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Obama and the Black Vote: What Could Be the Start of a Key Trend

Barack Obama may be consolidating his support in the black community. This could be the beginning of a key trend.

The Significance of the New Des Moines Register Poll That Has Obama and Huckabee Ahead

This morning's latest numbers from the respected Des Moines Register poll, which voters in Iowa pay attention to: Obama: 28 Clinton: 25 Edwards: 23 Huckabee 29 Romney: 24 Giuliani: 13 The signficance: -- Romney is in trouble in Iowa. That isn't...

Krugman vs. Obama

Paul Krugman goes after Barack Obama: The Tote Board's take.

Tote Board Column -- 11/29 -- "Take It For Granite"

This week's column looks at why Hillary Clinton remains the strong favorite to do well in January and progress to the nomination.

Poll Indicates Obama Has a Real Problem with Working Class Voters

Last week, Graniteprof, a terrific website, had an interesting item on the latest Globe poll in New Hampshire. What he highlighted from the poll is that among voters with a high school education or less, Obama trails Clinton in New Hampshire by an astounding...

Oprah to Hit Campaign Trail Next Week for Obama

Oprah is hitting the campaign trail next week for Obama , which could be a huge asset. As we wrote in a previous Tote Board column , it's not simply that Oprah is a huge pop culture celebrity. It's that her constituency is roughly the same as...

A Poll Sure to Shake Up the Psychology of the Race If Nothing Else: ABC/Washington Post Poll Has Obama Ahead in Iowa

A new ABC/Washington Post poll has Obama ahead for the first time in Iowa since a Newsweek poll showed him with a similar lead in September. The results for the top three: Obama 30% Clinton 26% `` Edwards 22% The main import of the poll -- besides giving...

John Fund of the Wall Street Journal Claims to Identify the Nature of the Scandalous Information About Obama

According to a published report, John Fund of the Wall Street Journal claims to know the subject matter of the Clinton forces' "scandalous information" about Barack Obama, written about in Robert Novak's column on Saturday and defended...

The Mystery of Bob Novak's Column Claiming that the Clinton Forces Are Keeping the Lid on Scandalous Information About Obama

The web and political community are, predictably, buzzing about Robert Novak's column this morning that the Clinton forces have scandalous information about Barack Obama and have decide d not to use it. We'll leave it to others the question of...

Preview Of Tonight's CNN Democratic Debate: It's Still Primarily About Obama vs. Edwards With an Eye on Iowa

The Tote Board's preview of tonight's debate.

New New York Times Iowa Poll Is Just What Edwards Needs Going Into Thursday's Debate

Drudge has word that the New York Times will release new surveys in Iowa and New Hampshire tomorrow showing: IOWA Clinton 25% Edwards 23% Obama 22% NEW HAMPSHIRE Clinton 37% Obama 22% Edwards 9% Edwards was in serious danger of getting written out of...

A Poll That Was Overlooked: Does Obama Have A Potential Problem With White Catholic Voters?

The political community is buzzing about new polls that show Hillary Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire declining. But does an overlooked poll last week contain a different clue as to the possible outcome of the Democratic race in Iowa, New Hampshire, and...

Edwards Gains Iowa Endorsement But What's Equally Important is the Reason He Got It

"Iowans for Sensible Priorities" -- a group that claims it can send almost 10,000 adherents to the caucuses -- has endorsed John Edwards. A quote from the ABC dispatch: "There's a rhetoric gap with Obama," executive director Peggy...

Obama's Achilles Heel

Obama's Achilles heel: The Tote Board analysis.

In Latest NH Rasmussen Poll, Hillary's Lead Over Obama Shrinks to Ten Points

I n the latest Rasmussen New Hampshire poll , Hillary's lead to Obama has shrunk to ten points (34%-24%), compared with 16 points only two weeks ago. Polls mean little, if anything, by themselves at this stage. But what this poll will do is to energize... « First ... < Previous 2 3 4 5 6 Next > ... Last »