Results for: Democratic Presidential Candidates
Clinton Has Only One Plausible Path to the Nomination
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/03/08/clinton_has_only_one_plausible_path_to_the_nomination
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/03/08/clinton_has_only_one_plausible_path_to_the_nomination
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Suddenly, the look and feel of the Democratic presidential race were different. Yet the delegate count has changed hardly at all. … On the night that John McCain officially clinched the Republican nomination, the course of the Democratic race seemed less clear and … The March 4 exit polls show increasing percentages of Democratic primary voters unwilling to accept the rejection of their candidate…
Nominate in Haste, Repent at Leisure
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/03/07/nominate_in_haste,_repent_at_leisure
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/03/07/nominate_in_haste,_repent_at_leisure
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The only sure thing about this year's presidential election is that it's
going too fast. … Is this a presidential election or the Second Coming?
Hey, what a country. … for the Democratic presidential nomination have been busy
exchanging sound bites.…
Obama's Compelling Argument to Super Delegates
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/03/06/obamas_compelling_argument_to_super_delegates
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/03/06/obamas_compelling_argument_to_super_delegates
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This, of course, is because Hillary would presumably drag down other Democratic candidates in the states. … Unfortunately, the presidential race has almost completely overshadowed the importance of congressional elections. …
The Assassins Among Us: An Unspoken Fear Stalks the Presidential Hustings
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2008/03/06/the…s_among_us_an_unspoken_fear_stalks_the_presidential_hustings
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2008/03/06/the…s_among_us_an_unspoken_fear_stalks_the_presidential_hustings
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The prospect of assassination is a legitimate concern for the presidential candidates, their families and the rest of us. … The Secret Service, which guards presidents and presidential candidates, naturally declines to talk about assassination, or any of … Some people who ought to know better even speculate about the likelihood of the assassination of specific candidates.…
Pa. Dems fired up for royal rumble
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2008/03/06/pa_dems_fired_up_for_royal_rumble
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2008/03/06/pa_dems_fired_up_for_royal_rumble
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Pennsylvania Democrats hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite presidential candidate shouldn't have to worry. … And it’s likely voters "will be able to have breakfast with Barack Obama at your local diner," said state Democratic chairman T.J. … The candidates will be forced to focus on issues important to the people, and they'll give the tourism industry a boost as campaign…
McCain Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2008/03/06/mccain_again
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2008/03/06/mccain_again
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you will, but the gloomy media mood shrouding the McCain candidacy is a reflection of the lack of seriousness inherent in the presidential … By contrast, the Democratic front-runners would. Sen. … He was an early critic of our faltering tactics in Iraq, a brave proponent of the surge, and the first of the presidential candidates…
The Word from Huey Long
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/03/05/the_word_from_huey_long
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/03/05/the_word_from_huey_long
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What's the essential difference between the two remaining candidates
battling it out for the Democratic presidential nomination … Huey's conclusion:
"The only difference I've found in Congress between the Republican and
Democratic leadership is that one of…
Our 50-50 political world
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2008/03/05/our_50-50_political_world
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2008/03/05/our_50-50_political_world
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battle of the fall, both parties prefer to ignore the painful reality of a narrowly divided electorate and to consider their candidates … Going all the way back to Kennedy's race in 1960, eight of the 12 presidential contests have yielded a winner who won less than 51% … All other presidential victories produced either minority presidents (Kennedy in '60, Nixon in '68, Clinton in both his races, Bush…
How Bush Hurt Hillary
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/03/04/how_bush_hurt_hillary
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/03/04/how_bush_hurt_hillary
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Delegates are broken down into senatorial districts, and the delegates are proportional to how the Democratic presidential candidate … while the system rewards the voters for good behavior (and punishes bad behavior), it seems to unfairly or arbitrarily punish the candidates…
Beats the Boys
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/03/04/beats_the_boys
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/03/04/beats_the_boys
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And as for Republican presidential candidate Sen. … Hillary hits
The Internet's unprecedented role in the 2008 presidential campaign seems to mirror the candidates' rise and fall … Spock, which dubs itself the Web's leading people-search engine, reports that Democratic presidential candidate Sen.…
The Party's Institutional Value
https://townhall.com/columnists/mortonblackwell/2008/03/03/the_partys_institutional_value
https://townhall.com/columnists/mortonblackwell/2008/03/03/the_partys_institutional_value
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Let me talk briefly about our 2008 Republican presidential nomination. … Today, the RNC is in much better financial shape than the Democratic National Committee. … But the NRSC and the NRCC are falling behind the National Democratic Senatorial Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign…
Give a Troop a Jake
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2008/03/03/give_a_troop_a_jake
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2008/03/03/give_a_troop_a_jake
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Such a powerful and understandable sentiment seems to be operating in the minds of millions of Americans currently backing Democratic … presidential candidates who promise, if elected, to begin immediately withdrawing our forces from harm’s way (at least the Iraqi part…
Market Competition, Capital Investment, Free Trade - - And Other Things That Obama And Hillary Loath
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2008/03/02/market…free_trade_-_-_and_other_things_that_obama_and_hillary_loath
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2008/03/02/market…free_trade_-_-_and_other_things_that_obama_and_hillary_loath
