How Obama Won and Clinton Lost

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor A year ago, Hillary Clinton was 30-points ahead over any rival in the Democratic primary. She had outraised everyone at that point by more than a two to one margin. She had...

Continue reading "How Obama Won and Clinton Lost"

June 3, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1022)

Hope vs. Fear

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor So, Barack Obama slowly moves towards locking up the nomination and begins to turn his sights on John McCain. McCain has a big week with denunciation of conservative pastors, release of medical...

Continue reading "Hope vs. Fear"

May 27, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (460)

End Game: Clinton's Exit Strategy

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor In the aftermath of the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic primaries, I have at least one observation having watched the results and Hillary Clinton's speech. What do President Bush and Hillary clinton...

Continue reading "End Game: Clinton's Exit Strategy"

May 7, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (545)

Wright Way or the Right Way: What Obama Needs to Do Now

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor So, let's focus on Barack Obama and his campaign and see where things stand in aftermath of latest Rev. Wright events. First, what Rev. Wright has done in last few days is,...

Continue reading "Wright Way or the Right Way: What Obama Needs to Do Now"

April 30, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (105)

Lessons from a Tough Campaign

As we head into the debate this week in Pennsylvania -- only a week from the Democratic primary there -- let’s take a look at lessons learned this week in this rough and tumble campaign. Hillary Clinton was again hounded...

Continue reading "Lessons from a Tough Campaign"

April 14, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (67)

Does Experience Really Matter?

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC New Political Contributor At a time when Hillary Clinton falls further and further behind in the delegate count to Barack Obama, and the chances of her winning the Democratic nomination look more and more like...

Continue reading "Does Experience Really Matter?"

April 8, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (150)

Electability in November?

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor There has been much discussion in the 2008 presidential campaign especially as it relates to the Democratic nomination process. And there seems to be a concerted effort by the Clinton campaign to...

Continue reading "Electability in November?"

March 24, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (336)

Opinion: Carrie Underwood Time

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor Ok, so there has been a ton of discussion on delegates and race and surrogates in the Democratic race, I want to move on to a different topic though it is political...

Continue reading "Opinion: Carrie Underwood Time"

March 17, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (19)

Race, Religion, Gender Didn't Matter

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News contributor So, it looks like after Tuesday's contests in Ohio and Texas Barack Obama is about to turn from likely to inevitable nominee. Going into the March 4th primaries the best we can say...

Continue reading "Race, Religion, Gender Didn't Matter"

February 28, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (177)

Team Clinton Faces Fielder's Choice

What happens when a baseball team near the end of a season goes 0-10 and each is loss is by an ever increasing lopsided margin? New strategies are employed during the losing streak to try and win -- change the...

Continue reading "Team Clinton Faces Fielder's Choice"

February 21, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (188)