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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– Such a powerful and understandable sentiment seems to be operating in the minds of millions of Americans currently backing Democraticpresidential 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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
– 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 Democraticcandidates' negative statements regarding free trade hold up to serious scrutiny.…
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