Saturday May 17, 2008
Latest Columns 
Wake up and smell the disenchantment
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Online Edition: Thursday, May 15, 2008 05:17 AM
Republicans face reality that there are now few safe seats in the House of Representatives
Edwards backs Obama's bid for president
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Online Edition: Thursday, May 15, 2008 04:22 AM
Endorsement erases West Virginia loss and further tightens the Illinois senator's grip on Democratic presidential nomination
Wake up and smell the disenchantment
Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:00 AM Page A14
The big news on Tuesday was not Hillary Clinton's win in the West Virginia primary. It was Travis Childers's win in the Mississippi First.The First Congressional District of Mississippi is, or was, a rock-ribbed Republican bastion; its incumbent representative had taken the district in the past seven elections. George W. Bush garnered 62 per cent of the vote there in 2004.
Edwards backs Obama's bid for president
Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:00 AM Page A1
John Edwards, one of the heaviest of heavyweights within the Democratic Party leadership, threw his support to Barack Obama last night, further tightening the Illinois senator's grip on the presidential nomination.
Clinton romps in W. Virginia, but who really cares?
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Online Edition: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 04:18 AM
This campaign's narrative has already been written by both the powerful pundits of the U.S. media she railed against, and by the leadership of the Democratic Party itself
Clinton romps in W. Virginia, but who really cares?
Published: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:00 AM Page A15
Hillary Clinton won huge in West Virginia yesterday, and it didn't mean a thing.Early returns showed the New York senator leading Barack Obama by 2-to-1 margins, the sort of blowout that, had this been an earlier contest, could have changed the narrative of the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama is taking on McCain despite what Clinton says
Published: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:00 AM Page A1
Some time over the weekend, depending on whose count you use, Hillary Clinton fell behind in the superdelegate count, laying to rest her last, best hope.Barring a cataclysm that no one even wants to imagine, Illinois Senator Barack Obama is now the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party.
Obama is taking on McCain despite what Clinton says
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Online Edition: Sunday, May 11, 2008 09:17 PM
Barring a cataclysm, Illinois Senator is the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee
A consensus has finally emerged: The end is nigh
Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 12:00 AM Page A19
With the Democratic universe finally unfolding as it should, the party's leadership can exhale at last.All sides now agree that the race for the presidential nomination will be decided by early June at the latest. Even Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman agrees.
A consensus finally emerges: The end is nigh
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Online Edition: Thursday, May 8, 2008 08:46 PM
North Carolina and Indiana have changed everything in the Democratic race for president
