Reality

In the latest Gallup poll, Obama leads Clinton by 10, McCain leads Clinton by 4 and Obama by 3, because of Wright, not because Hillary is staying in the race.
New York Magazine:
Some senior members of Clinton’s campaign are also deeply convinced—beyond spin, beyond talking points, to their core—that Obama would be doomed against McCain. And [...]

Absolute Must Reads

Zuzu: Why calling out misogyny matters
Suburban Guerilla: Media Bias
Suburban Guerilla: Fair and Balanced
Shakesville: Take Your Boobs and Go Home Watch

The World is Watching and Wants More

Clinton-Obama Race Should Go All the Way:
An elder pro-Iraq War POW torture-victim turned leading Senator vs. either the first African-American or female candidate has the feel of a presidential election of a life-time — the kind that won’t be forgotten for a century. The race should go all the way to the Convention. Let it [...]

Stop the Madness!!

Hee hee, BDBlue.  Kentucky Democrats line up overnight for tickets to hear Sen. Clinton speak.  They exult in having a candidate come so close to “where [they] live” for the first time ever, as well as buy tickets for their friends and daughters because of the historic nature of the campaign.
What a travesty this campaign [...]

Clinton v. Obama - As told through mini-golf

I spent this week on the Gulf Coast of FL with my boyfriend, visiting my dad and stepmom. (They are snowbirds, but not those whose votes are currently in jeopardy.  Boo.)  I get my competitive streak from my dad, who loves sports and games, and taught me the fine arts of boasting, heckling and posturing.  [...]

It’s going past Denver

Josh Marshall:
Sen. Clinton gave a pretty astonishing interview to the Washington Post in which she appears to say she will stay in the race till the convention in August, where she will take her fight to the credentials committee to have the delegates from the non-sanctioned Michigan and Florida primaries seated. The convention of course [...]

Correction

RAW STORY: Party fears tight Obama-Clinton finish
CORRECTION: Obama supporters fear tight finish.

Statistical tie

Clinton and Obama are currently separated by 2% in total delegates, 1% in popular votes. Neither can reach 2025 so we will have a statistical tie. SDs should decide the nominee based on electability.

The Word

Tom Watson:
What’s happening to Hillary Clinton is a bad thing for the Democratic Party, and not just because this humble blogger believes she’d make a better president than Obama. And, you know, the infighting will not end until there is a legitimate nominee, basically accepted by both sides - and that cannot happen with either [...]

Advantage Hillary

Middleagemom:
Dear Senator Obama: Why do your campaign and its surrogates keep telling Hillary Clinton that she needs to drop out of the race? What are you afraid of – competing against a “girl”? Come on — don’t be a wimp!
Marc Ambinder:
Are there historical precedents? Well, Democrats like to count every vote. So — [...]