June 2008 - Posts

Every Vote Counts
June 27, 2008 3:10 PM by Frank Irving

Projecting the 2008 general election to be "one of the most consequential in U.S. history," George Stephanopoulos, chief Washington correspondent for ABC News, points out how slim the voting margin can be: "The 2000 election was settled by the U.S. Supreme Read More...

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Pollster Expects Close Race
June 18, 2008 4:36 PM by Frank Irving

Results of a Reuters/Zogby poll released today give Democrat Barack Obama a 5-point edge over Republican John McCain in the general election for president. The national survey of 1,113 likely voters, taken June 12-14, had a margin of error of 3 percentage Read More...

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Clinton Pledges 'Full Support" for Obama
June 10, 2008 6:15 PM by Frank Irving

In a speech in Washington June 7, Hillary Clinton announced the suspension of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and congratulated Barack Obama on his hard-fought victory. "I endorse him, and throw my full support behind him," Clinton Read More...

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Hill's Still in, But Bill's a Potential Problem
June 4, 2008 12:52 PM by Frank Irving

With a win in yesterday's Montana primary and the more significant public endorsements of Democratic superdelegates, Barack Obama easily moved past the count of 2,118 delegates needed to clinch the party's presidential nomination. The Associated Press Read More...

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As Obama Closes In, Will Clinton Concede?
June 3, 2008 2:34 PM by Frank Irving

According to an Associated Press (AP) tally, Barack Obama entered today's Montana and South Dakota primaries with 2,076 total delegates, 42 short of the number needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton has 1,917 delegates, Read More...

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