Two things you have to hand Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — not only is he lucky, but he is no dummy. Republicans can worry all they want about this bizarre period McCain is navigating through without an opponent or adequate attention, but it is a boon. Period.
Having survived four plane crashes, the superstitious McCain, who [...]

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard takes viewer questions and comments about the Pennsylvania primary.

I am not often rushing to agree with Brent Budowsky, but he makes a good point. Where is Hillary Clinton’s flag pin and why is she not asked about wearing one?
I would also like to address some of the comments I have received on yesterday’s post. Fred from Oregon should know that to begin with, [...]

Last night Barack Obama continued to squirm through numerous questions about his liabilities, like the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and “bitter.” It was his worst debate performance yet, capping his worst week yet on the campaign. He must be relieved we all expect him to lose the Pennsylvania primary next week.
The debate was tense and [...]

Hillary Clinton is one of those people who has no use for fly swatters when an armored tank will kill a fly just the same.
In her effort to frighten superdelegates about the controversial comments Barack Obama made, she felt the need to invoke the past two nominees of her party as evidence that these dumb [...]

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard talks about the upcoming Pennsylvania primary, and answers questions about Clinton and Obama.

With seven weeks of campaigning under his or her belt, it will be hard for the loser in the Pennsylvania primary to explain away the loss. Yes, Barack Obama wants to call a narrow loss there a victory and Hillary Clinton will need to call even a narrow victory a blow-out — no matter how [...]

She knows.
Hillary Clinton is staring defeat in the face. It doesn’t mean she is going to lose, but as she trudges up that ever-so-steep hill to win the Democratic nomination, she is beginning to weigh Plan B.
Clinton hears the voices, not of those people who need to be heard in those 10 remaining contests [...]

It sure sounds real: Mark Penn got thrown under the bus, kicked off the Clinton campaign, dumped. But it isn’t true.
After longtime advisers including Harold Ickes — as well as American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees head Gerald McEntee — urged Hillary Clinton to dump Penn over the weekend, she followed suit. But [...]

Associate Editor A.B. Stoddard answers questions about caucus votes in the Democratic race, the DNC, and Hillary’s campaign.

The beat goes on.
Hillary Clinton had a great time on Jay Leno’s show last night, joking about the sniper fire lie she told recently, and of course retold. It took a lot to get her to admit it was fabricated, but at least that funny old fib came in handy for a laugh on Leno’s [...]

Bashing Howard Dean is in vogue right now, and has been for years, I guess. But I am sticking up for the guy.
Last week Dean came out strong, asking both sides to think about unity, a conclusion, and victory in the fall. He spoke directly to the loser, trying to assuage that candidate, who [...]

I learned Monday, before an appearance on Fox News, of a story on their network’s website I hadn’t seen anywhere else — that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign manager, Maggie Williams, was working until December of 2007 for Delta Financial Corporation, a predatory lender. Not only that, but Williams sat on the board of [...]

The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard answers questions and takes comments about endorsements, Reverend Wright, and the Florida and Michigan primaries.

Don’t miss Hillary Clinton’s interview this week with Mark Halperin of Time magazine where she suggests that pledged delegates Barack Obama won are free to vote for her. Clinton said “every delegate with very few exceptions is free to make up his or her mind however they choose. We talk a lot about so-called pledged [...]

The Clinton-donor letter, criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was typical “Sopranos”-style Clinton campaigning. And it may have worked. Unfortunately for the Clintons, though, it isn’t looking that way.
The letter, which takes issue with Pelosi’s statement about how superdelegates should choose the will of the people when voting for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) or Sen. [...]

Howard Wolfson is right. Gordon Fischer’s blog post about Bill Clinton’s comments insinuating Barack Obama isn’t patriotic — stating that there is now a “stain on his legacy, much worse, much deeper, than the one on Monica’s blue dress” — was disgusting. It was also tacky, gratuitous and stupid politics.
Thanks to Mr. Fischer, an Obama [...]