Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. just sent out this press release:
Thomas Withholds Endorsement of Democratic Presidential Candidate to Highlight District, Ward Issues
Washington, DC – Ward 5 Councilmember Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. announced today that he will refrain from officially endorsing either Democratic presidential candidate until he can discuss with each their positions statehood rights [...]

This morning, the Post and the Examiner both got wise to the intrigue of the D.C. Democratic delegate count—or at least the question of Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr.'s presidential loyalties.
To recap: Thomas had been an avowed Hillary Clinton supporter for months. Last Thursday, he ran for one of two unpledged add-on delegate spots and won, [...]

In a town where Barack Obama got better than 75 percent of the vote, this wasn't supposed to happen. But it did anyway: Hillary Clinton picked up an extra District delegate to the Democratic National Convention last night. For that, Obama supporters have only their own to blame.
The D.C. Democratic State Committee met in the [...]

Four years ago, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans narrowly missed getting a trip to the Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Howard Dean. This time around, the rules changed and, since the primary, everyone thought Evans was in like Flynn.
Well, not so fast.
Two delegate spots are reserved for what are called PLEOs—party leaders and [...]

Hillary supporter goes way off message: This was just too funny not to link. Slate has the scoop. A Clinton loyalist confesses that Obama will be the next president!–Jason Cherkis

This morning's story by the Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni appears to foretell doom for the Democratic Party.
Bellantoni hangs her story on a new Gallup poll showing that 28 percent of Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters would vote for McCain in November if their gal doesn't get the nom; 19 percent of Barack Obama supporters would [...]

Fresh from his mea culpa, BC was in my old stomping ground in PA recently (East High, Erie, to be exact), declaring that he:
a) "Loves this election" because
b) "I don't have to be against anybody." He also likes
c) "all the Democrats that ran." Heck, he even
d) "likes the ones that aren't running anymore." (Yo, John [...]

Small-time politicians, be nice to those small-time young reporters. So, what if their newspapers are twelve pages long, and part of some community chain? That won't matter when they're dissecting your character eight years later.If there's a moral to this story in Houston alternative weekly, the Houston Press, it might be that. Much has [...]

During every pre-debate punditathon, the talking heads all morph into Don King. Presidential debates aren't debates–they're fights. It's an old criticism, sure. But one thing I noticed is that Chris Matthews and Co. clamor for a Where's the beef-you're-no-Jack-Kennedy-moment. They all remember these zingers as having a huge impact. They had a wow factor that [...]