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And it’s dumb-founding how, today, presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama can completely ignore the “direction … But the point here is obvious - - the Democratic presidential candidates are presenting economic plans that are chock-full of ideas … But while both Democratic presidential candidates promise “change,” they speak as though it is actually possible to avoid the very…
Bailing Out Barack
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/03/01/bailing_out_barack
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/03/01/bailing_out_barack
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Charlie Crist by promising him the vice presidential nomination. … candidates. … A recent Democratic poll (Global Strategy Group) showed the Democratic candidate, liberal businessman-physicist Bill Foster, taking…
Throw Out the Old Electoral Maps in 2008
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/03/01/throw_out_the_old_electoral_maps_in_2008
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/03/01/throw_out_the_old_electoral_maps_in_2008
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the same candidates and only four states' results were different. … Many votes that went Democratic in 2000 and 2004 are available to McCain. … And many of the new voters surging into the electorate may be available to both candidates.…
Finance's "New Day"
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/03/20/finances_new_day
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/2008/03/20/finances_new_day
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Government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lending agencies also could be bailout candidates. … The populist prospect of a new Democratic administration and Democratic Congress that will impose higher taxes and trade protection … candidates preoccupied by Iraq.…
As Washington Dithers, the Fed Rides to the Rescue
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/03/20/as_washington_dithers,_the_fed_rides_to_the_rescue
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/03/20/as_washington_dithers,_the_fed_rides_to_the_rescue
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The presidential candidates, one of whom will be elected in November, were focusing on other issues like Iraq, seemingly ignoring the … Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential front-runner, was striking back at Clinton's charges that his pledge to end the war wasn't…
Spending as if There Was No Tomorrow
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2008/03/20/spending_as_if_there_was_no_tomorrow
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2008/03/20/spending_as_if_there_was_no_tomorrow
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According to an analysis of the fiscal 2009 House Democratic majority's
federal budget by Brian Riedl of The Heritage Foundation, … Worse (if that's possible) the Democratic
budget proposal increases discretionary spending by 8 percent and does not
eliminate even … All three presidential
candidates returned from the campaign trail to vote for the measure. Sen.…
The Most Dangerous Topic: Race
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2008/03/20/the_most_dangerous_topic_race
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2008/03/20/the_most_dangerous_topic_race
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Unlike the other two major presidential candidates, I have never spent time with Sen. Obama, or spoken with him by phone. … But here's the real question: How will white voters react if Obama is the Democratic nominee? … He has won much of the Democratic white vote in many states.…
What Will Happen in the Next Eight Months?
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamrusher/2008/03/20/what_will_happen_in_the_next_eight_months
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamrusher/2008/03/20/what_will_happen_in_the_next_eight_months
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Both candidates have already won important primaries, and neither has yet pulled significantly ahead. … Many Democratic leaders fear that this will lead to bad blood and damage the party's chances in November. … As I have said before, 2008 is by rights a Democratic year.…
A Great Speech But For Deja Vu
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2008/03/19/a_great_speech_but_for_deja_vu
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2008/03/19/a_great_speech_but_for_deja_vu
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The Democratic front-runner, the first viable black presidential candidate, showed that a liberal can, in fact, abandon the calcified … Democratic politicians have carried the baggage of black victimology and white guilt for generations. … Whenever Republican candidates have tried to advance our politics without such baggage, Democrats have yelled, “Here, catch,” and crushed…
Fraud Within
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/03/19/fraud_within
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/03/19/fraud_within
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Good grief, candidates — and from the same party, no less. As Rodney King said, can't we all get along? … Unprecedented
We keep hearing about unprecedented numbers of Democrats coming out to vote in the 2008 presidential primaries. … The Democratic National Committee told us yesterday that a whopping 2.8 million Democratic ballots were cast in the recent Texas primary…
Will Congress Choose to Stop Pigging Out?
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickarmey/2008/03/18/will_congress_choose_to_stop_pigging_out
https://townhall.com/columnists/dickarmey/2008/03/18/will_congress_choose_to_stop_pigging_out
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Jeff Flake, and current Republican presidential nominee John McCain have all drawn a clear line in the fight against earmarks. … Already, 10 current legislators and five candidates for office have promised to put a stop to this egregious practice. … Substantial opposition remains from Democratic leadership in Congress and, more troublesomely, from several Republicans whose seats…
The Party's Institutional Value
https://townhall.com/columnists/mortonblackwell/2008/03/17/the_partys_institutional_value
https://townhall.com/columnists/mortonblackwell/2008/03/17/the_partys_institutional_value
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Let me talk briefly about our 2008 Republican presidential nomination. … Today, the RNC is in much better financial shape than the Democratic National Committee. … But the NRSC and the NRCC are falling behind the National Democratic Senatorial Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign…
NAFTA Nay-Sayers Need a Timeout
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/03/17/nafta_nay-sayers_need_a_timeout
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/03/17/nafta_nay-sayers_need_a_timeout
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WASHINGTON -- The economy's emergence as the main issue in this year's presidential election means that the voters will be pounded … But campaign reporters remain woefully uninformed about economic issues and show little interest in examining whether the Democratic … candidates' negative statements regarding free trade hold up to serious scrutiny.…