The Texas Blue: News
Michigan, Clinton Differ on Re-Do
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 10:46am
Michigan is planning to do a caucus, according to the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee. But Hillary Clinton is likely to object. In this US News interview, she says she won't accept a caucus in Florida or Michigan, citing unfairness to the voters of Michigan and Florida who already voted.
Texas Caucus Projections
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 10:45am
TPM Election Central's Eric Kleefeld projects that the final caucus delegate results will shake out Obama 37, Clinton 30, with a little help from TDP Spokesperson Hector Nieto.
Computer Tech Claims that FBI has Unrestricted Access into Cell Phone Company's Records
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 10:04am
In this wired.com blog, a computer security consultant allleges that a major wireless provider intentionally left its customer information open to the FBI's electronic surveillance program in Quantico, VA. The whistle-blower's statement draws heavy suspicion on Verizon. In true conspiracy theory style, Verizon can neither confirm or deny these claims.
SUSA Results For Map-Lovers
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 9:56am
The differences in who wins which states are interesting enough to merit their own commentary, but here's the SUSA maps while I'm hammering that out.
Interesting News from SurveyUSA
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 8:32am
SurveyUSA conducted a very large poll, running surveys of what-if scenarios in all 50 states in regards to the general election. It is fun enough to know, as of right now, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama win the general election against John McCain.
A Plain Stratification
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 8:18am
Put the following two items side by side and consider who has benefited from all these years of Republican leadership. Item 1) The Labor Department reports that 63,000 jobs were cut through February, which amounts to the biggest drop in five years. Item 2) Three mortgage company CEOs (Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and Countrywide) made $460 million in 2007.
News Roundup, 3/7/08: Dispatches From the Frozen North
Fri, 03/07/2008 - 8:00am
One of the advantages of being a digital professional is that I can do my job from anywhere, and I often do. So on a day like today, when my town in North Texas is covered in the cheery, frozen aftermath of a major winter storm, we can still bring you the political news despite adverse weather conditions.
RNC LEARNS INTERNETS
Thu, 03/06/2008 - 9:24pm
You're gonna like this one: the RNC has been busy cybersquatting on hilarious web addresses with negative connotations on the Democratic candidates.
The day after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses, the R.N.C. snapped up at least 20 domains related to his candidacy. Some of them may signal the party’s future strategy: baracknotready.com and norealexperience.com. The party has also begun preemptively registering domains that could be used to attack John McCain, like mccainamigos.com, voteagainstmccain.com, flipflopmccain.com and hatemccain.com (ihatemccain.com was taken.)
7 Inches of Snow in 4 Hours
Thu, 03/06/2008 - 5:29pm
When they issue a winter storm warning these days, they mean it.
Obama's February Haul: $55 Million
Thu, 03/06/2008 - 5:06pm
The number is impressive, but consider that he's raised $193 million in total. That means he raised almost half his money in January and February of this year alone.