One could almost smell the quiet in the US presidential campaign at the weekend, as bad weather put the brakes on campaigning in America's Dairyland state of Wisconsin. Polls put Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton within 5 points in this state that could either (a) cement Obama's frontrunner status heading… read more…

On the Democratic side, a raft of new polls from Super Tuesday primary states came out yesterday, and they indicate that Barack Obama may be narrowing the gap on Hillary Clinton in some key Feb 5 contests. This set of polls — the first to be taken after Obama's landslide… read more…

Westmonster can't even seem to go out to lunch these days without another candidate dropping out of the U.S. Presidential race. Today, news comes that John Edwards is calling it quits, in a move that could have major consequences for the Democratic nomination contest. Edwards, who's been polling around 15… read more…

Michigan voters put their mitts on their ballots last night, with mildly surprising results on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the race. For the Republicans, Mitt Romney, left for dead a week ago after humiliating losses in Iowa and New Hampshire, had a convincing victory over (this week's)… read more…

Westmonster's as confounded as anybody else by the dissonance between last night's Clinton victory and the pre-election polls showing Obama with a double-digit lead. Was it the tears? Was it the piling on? Was it the women? Was it cocky Obama supporters not turning out to vote? We may never… read more…

Westmonster turns its head toward America today, as the big political story has Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee taking the Iowa Presidential Selection Caucuses on the Democratic and Republican sides, respectively. Democratic Senators Joe Biden (Delaware) and Christopher Dodd (Connecticut) dropped out of the… read more…

Is it us, or does Christmas come earlier every year? News has fallen off a cliff in the last 48 hours since the terrific excitement of Cleggers' election. And yes, we are including the announcement of the Cleggers "front bench team" (actually front-bench-and-a-bit-off-to-the-side team). BONG! He might not believe in… read more…