A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jun 2nd, 2008
It looks like Michigan’s and Florida’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be seated after all, but with ½ a vote each.
There are several problems with this compromise. First, because Barack Obama wasn’t even on the ballot in Michigan, they’ve basically had to guess how many delegates to assign to him. Second, the candidates […]
Posted in Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jan 16th, 2008
In the race for the Democratic nomination for president, Hillary Clinton did better in New Hampshire, which has a regular primary election, than in the Iowa caucuses. Granted, the sample size of two states is small, there are myriad possible reasons for the differences, and extrapolating from these results is probably not a good idea. […]
Posted in Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jan 15th, 2008
Until recently, I’d blissfully forgotten the right-wing venom and inanity that Bill and Hillary Clinton seem to inspire. But a column titled, Tear-jerking Americas chain by Kathleen Parker brought it all back. Aside from the general silliness of the focus on Clinton’s “tears” at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, and the lack of basically […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics on Jan 9th, 2008
I’m pleased that Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary, but not because I necessarily want her to be the Democratic nominee for president. I haven’t yet decided for whom I’m going to vote, or even yet figured out what one does at a caucus. Nonetheless, I’m pleased because Barack Obama won in Iowa, so […]
Posted in Election 2008, Politics on Jan 8th, 2008
Based on the recent news, one would think that Iowa and New Hampshire are single-handedly electing our next president — or at least nominating the candidate from each party. Sadly, that last notion might be true: Following the results of the Iowa caucuses last week, based on only a few hundred thousand people’s opinions, several […]