Day February 5, 2008

Obama, Clinton delegate counts

TPM is reporting the delegate counts appear to be split even while Andrew Sullivan just blogged Obama might be ahead. It’s the delegate counts, not the votes, that really matter.

McCain and Huckabee tonight

Most the states McCain has been winning are states that go Democratic in the general election.  So, McCain is actually even weaker than his anemic numbers show. Couple that with Huckabee’s unexpected strength and the Republican race seems to be…

Stock market down big today

The ISM number was the reason. It measures the service sector. Anything less than 50 signals contraction. Last month was it was 54.4. The expected number was 53. Instead, it was a devastating 44.6. The service sector contracted sharply and…