Wyoming Caucus March 8 1. Obama (61%) 2. Clinton (38%)
Wisconsin Primary on February 19 1. Obama (58%) 2. Clinton (41%)
West Virginia Primary on May 13 (total of 39 delegates) Most recent polls: Mar 13: Clinton 55% Obama 27%
West Virginia Primary on May 13 (total of 39 delegates) Most recent polls: Mar 13: Clinton 55% Obama 27%
Washington Caucus on February 9 1. Obama (68%)
Virginia Primary on February 12 1. Obama (64%) 2. Clinton (35%)
Vermont Primary on March 4 1. Obama (60%) 2. Clinton (38%)
Vermont Primary on March 4 1. Obama (60%) 2. Clinton (38%)
Utah Primary on February 5 1. Obama (57%) 2. Clinton (39%)
Texas Hybrid on March 4 1. Clinton (51%) 2. Obama (47%) Obama won caucuses &most delegates
Tennessee Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (54%) 2. Obama (41%)
South Dakota Primary on June 3 (total of 23 delegates) No polls have been published
South Carolina Primary on January 26 1. Barack Obama (55%) 2. Hillary Clinton (27%) 3. John Edwards (18%)
Rhode Island Primary on March 4 1. Clinton (58%) 2. Obama (40%)
Rhode Island Primary on March 4 1. Clinton (58%) 2. Obama (40%)
Pennsylvania Primary on April 22 (total of 187 delegates) Most recent polls: Mar 31: Clinton 53% Obama 41% Mar 31: Clinton 47% Obama 42% Mar 31: Clinton 50% Obama 41%
Oregon Primary on May 20 (total of 65 delegates) Most recent polls: Jan 29: Clinton 36% Obama 28% Aug 15: Clinton 26% Obama 18%
Oklahoma Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (55%) 2. Obama (31%)
Ohio Primary on March 4 1. Clinton (55%) 2. Obama (44%)
North Dakota Caucus on February 5 1. Obama (61%) 2. Clinton (37%)
North Carolina Primary on May 6 (total of 134 delegates) Most recent polls: Mar 30: Clinton 38% Obama 51% Mar 27: Clinton 34% Obama 49% Mar 26: Clinton 34% Obama 49%
New York Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (57%) 2. Obama (40%)
New Mexico Caucus on February 5 1. Clinton (51%) 2. Obama (49%)
New Jersey Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (54%) 2. Obama (44%)
New Jersey Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (54%) 2. Obama (44%)
New Hampshire Primary on January 8 1. Hillary Clinton (39%) 2. Barack Obama (36%) 3. John Edwards (17%)
New Hampshire Primary on January 8 1. Hillary Clinton (39%) 2. Barack Obama (36%) 3. John Edwards (17%)
Nevada Caucus on January 19 1. Hillary Clinton (51%) 2. Barack Obama (46%) 3. John Edwards (4%) Obama won most delegates
Nebraska Caucus on February 9 1. Obama 68% Clinton (32%)
Montana Primary on June 3 (total of 25 delegates) Most recent polls: Dec 19: Clinton 29% Obama 17%
Missouri Primary on February 5 1. Obama (49%) 2. Clinton (48%)
Mississippi Primary on March 11 1. Obama (61%) 2. Clinton (37%)
Minnesota Caucus on February 5 1. Obama (67%) 2. Clinton (32%)
Michigan Primary on January 15 No delegates chosen 1. Hillary Clinton (55%) 2. Uncommitted (40%) 3. Dennis Kucinich (4%)
Massachusetts Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (56%) 2. Obama (41%)
Massachusetts Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (56%) 2. Obama (41%)
Maryland Primary on February 12 1. Obama (59%) 2. Clinton (36%)
Maryland Primary on February 12 1. Obama (59%) 2. Clinton (36%)
Maine Caucus on February 10 1. Obama (59%) 2. Clinton (40%)
Louisiana Primary on February 9 1. Obama (57%) 2. Clinton (36%)
Kentucky Primary on May 20 (total of 60 delegates) Most recent polls: Mar 30: Clinton 58% Obama 29%
Kansas Caucus on February 5 1. Obama (74%) 2. Clinton (26%)
Iowa Caucus on January 3 1. Barack Obama (38%) 2. John Edwards (30%) 3. Hillary Clinton (29%)
Indiana Primary on May 6 (total of 85 delegates) Most recent polls: Mar 31: Clinton 52% Obama 43% Feb 18: Clinton 25% Obama 40% Apr 03: Clinton 53% Obama 44%
Illinois Primary on February 5 1. Obama (64%) 2. Clinton (33%)
Idaho Caucus on February 5 1. Obama (80%) 2. Clinton (17%)
Hawaii Caucus on February 19 1. Obama (76%) 2. Clinton (24%)
Georgia Primary on February 5 1. Obama (66%) 2. Clinton (31%)
Florida Primary on January 29 No delegates chosen 1. Hillary Clinton (50%) 2. Barack Obama (33%) 3. John Edwards (14%)
