I am stimulated

Congress has decided to add $168 billion to the deficit over two years so they can rush rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers plus $300 per child. This harebrained scheme will neither avert recession nor do anything other than exacerbate the economic...

Donors

Hillary loans her campaign $5 million as some of her staff starts working for free. Not a good financial indicator in a major campaign. Meanwhile Obama challenges donors to match Hillary’s $5 million, and they top it in less than a day. (Full disclosure: I...

More than good enough

A more accurate delegate count emerges, and lo and behold, Obama wins Super Tuesday! Obama’s people think they have nine to 14 more delegates than Clinton from yesterday and of course they won most of the states and played strongly elsewhere. Overall, Obama now...

Good enough

Obama wins Alaska, Alabama, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and Utah. That, plus being competitive enough in the states Clinton won should leave the delegate count from Super Tuesday about...

Fundraising, Super (Duper?) Tuesday & McCain

Obama raised $32 million in January, a number that his campaign has hardly been quiet about. The rumors I hear indicate that Clinton raised roughly $10 million, and the comparative silence from her side would seem to confirm a lower figure. If true, Feb. 5 becomes...