Most analysts looking at the Democratic party’s remaining primary schedule conclude that it’s going to be very difficult for Hillary Clinton to surpass Barack Obama in elected delegates and popular vote if Michigan and Florida don’t hold new elections. Although Florida has already thrown in the towel, the Michigan situation is still unresolved. Senator Clinton knows the score. That’s why she’s speaking in Detroit today.
Sound Bite: “We need to either count the votes that have already been cast in Michigan and Florida or have new, full and fair elections so that we can have your voices and your votes counted.”
A sharp-eyed YouTuber puts up video reporting before the Florida election that Obama believed its delegates should be allowed into the convention and not disenfranchised by the party.
Mac is back indeed. Turns out John McCain can win an all-Republican primary and he reminds everyone he is a “conservative Republican” and was a “foot shoulder in the Reagan revolution.” He also has nice things to say about his opponents, even Mitt Romney.
Sound Bite: “In one week we will have as close to a national primary as we’ve ever had in this country. I intend to win it and be the nominee of our party. ”
It’s primary day in the Sunshine State and Rudy Giuliani makes his case to Floridians one last time: he’ll cut taxes, he’ll reduce spending, he’ll back the National Catastrophe Fund, etc.
Compared to the last Democratic debate, the Republican get-together in Boca Raton, FL last night was a downright lovefest. Here are the candidates’ views on Iraq:
Romney: “The plan that President Bush and General Petraeus put together is working.”
Giuliani: “America is in a war — an Islamic terrorist war against us. America has to succeed in Iraq.”
McCain: “It was worth getting rid of Saddam Hussein.”
Huckabee: “Just because you didn’t find every Easter egg didn’t mean that it wasn’t planted.”
In this 30-second spot running in Florida, Rudy Giuliani promises to “jumpstart” the economy with the “biggest tax cut in modern history.” (Looks like Rudy better “jumpstart” his campaign in Florida or he’ll be out of gas.)
