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1. Campaign Desk

   The Inestimable Popular Vote Estimates

   May 2, 2008 08:37 AM

   On April 23, Hillary Clinton, with a net gain of 214,000 Pennsylvania votes in her back pocket, set off an election firestorm by claiming she had slipped ahead of Barack Obama in the popular vote total. “I’m very proud... Continue reading

2. Darts and Laurels

   Dart to the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Triblocal.com

   May 1, 2008 09:00 AM

   Dart to the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Triblocal.com for shoveling dodgy online content into print. In April 2007, the Tribune Company launched Triblocal.com, a Chicago Tribune-affiliated suburban news site with a small reporting staff and a big appetite for user-produced... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   NYTimes schools Post, Sun on Arabic School

   April 28, 2008 03:47 PM

   The New York Times’s Andrea Elliot, who won a Pulitzer last year for a series profiling a Brooklyn mosque, turned in a heartbreaking article this morning detailing how a local educator was drummed out of her chance to be... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   There’s Always Hope In Hillaryland

   April 23, 2008 10:32 AM

   It’s hard to look at Clinton’s ten-point victory in Pennsylvania and not see something. But at the same time, as the Obama campaign was quick to point out, that margin doesn’t do anything to change the delegate fundamentals. While... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Pennsylvania Vox Pop

   April 22, 2008 07:28 PM

   To get a sense of how Pennsylvania voters got their news and information about the state’s primary, I did spot interviews with twenty or so voters outside of three polling places in very different communities. I started the morning in... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Pennsylvania’s Great Expectations Game

   April 22, 2008 08:51 AM

   Whether it’s a race for governor, senator, mayor, or city council, in the U.S. it’s usually pretty easy to determine who’s won—count the votes, see who has more, and call it a day. Tuesday’s primary is not so simple. Hillary... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   The Keystone State?

   April 18, 2008 05:04 PM

   One thing’s for sure: the Pennsylvania Democratic primary matters to Pennsylvanians. Since the last election, over 160,000 people have registered as Democrats. Reporters describe unprecedented enthusiasm among voters. So it’s no surprise that candidate appearances regularly pop up on... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   The Post-Gazette Backs Barack

   April 17, 2008 08:47 AM

   On Monday, Hillary Clinton strode into the Pittsburg Post-Gazette’s downtown offices for an hour-and-fifteen-minute meeting with the paper’s editorial board. She sat next to John Robinson Block, the paper’s co-publisher and editor in chief, on well-worn, tasseled couch. On... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Bilal Hussein to be freed. Really!

   April 15, 2008 02:55 PM

   I’m ecstatic to be proven wrong. Bilal Hussein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Iraqi Associated Press photographer who was detained by U.S. forces in April 2006 will be set free tomorrow. Last week, after a prolonged detention and a series of... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Obama’s Ignored Bundlers

    April 11, 2008 01:14 PM

    When news broke on Tuesday that Barack Obama claimed his campaign had created a “parallel public financing system” by raising millions in small donations—and that those picayune donors would have, in his words, “as much access and influence over... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Quote me once, shame on you. Quote me twice…

    April 10, 2008 05:23 PM

    Wow. So, last month, you’ll remember, Samantha Power resigned from her perch as an Obama foreign policy adviser shortly after telling a Scottish newspaper that she felt Hillary Clinton was “a monster—and that’s off the record.” The reporter thought otherwise,... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    And That’s the Rest of the Story…

    April 10, 2008 03:33 PM

    Wondering what Mitt Romney is up to today? Oh, don’t lie. Sure you are! Paul Harvey, the 89-year-old radio host who just oozes heartland in his folksy, twice daily news and comment broadcasts, is taking a couple of weeks... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Pulitzer-Spurned Editorialists Speak

    April 10, 2008 02:08 PM

    When the Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, there was a curious gap: No award was given for editorials. There were, of course, plenty of entrants. And there were three finalists. But in the end, the prize board didn’t name... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    Charges Against AP’s Hussein Dismissed

    April 9, 2008 06:27 PM

    A headline like that would seem to be very good news for The Associated Press, which has been working to free Bilal Hussein, the wire’s Pulitzer prize-winning Iraqi photographer, from U.S. custody for over two years. The Army has... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    The Superdelegate Black Box

    April 4, 2008 02:38 PM

    As the Democratic contest sputters along, race watchers have become uneasy friends with a ballpark set of delegate numbers: It takes 2,025 to win; Obama’s about 150 total delegates ahead of Clinton; of the 795 superdelegates, about 330 or so... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Say It Ain’t Joe!

    April 3, 2008 11:07 AM

    Recently, I’ve found chatty “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough to be just as serviceable as any other MSNBCer. But it’s easy to forget that the man was once the very definition of a partisan gunslinger. So this Village Voice... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    A Super Mess

    April 3, 2008 10:19 AM

    On Tuesday, The New York Times ran a by-the-book campaign roundup: McCain spoke in his family’s hometown, Clinton channeled Rocky, and Obama picked up the endorsement of Senator Amy Klobuchar. Tucked in all of that was this paragraph: Mr.... Continue reading

18. Behind the News

    Newsflash: HUD Scandal Broke Last Fall

    April 1, 2008 04:20 PM

    Yesterday, Alphonso Jackson, Bush’s HUD secretary, resigned. “His tenure,” as the AP put it, was “tarnished by allegations of political favoritism and a criminal investigation.” On February 4, The Washington Post began a series of embarrassing articles based on public... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    The Inevitable Chelsea Shield

    April 1, 2008 12:01 PM

    There’s much chatter today that Chelsea Clinton, while headlining a North Carolina State campaign event for her mother, was once again asked about l’affaire Lewinsky and how it affects her mother’s candidacy. And once again, she briskly dismissed the questioner.... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    When Sports Metaphors Overstay

    March 31, 2008 02:52 PM

    Just like the Clinton campaign, it does not appear that CNN planned for a contest lasting past February. So, seeing how it's all baseball season now, isn't it time to move on from "Ballot Bowl" graphics? Thanks. Continue reading

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