And which president from Ohio is pictured here? Why, it’s William McKinley. He was assassinated, possibly because the “Wonkette of the Era,” Hearst columnist Ambrose Bierce, wrote a funny poem for Cosmopolitan that possibly secretly suggested that a maniac should kill the president. Anyway, Hillary and Barack are still debating things! Let’s continue the liveblogging. MORE »

This could really be the last ever Obama v. Clinton televised debate, and it’s sure to be remembered for centuries to come, just like that Lincoln-Douglas debate about whether a Kenyan could ever be president or if a white woman could vote. Join your editors, starting at about 8:30 p.m. Eastern, as we mercilessly type things as Barack and Hillary do the talky-talk. As always, remember to stop by the liquor & ammo store on the way home from “work.” [Guardian]

Despite the sad, inexcusable comment outage during what was probably the last major debate of this long, terrible 2008 campaign, there’s still a whole lot of Texan “fun” tonight (and the comments work again, thank the Mormon Jesus). Here’s Part One and Part Two of our debate liveblogging live in Austin, and live coverage of various fancy and unfancy Texas Dem Parties is coming soon!

It’s another Fight Night tonight on the teevee, with Obama and Hillary debating again, this time from Austin (8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central, etc.) Our own Sara K. Smith will be with the Texas Democrats at the Fancy Debate Events and she will stalk O & H in Real Time! The rest of your editors will be slaving away over a hot laptop all night, so stop at the liquor store on the way home and join us for the Debate! [CNN]

Dilemma: Hawaii is so far away that everyone on the East Coast will die of alcohol poisoning before the caucus results are announced (at 7 p.m. Hawaiian Time and 1 a.m. Eastern Time). Also: Washington state Democrats have a primary, but the results don’t count. WTF? The solution is to pace yourself, maybe have a cup of (Irish) coffee between your “real” beverages of choice. Just like the Hillary campaign, we are in it for the long haul, we are fired up, even though we know, ultimately, that we will lose. MORE »

Primaries and caucuses every week, forever! Celebrate the horror tonight as we liveblog the proceedings from Wisconsin (polls close at 9 p.m. Eastern) and Washington (only counts for Republicans, 11 p.m. Eastern) and Hawaii (1 a.m. Eastern). Jesus, Hawaii is on the other side of the planet or something. No wonder people are so suspicious of this Barack Obama and his Great Shark God. Anyway, stock up on booze and guns and antibiotics and spend the night with Wonkette. [Seattle Times/Honolulu Star Bulletin]

Barack Obama is about to finally do that thing his campaign has sort of been implying he’s already pretty much done: Crawl ahead of Hillary in Actual Delegates. Yes he could, or something! Let’s watch the National Media totally ignore DC’s primary — what, nobody could afford exit polls for DC? — as we liveblog the current 9/11, which is the bad weather and ice-related traffic accidents in Maryland. MORE »

How many times have CNN reporters announced the results before the polls closed? We’ve heard Suzanne Malveaux mention offhand — at 6:58 p.m. — that Hillary’s campaign was congratulating Obama for winning the Potomac Primaries and she wanted to put the terrible day behind her. A few minutes later, Candy Crowley was in Wisconsin talking about how Obama won all the primaries — when only the Virginia polls had closed. It’s an outrage! Let’s find even more other stuff to yell about! MORE »

Still more primaries were held today in the nation’s war of attrition with voters. Who will win? Will it be The Momentum Kid or the World Class Change Agent? Are the Republicans still in this race, or have they dropped out yet? All will be revealed in just a few short hours. Stay tuned, and suffer with us!

There you go. Is it still exciting and inspiring? Or is it just more dull Barry on the Stump? Our liveblogging of the speech is here.

So many victories! So many stalemates! So many crushing losses! It’s like a Super Bowl every week, forever, between the same two teams. Barack Obama has some new “Obamentum” tonight, so let’s enjoy his latest speech which will either be a pretty impressive piece of political stagecraft or another worn-out Barry on the Stump. Wait, AP just reported Obama has yet another victory tonight — and it’s not even an actual state! MORE »