http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/ en 15 Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:17 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 120 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A combination of the unending Democratic presidential race (which now appears at an end) and the special election woes of House Republicans have combined to push 2008's U.S. Senate races to the back burner. But they've not been forgotten by... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/friday_senate_line_5.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/friday_senate_line_5.html Eye on 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:17 -0400 Even as the debate over whether Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) age -- he will be 72 on Election Day 2008 -- is a legitimate campaign issue rages on, a group of Democratic operatives are out with a campaign jingle that... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mccains_age_and_the_power_of_a.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mccains_age_and_the_power_of_a.html Eye on 2008 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:40:00 -0400 Two interesting things have happened over the last month that threaten to drastically reshape the political landscape for the fall. First, Republicans lost their second and third special elections of the cycle in congressional districts that gave President George... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/fixcam_professor_fix_on_republ.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/fixcam_professor_fix_on_republ.html Eye on 2008 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:40:00 -0400 Progressive Media USA, the group organized to be the main soft-money advertising vehicle for Democrats in the fall, will dramatically scale back its efforts in deference to the wishes of the party's presumptive nominee. "Progressive Media will not be running... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/democratic_media_group_scales.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/democratic_media_group_scales.html Democratic Party Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:19 -0400 "I am in this race because I believe I am the strongest candidate. ... The White House is won in the swing states and I am winning the swing states." -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) during her victory speech... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/is_clinton_right.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/is_clinton_right.html Eye on 2008 Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:45 -0400 Former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) decision to endorse Sen.Barack Obama's (Ill.) presidential candidacy is sure to draw wall-to-wall media coverage over the next 12 hours or so. Barack Obama, right, is joined by former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, at... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/edwards_endorsement_what_it_me.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/edwards_endorsement_what_it_me.html Eye on 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:35:00 -0400 Former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) will endorse Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ending a long period of neutrality for the two-time presidential candidate and giving the Illinois senator another boost of momentum as he draws ever... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/edwards_to_endorse_obama.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/edwards_to_endorse_obama.html Eye on 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:35:00 -0400 Another primary night is in the books. But for once, it was a House race -- a special election in Mississippi -- not the presidential contest that served to surprise. Hillary Rodham Clinton won a massive -- albeit expected --... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/winners_and_losers_of_mountain.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/winners_and_losers_of_mountain.html Eye on 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:56:28 -0400 This is the first installment of a new occasional, collaborative feature between The Fix and Capitol Briefing. When interesting political news happens, we'll exchange a series of e-mails offering (we hope) trenchant analysis of "what it means" along with some... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/what_does_it_mean_miss_special.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/what_does_it_mean_miss_special.html House Wed, 14 May 2008 12:25:00 -0400 Hillary Rodham Clinton's convincing victory over Barack Obama Tuesday in West Virginia's Democratic primary virtually ensures that she will remain in the race through the formal end of the nomination fight in June, despite her decidedly long odds of winning... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mapping_out_obamas_next_21_day.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mapping_out_obamas_next_21_day.html Eye on 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:36 -0400 Following Sen. Hillary Clinton's (N.Y.) convincing victory tonight in West Virginia she delivered a defiant speech in which she insisted that the outcome of the Democratic nomination fight remained very much in doubt. "I am more determined than ever to... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/clinton_not_going_anywhere_any.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/clinton_not_going_anywhere_any.html Eye on 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0400 House Democrats won a conservative northern Mississippi House seat in a special election tonight, a victory certain to send shock waves through the ranks of congressional GOPers. The Associated Press called the race for Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/democrats_win_mississippi_spec.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/democrats_win_mississippi_spec.html House Tue, 13 May 2008 22:15:00 -0400 UPDATE, 7:35 pm: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won a convincing victory over Sen. Barack Obama in West Virginia, a win blunted somewhat by the steady stream of superdelegates coming out in favors of the Illinois Senator over the last... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/clinton_seems_head_to_west_va.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/clinton_seems_head_to_west_va.html Eye on 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:20:00 -0400 The Democratic presidential nomination fight continues on without end, but attention is beginning to shift to the prospects of a general election battle between Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and John McCain (Ariz.). A new poll conducted by the Washington Post... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mccain_vs_obama_by_the_numbers.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/mccain_vs_obama_by_the_numbers.html Eye on 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:00:00 -0400 Down about the fact that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) remains in the Democratic presidential race despite Sen. Barack Obama's status as the presumptive nominee? Look on the bright side: the longer Clinton stays in the race, the more official... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/west_virginia_primary_predicti.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/west_virginia_primary_predicti.html Eye on 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400