what Clinton did. Guess the whole momentum thing is moot now.
That’s how our economy is being described: The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gross domestic product increased at a scant 0.6 […]
First to the turnouts. In Wisconsin, Obama won 58%-41%. That’s not the only big news though. Look at these turnout numbers: Democratic: 1,099,004 Republican: 403,300 The Democrats had almost 3 times the turn out as the Republicans did yesterday. That is in Wisconsin – a state the Kerry and Gore won by only 1%. That […]
I have been digging through some of the exit polls from last night and there appears to be a trend that is growing. In Virginia, Obama won 60% of the female vote. He also won 54% of the Latino vote and won in every category of income. The same trend held true for Maryland, with […]
For something that started as a little blurb a couple of weeks ago, this story sure has gained momentum: Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), a certified public accountant, had pushed for months for an internal audit of the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to GOP members, but the committee’s treasurer at the time was reluctant. Finally, […]
First off I got a new delegate tracker in the side bar. It’s based off of numbers from CNN. Going through everything, they seem to be the closest we will get to an accurate count. The Clinton campaign has to be worried after yesterday. When you consider that she only won the popular vote by […]
Here is an interesting graphic comparing recent polls in the Democratic primary for the Super Tuesday states (as only Pollster could visualize it): (click for larger view). At first it might look confusing, but it in fact shows a momentum towards Obama. Basically the darker dots are the most recent polls and they go down […]