Some political analysts say McCain and Obama could split the electoral vote 269-269. House of Representatives would then come into play.
The LA Times has an interesting interactive map for those of you who want to play along at home.
Just a thought, but our inquiring mind wonders why the total electoral votes add up to […]

Bob Barr recently announced his bid for Libertarian party candidate in the 2008. Despite the efforts of former senator Mike Gravel, Barr looks as if he will be the the nominee.
In 2004, Ralph Nader was said to have taken the election away from John Kerry and handed it to George W. Bush. Ross Perot won […]

Good question! We were wondering about poor Florence Steen’s quest for on absentee ballot for the SD June 3 primary to cast her vote for Hillary. Will it count?
Slate’s Explainer has the answer:
No. As dictated by a 2001 state law, the South Dakota Department of Health is responsible for furnishing the county auditors […]

Well, what are you watching tonight??
McCain and Obama have both disclosed their picks for the NCAA basketball tourney. The McCain Campaign even went so far as to set up a NCAA Contest Pool on its website. Hillary seems to be keeping hers a secret.
Neither one of them picked all “chalk” to make it […]

And guess what? No dust. They took in $109 million since 2000. Donated to charity. Paid taxes.
There is a nice summary on the HillaryClinton.com site. If you’re really nosy, the actual returns themselves are posted. Bedtime reading anybody?

Harvard professor Daniel Rodrik discusses the relationship between which party wins the Presidential election and the economic consequences for voters. He cites this graph and suggests careful study:

Rodrik analyzes as follows, but readers should check out the entire article:
It comes from Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels’ new book, soon to be released. What it […]

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 […]

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,” […]

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 […]

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 […]