by Cenk Uygur [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

You have to give Hillary Clinton's team credit for one thing - they have masterfully played the perception game. It might have been all smoke...

by Andy Borowitz [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Hillary Clinton's latest game - when she's not busy saying that Barack Obama isn't a Muslim "as far as I know" - is tantalizing supporters with the idea that Obama could wind up as her vice-presidential choice on a so-called...

by Hooman Majd [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

While some have rightly deplored the Karl Rovian campaign tactic, few have suggested that very premise of the ad is pure fiction, or have wondered what exactly the hypothetical crisis might entail.

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Hillary Clinton appeared (via satellite from Texas) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the eve of the crucial Texas and Ohio primaries. The segment began on a humorous note before turning to campaign themes. Stewart opened the interview...

by J Ro [courtesy of MyDD]

The expectations game should be familiar to everyone by now. Typically, campaigns try and underplay their own expectations while hyping up the chances of their rival. This way, come election day when their candidate does "better than expected," they can claim victory while their rival, coming in under expectations, is handed a defeat. The vote totals don't seem to matter, it's all about expectations.

Hillary Clinton's advisers are no slouches when it comes to managing expectations, and they seem to be doing it more consistently as this primary season rolls along.

Both campaigns played the game back in the early primaries, but Clinton seemed to come out ahead. Especially before New Hampshire, a state that had pretty much always favored Clinton, the campaign made some downright gloomy predictions:

The tone out of the Clinton campaign was future-focused, a seeming recognition that the fight in New Hampshire is all but over. "With just five days, it was difficult to stop the wave out of Iowa," said deputy communications director Phil Singer. "Our crowds here have been enormous and the enthusiasm we've seen has been extraordinary. Regardless of outcome, it's onward and upward."

by HuffPost Liveblog [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

What kind of debate will this be? A hugs n' kisses lovefest or a no-holds-barred slugfest between one candidate riding high and the other desperate to pull herself back up?

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

With a week to go until the Texas and Ohio primaries, stressed Clinton staffers circulated a photo over the weekend of a "dressed" Barack Obama. The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat frontrunner fitted as a Somali Elder, during...

by Jennifer Nix [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

With Barack Obama's ten-state winning streak, and growing pledged delegate lead over Hillary Clinton, we are likely seeing the last gasp of the Clinton campaign in the run-up to the Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4th. If Senator Clinton...