Late Nite H1K: Hillary’s Zodiac Profile

I’m reading my copy of The Secret Language of Birthdays. Here’s what it says about people born on October 26, Sen. Clinton’s birthday (excerpts):
Those born on October 26 have a talent for reforming, reorganizing and running all sorts of organizations…Usually filling a leadership role or at the very least an important advisory position, those born [...]

This is how you take on FOX

Dems prefer Hillary

Devastating news for Obama today. The FOX News poll says Obama’s favorability rating dropped. 48% of Democrats think Clinton has a better chance of beating McCain compared to 38% for Obama, a significant shift from March when Democrats thought Obama had a better chance. Democrats continue to prefer Clinton as the nominee, 44%, compared to [...]

This is what momentum looks like

MyDD:
With six days until next Tuesday’s Indiana and North Carolina primaries, Hillary Clinton seems to have translated her win in Pennsylvania into a real shift in momentum, a somewhat surprising turn of events considering this race has been largely momentum-proof. It began with a shift in the media narrative following her win from “what is [...]

Unity

A fake solution to the false problem of “excessive partisanship.” Ponies for everybody!

Battling bloggers like Sharks and Jets

James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
Obama and Hillary supporters faced off like the Jets and the Sharks. The rancor was disproportionate in intensity and extravagant in invective, a fervor worthy of ancestral foes. Months-old grievances seethed and erupted as if they had been bubbling for centuries in a lake of bad blood.

Barack Obama For Vice President

NYCWeboy:
I’ve spent the last few days wrapping my mind around how to think about the endgame in this primary race. I think it needs to be said because I think someone needs to figure out how to end this gracefully, if, as it now appears, Hillary Clinton’s general upswing since March 5th becomes an inexorable [...]

The media’s unprecedented drive to decide the primary

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters:
The media’s get-out-now push is unparalleled. Strong second-place candidates such as Ronald Reagan (1976), Ted Kennedy, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, and Jerry Brown, all of whom campaigned through the entire primary season, and most of whom took their fights all the way to their party’s nominating conventions, were never tagged by the [...]

Who would Eleanor endorse?

Robin Gerber, author of Eleanor vs. Ike, expert on Eleanor Roosevelt, a champion of both women’s rights and civil rights:
I believe Eleanor Roosevelt would endorse Hillary Clinton because she is the more prepared, knowledgeable and experienced candidate. Eleanor was a practical and focused person. She said, “It’s as easy to plan as it is [...]

This just might be the most important day of your life

says Heidi Li’s Potpourri:
All money that reaches Senator Clinton’s campaign by midnight Eastern time today April 30 will have particular impact on the race going forward. So whether it is five dollars or fifty dollars, you get more bang for your buck if you donate by midnight tonight.
Go here, and give what you can! [...]