Delaware Primary on February 5 1. Obama (53%) 2. Clinton (42%)
Delaware Primary on February 5 1. Obama (53%) 2. Clinton (42%)
D.C. Primary on February 12 1. Obama (75%) 2. Clinton (24%)
D.C. Primary on February 12 1. Obama (75%) 2. Clinton (24%)
Connecticut Primary on February 5 1. Obama (51%) 2. Clinton (47%)
Connecticut Primary on February 5 1. Obama (51%) 2. Clinton (47%)
Colorado Caucus on February 5 1. Obama (67%) 2. Clinton (32%)
California Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (52%) 2. Obama (43%)
Arkansas Primary on February 5 1. Clinton (69%) 2. Obama (27%)
Arizona Primary on February 5 Clinton (51%) Obama (42%)
Alaska Caucus on February 5 1. Obama (74%) 2. Clinton (25%)
Alabama Primary on February 5 1. Obama (56%) 2. Clinton (42%)
Hillary Clinton kept her promise to release her tax returns.
They are now available for inspection
here.
Last year the Clintons made about $22 million.
Here are some of the highlights of their returns from 2000 to 2007. All amounts are in thousands of dollars.
Item
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Salaries
200
155
150
656
158
145
150
150
Interest and dividends
13
190
105
43
181
387
564
485
Business income
8
15,668
9,177
6,164
15,690
12,325
12,253
10,545
Schedule E (royalties, partnerships, etc)
1,000
3,981
5,047
2,578
10,852
Presidential pension
153
167
172
176
180
184
187
Adjusted gross income
357
15,950
9,597
7,935
19,996
18,056
15,858
22,219
Gifts to charity
35
808
115
410
2,534
1,755
1,580
3,000
Barack Obama posted his
tax returns earlier.
One of the (many) great things about the Internet is that in the old days politicians would make a handful
of copies of their tax returns and give them to friendly reporters who would then cherry pick them and
publish only the good stuff (like the charitable deductions) and omit the bad stuff (like money made lobbying
for foreign governments). Now everyone can put on a green eyeshade and audit all the returns themselves.
If you want to let someone else do your auditing, there are stories in the
Washington Post,
NY Times,
LA Times,
USA Today,
and probably every other newspaper in the country (and in many foreign countries as well).
The $109 million the Clintons have made after leaving the White House is in great contrast to the Harry Truman
story, where after leaving the White House, Truman went back to live in his modest house in Missouri for the
rest of his life.
If you do your own data mining, you can discover all manner of interesting things. For example, what is
Hillary's last name? If you said "Clinton" you are wrong. She lists it as "Rodham Clinton." Many married
women use their maiden name as a middle name, not a last name and those who do use it as a last name
(in the U.S.) generally hyphenate it, as in Rodham-Clinton. Thus all the newspapers and Websites (including this one)
that talk about Obama and Clinton are really wrong :-( .
In alphabetical lists by last name, she should be filed under "R" yet the
official Senate
list of members
puts her under "C".
Here is the evidence.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported
yesterday that 80,000 jobs were lost in March, bringing the total number of lost jobs for the
year to 230,000. The politicians are busy scrambling for answers to people who are demanding they
do something. Most likely the Republicans will say we need tax cuts to stimulate the economy and
Democrats will say the government should create the jobs directly, for example, by rebuilding the
nation's crumbling infrastructure. This debate is going to go on all year and will be front and
center in the presidential and congressional election races.
Between a mortgage crisis, houses being foreclosed right and left, big-time job losses and
almost assuredly a recession this year, it is not a good time to be an incumbent.
Here are today's new primary polls. (Rodham) Clinton is leading in Pennsylvania and Indiana, probably in
the 5-10% range, as we have seen a fair amount of spread in these states in recent days.