In past election years, drug/pharma companies have supported the GOP by a 2-1 margin. This year it’s different. So far this year, the industry’s money is going 57% to Democrats, 42% to Republicans. Take a look at the nice table at opensecrets.org

Guess who has gotten the most so far? Hillary, the candidate who said:

“…the …

Because it works. Many elections have been decided in the back room, as opposed to the popular vote.

Witness Dubya in 2000, who was lagging a half million votes behind in the national vote tally.

Says Andrew Gumbel of the LA Times, and author of the book, “Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy …

Big story today:

Hillary should stay as long as she wants.

Obama is ahead in the delegate count, but respects her choice to remain in the race (even though other party leaders think she should give up and spend time uniting the party before the convention).

“Nothing is going to happen before the primaries are over in June,” Democratic strategist Susan Estrich …

Slate’s Death Watch showed Clinton’s chances of winning the nomination have dropped to 10.3%.

In addition, she drifted 8 points behind Obama in the latest Gallup Poll. He’s ahead, now, 50% to 42%.

Also bad for her was Sen. Bob Casey’s endorsement of Obama, which came voluntarily (No Obama politicking for it).

Both Howard Dean and Al Gore said they …

She got endorsements from Gov. Ed Rendell and Philly Mayor, Michael Nutter.

He got an endorsement from Sen. Robert Casey. He’ll also join Obama on a bus trip through the state.

Clinton leads Obama in the polls in PA 49% to 39%, but Obama has the lead for the nomination. 1621 delegate and supers to 1499 for Clinton. …

All of us CNBC watchers were lucky enough to see clips from an in depth interview with Barack Obama on his detailed economic plan. The entire interview can be found here (part 1) and here (part 2), but here are some key notes from the speech.

His plan for restoring the economy:
- Modernize financial regulatory system
- Help homeowners facing …

Joe Garofoli at the SFGate Politics Blog brings up an interesting point in his post about Chelsea Clinton. It’s a great post, but if you don’t have time to read it what he says is this: that Chelsea shouldn’t as guarded from the press as she is, because she is publicly campaigning for Hillary. We decided to investigate this …

Yes, he said the “victory [for him] in the conventional sense is not available,” but he is not going away. He has refused to drop out and endorse McCain. Instead he says that all Republicans should have

“the right to vote for someone that stands for traditional Republican principles.” And he’s got a point.

Paul is frugal: …

Vice-President Cheney got attention last weekend with his answer to ABC news reporter Martha Raddatz. She pointed out that the majority of Americans thought the Iraq war was not worth it. Cheney’s response: “So?”

This is a classic dilemma for democratic government. We do not want leaders who blindly follow public opinion polls, especially when the …

Obama supports the Dodd Plan, Hillary supports a much more liberal plan (including a 30 billion dollar emergency fund), and McCain’s plan has been in the headlines recently.

McCain has been all over the news with his recent comments on the housing crisis, but what do they really mean for the economy? His plan does not seem as …