Archive for June 2008
Obama vs. McCain: Five Months Out
Although Election Day is nearly five months away, the vast number of state polling conducted in recent weeks makes it difficult to resist assessing the current lay of the land in the general campaign matchup between Barack Obama and John…
Read MoreSmart Politics Interviews Minnesota Monitor
Last December, Smart Politics interviewed Michael Brodkorb, author of the high profile conservative blog Minnesota Democrats Exposed. We now turn the spotlight on a journalistic voice of the political left, Minnesota Monitor. Minnesota Monitor is a popular online newsmagazine that…
Read MoreLive Blog: Montana Primary
9:00 p.m. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC have all called the state of Montana for Barack Obama. Obama ends the primary campaign with victories in 29 states, plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, and Guam. Obama also won the…
Read MoreLive Blog: South Dakota Primary
8:00 p.m. CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News have all called Barack Obama the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, having culled together enough superdelegates today and enough votes (> 30 percent) in South Dakota. 8:06 p.m. (9% reporting) Clinton =…
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Smart Politics was redesigned in Summer 2008 by Graham Lampa. Smart Politics header image of the Minnesota State Capital courtesy of flickr user tboard and used under a Creative Commons license. Smart Politics logo by Heidi Sandstad, Graphic Designer….
Read MoreSouth Dakota and Montana Preview; ARG Finds Clinton Up 26 Points in SD
Even as Hillary Clinton racked up victories in Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Puerto Rico, political analysts (echoed by cable news anchors) forecasted the final presidential primary contests on June 3rd (South Dakota and Montana) as “Obama states.” This…
Read MoreWould Pawlenty Deliver Minnesota to McCain As VP Nominee?
Minnesota Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty has been one of just a handful of names floated by the media and Republican strategists over the past year as a potential Vice Presidential running mate to John McCain. The national attention on…
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