The Texas Blue: News
News Roundup, 3/13/08: Ferraro In The News Again
Thu, 03/13/2008 - 8:30am
Yesterday may prove to be one of those days that we'll all look back on as one of the decisive days in this year's primary race that nearly passed us over.
CNN Calls Texas for Obama
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 11:35pm
It only took a week and a half, but here you go: Obama's projected to win the Texas caucus, giving him the total (non-super-)delegate edge in the state, 99 to 94.
Clinton Leading in PA
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:37pm
Looking ahead to the next big contest, the polls show Clinton with a big lead in Pennsylvania. However, it is a long way to Tipperary, as they say, and the last few days have shown that anything can happen, and happen fast.
Why Can't McCain Love? (VP Edition)
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:00pm
The only thing more amusing (disconcerting?) than McCain's thinly veiled contempt for Romney is how almost everyone leaving comments on this story seems to be totally insane.
Texas = Centrist Democrats
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:00pm
A yearly National Journal report concludes that the Texas delegation in Congress has more centrist members than any other state. It may be disheartening for Republicans to learn that the GOP contingent from the Lone Star State is only the 4th most conservative.
As If Michigan Wasn't Complicated Enough...
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 2:26pm
...now Jack Kevorkian is running for Congress in Michigan's 9th.
IN-07: Julia Carson Succeeded By Grandson
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:19am
While the voters of Mississippi were casting their ballots yesterday, there was a special election in Indiana's 7th Congressional District to replace Democratic Representative Julia Carson. Representative Carson passed away in December 2007.
In yesterday's election, her grandson, Democrat Andre Carson, easily won his first term as Representative from the 7th Congressional District.
The Latest Fashion in Emergency Medicine
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:11am
A children's hospital in Columbus, Ohio drew protests over the proposed Abercrombie & Fitch Emergency Department and Trauma Center. The Nationwide Children's Hospital — named for Nationwide Insurance, to honor their $50 million donation — plans on naming its new ER after the clothing retailer to honor a $10 million donation toward its construction.
Some things are just too weird to be made up. See example #2: the McDonald's report card.
Spitzer to Resign Today
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 8:32am
Daily Roundup, 3/12/08: Primaries, Admirals, and Oil
Wed, 03/12/2008 - 8:04am
Yesterday was a mixed bag: democracy marched on with another primary and reports indicated that even more (!) people are signing up to vote in these later states, but yesterday also brought us the kind of news that may signal bad things for the future, like the resignation of the only sane man at the White House and yet another record high oil price.