Over on Americano, I’ve just posted on Bill Clinton’s shot at redemption, the campaigns differing attitudes to the press and what they say and why North Carolina is so important to Obama. Check ‘em out.
Raleigh, North Carolina
For a long time, many observers have had tomorrow marked down as the day that the Democratic primary would end. It was thought, and rightly, that Clinton couldn’t survive a double-loss. But the conventional wisdom is now that Hillary will win Indiana and that she’s closing strongly on Obama in North Carolina. Certainly, Obama’s final event in North Carolina, which I was at earlier, was surprisingly low key and his campaign seems oddly flat on the ground. I’m off to a Bill Clinton event in a few hours and...
Reading Fraser’s posts about the odds on who will succeed Gordon Brown as Labour leader and whether he will be challenged this side of a general election, it struck me that we need to look for Labour’s Chris Huhne or John Redwood: someone who doesn’t have much chance of putting themselves into contention unless they steal a march on their rivals. To my mind, this rules out the Milibands, Purnell and Balls who all probably think that they are better served by waiting. I’d also put Jon Cruddas in this camp,...
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Being away from the States, I had not realised just how much Obama is now on the back foot. While Clinton and her surrogates seem, to borrow a phrase, fired up and ready to go in their TV appearances, Obama and his team appear weary and as if they wish this contest would end. Partly this is because Clinton has little to lose and so the pressure is off, but it is also a sign that the momentum is flowing in her favour.
A new poll out...
Over at the Spectator 180th anniversary blog, we're holding a mini-celebration of all things Boris. How did Our Man get on in post-Saddam Baghdad? What does he think of our Puritanical government? Find out here and here.
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