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/ 26 May 2008

Round one goes to Obama

So, round one of the 2008 foreign policy debate goes to … Barack Obama? Improbable as it seems, in the first direct rhetorical showdown of the general election campaign — over a question, foreign policy "toughness", that’s been a perceived Democratic weakness since Vietnam — it was the guy with the thin foreign policy resumé.

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/ 25 April 2008

Image conscious

The maths is still the maths. But after Hillary Clinton’s substantial win over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, the maths is now competing with the mo — that is, momentum. Even after Tuesday’s 10-point defeat, Obama still appears all but certain to finish the primary season with more popular votes and more pledged delegates than Clinton.

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/ 14 March 2008

Bully for you

Even after the turbulence he encountered last week, Barack Obama still seems the probable Democratic nominee for one simple reason. By June 8, all 54 primaries and caucuses will be completed. And on that morning Obama will, unless something really weird happens, be ahead of Hillary Clinton in the count of pledged delegates.