Matthew Michaels

Matthew Michaels has written 160 posts for Moodspins

NBC News’ Tim Russert Dies

I just opened this email and am completely shocked…
Subject: News Alert: Tim Russert Is Dead of a Heart Attack, His Family Says
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Friday, June 13, 2008 — 3:28 PM ET
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Tim Russert Is Dead of a Heart Attack, His Family Says
Tim Russert, the host of the NBC program “Meet the [...]

Ron Paul’s Presidential Bid Ends

It’s official: Ron Paul has ended his campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. President. He will now work to get his message out through the newly-formed Campaign for Liberty.

Barack Obama Takes Final Contest in Montana, is Presumptive Nominee

Barack Obama is for all intents and purposes the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. NYTimes.com has the numbers as 56% to 39% with 9% reporting as of 10:52pm ET… and as reported earlier, he’s passed the delegate threshold needed to go up against Republican John McCain in November.
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Hillary Clinton Wins South Dakota, Hasn’t Quit Yet

Hillary Clinton has won the South Dakota Primaries, with the NY Times having the totals as follows (updated 6/4/08 with 100% reporting):
Hillary Clinton: 54,179 votes, 55.3%, 8 delegates won
Barack Obama: 43,726 votes, 44.7%, 7 delegates won
With the same % reporting, John McCain wins the GOP contest with 70.1% of the vote (Ron Paul finished [...]

TV Networks (& McCain) Call it for Obama

We’ll have an update once SD and MT’s results are in, but unless something extraordinary happens between now and the conventions, it’s as close to official as you can get: Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) are the two major party candidates in the race to be 44th President of the United States… [...]

Associated Press: Obama Pretty Much Wins

According to the Associated Press, Illinois Senator Barack Obama “effectively clinched” the Democratic Presidential nomination today, based on a tally of pledged delegates, superdelegates and the minimum number of delegates he will add to his total today even if he loses both Montana and South Dakota Primaries. Here are the first few paragraphs of [...]

Hillary Wins in Puerto Rico; Two More to Go

Hillary Clinton won the Puerto Rican Primaries (results at NYTimes.com, 263,120 (68.4%) to Barack Obama’s 121,458 (31.6%) with 55 pledged delegates up for grabs (to be proportionally allocated). The final two contests are Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota!

Florida and Michigan Delegates to be Seated

Michigan and Florida delegates will be seated with half-votes at the Democratic National Convention this summer. Of course, people are still unhappy. Duh. The Associated Press has the full story.

McCain Takes Idaho; Paul Gets Over 23%

According to NYTimes.com, John McCain won Tuesday’s Idaho Republican Primaries. Here are the results…

Libertarian, Constitution & Other Third Parties Choose Candidates

With the Libertarian Party’s choice of Sunday of former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr as its candidate for United States President, following is an updated list of “third party” candidates who have registered with the Federal Election Commission for this year’s election, in alphabetical order (credit: Wikipedia)…

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