The Texas Blue: News
Video: Ron Kirk in the Spin Room
Sun, 02/24/2008 - 5:20pm
Former Dallas mayor and Barack Obama supporter Ron Kirk discusses why he thinks Obama is doing for politics what Tiger Woods did for golf and what J.K. Rowling did for literature, and what has most excited him about Obama's campaign in Texas. Video after the jump.
Video: Ed Martin in the Spin Room
Sun, 02/24/2008 - 4:38pm
Democratic strategist and former TDP Executive Director Ed Martin discusses the implications of the Austin Debate and heightened primary excitement for the Texas Democratic Party. Video after the jump.
Video: Garry Mauro in the Spin Room
Sun, 02/24/2008 - 3:23pm
Garry Mauro, chair of Clinton's campaign in Texas, discusses Obama's chances and whether the primary will be over before the convention. Video after the jump from the post-debate Spin Room.
Video: Mark Penn in the Spin Room
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 6:42pm
I catch chief Clinton campaign strategist Mark Penn on his way out and ask him whether he thinks the primary will last all the way to the convention. Video after the jump.
McCain's Slight Money Problem
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 6:36pm
John McCain's campaign was almost broke several times over the course of the Republican primary, so it must have seemed like a good idea at the time when he signed up for public matching funds to be paid out in March. That decision would severely limit the total amount he could raise and spend but would give his campaign a shot in the arm late in the primary, which back then must have seemed like smart planning for the future.
More GOP Trouble
Sat, 02/23/2008 - 10:56am
While we were chasing campaigns across Texas yesterday, the news broke that Congressman Rick Renzi (R-AZ) was indicted for a host of alleged shadiness, including bad land deals and embezzlement-as-campaign-finance. TPM Muckraker has the ever-thickening details here, from Paul Kiel.
Video: Clinton Speaks to Supporters in Fort Worth
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 6:40pm
In this footage (recorded this morning by my wife, Diana) Senator Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters in Fort Worth, Texas. The scheduled rally was canceled out of respect for Dallas Police Officer Victor Lozada-Tirado, an officer in Senator Clinton's motorcade who was killed in a motorcycle accident earlier in the day. Video after the jump.
Video: David Axelrod In the Spin Room
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 6:19pm
Obama campaign manager David Axelrod answers questions from me and everyone else in the Spin Room after the Texas Democratic Debate. Video after the jump.
Some Post-Debate Thoughts
Fri, 02/22/2008 - 4:51pm
You've seen a lot of headlines today about how there were no knockout blows in the debate last night. The feeling at the debate seems to have been different than the feeling projected on TV, and now I think the real argument is whether the tie goes to Clinton or Obama, and what the final ten days will hold for the campaigns.