** CAMPAIGN FURBALL. The Republicans are now all in California, some campaigning, like Mike Huckabee and John McCain, all, including Mitt Romney, prepping for tonight’s debate at the Reagan Library.

The Democrats are spread out. John Edwards, of course, this morning (Pacific time) ended his long march to the White House with an eloquent speech relating [...]

7:15 PM — The Path Forward

John McCain has won a somewhat larger than expected victory in Florida. Here are the numbers with over three-fourths of the votes counted: John McCain 36%, Mitt Romney 30.9%, Rudy Giuliani 14.8%, Mike Huckabee 13.5%. It’s the first time McCain’s won a closed Republicans-only primary. And it came at the [...]

Game Day: Florida

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The Kennedys back Barack Obama in a huge American University
rally yesterday.

It’s game day in Florida, a pivotal primary in the Republican presidential race between John McCain and Mitt Romney. McCain had upward momentum in late tracking polls after faltering some a few days ago as Romney campaigned on growing economic insecurity. I’ll be [...]

** OBAMA LAUNCHES SPANISH LANGUAGE TV AD IN L.A. The Barack Obama campaign today is first to begin Spanish language TV advertising in California. Maria Elena Durazo introduced the ad on a media conference call. Durazo is chief of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and a longtime leader of UNITE HERE, the union [...]

We are very excited to announce that we will be carrying Bill Bradley’s New West Notes blog on THE COMMON GOOD site starting this month for up to date primary and election tidbits and commentary.
Non-Random Notes: Morning Update, And More Throughout Day With Forum

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Saying “the Bush economy is like a trap door” in this new ad, Hillary Clinton trails [...]

Dear Members and Friends,
Many of you have expressed avid interest in our meeting with Ambassador Imad Moustapha and we thank your strong and continuing support. Unfortunately, Ambassador Moustapha had to cancel the event because of a prompt return to Syria. We apologize for the inconvenience, but stay in touch as we have a great panel [...]