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County Conventions: Results and Reporting

Yesterday was a big day in Texas politics - Democrats across the state met for their county and senate district conventions, and the turnout was once again quite high, resulting in some difficulties. The Obama campaign claimed a delegate advantage by the end of the day, but results were still coming in and the Clinton campaign objected, saying that it was too early to call it.

A Discrepancy

This is all anecdotal, but every Clinton delegate I know has gotten several phone calls (3-5 or more) this week about the convention, emails about the convention, and a few mail pieces. Every Obama delegate I know has gotten the general campaign emails and maybe a convention email or two and maybe even a call, but hasn't been squeezed with the full-on "Show up or your life is forfeit" song and dance. Thoughts? Experiences? Prognostications? Like I said, this is all anecdotal and I could be way off, but it seems like Clinton is pushing hard.

Diplomacy + Fail = Missiles

Why is that every time diplomacy breaks down these days the end result is missiles?

Diminishing Ad Revenues

Newspapers have been in trouble for a while, and the idea of just how in trouble they are always bums me out. Maybe I'm a romantic (well, exactly I'm a romantic, but whatever), but I put a lot of stock in what the daily newspaper represents to the development of society and the United States over the course of history. So when I see a story like this, about how newspapers have just undergone the biggest decrease in ad revenues in five decades, I wish it weren't true.

In a Post-Bush World, Will Fox News Matter?

Loved by its right-wing viewers and vilified as a Bush propaganda machine by the left, Fox News established itself as the major news network during the Bush administration. They defined coverage of the Iraq war, for better or worse. It might not be "fair" or "balanced," or even terribly accurate, but that hasn't stopped Fox from being the number one news channel.

McCain Democrats?

McCain Democrats. That's a new term for me, folks. Apparently Gallup has done a polling mashup that includes some of the polling information I wrote about here earlier this week that indicates a sizable number of Democrats would vote for John McCain over the Democratic candidate they oppose at this stage in the primary process.

The Internets, He Has Them

Bloggers for Cornyn: catch the fever.

Bad News at the Border

Wow.

The Mexican government has ordered 2,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a wave of drug-related violence that is blamed for 200 deaths since January, officials announced Thursday.