Thursday open thread
Will check back in later tonight to catch up a bit.
Must-read of the day
TV writer Cinque Henderson writes an insightful piece in The New Republic titled “Maybe We Can’t – The black case for Obama-skepticism.” In it, he talks about the fact that he is a minority within the minority – a black man who supports Hillary Clinton, and points out, as other writers (including yours truly) have, about how the Obama campaign played the race card in SC. He also slams Obama himself for his race speech in Philadelphia. Snippets:
What will happen with John Edwards’ pledged delegates?
That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds this morning. Avi Zenilman at Ben Smith’s Politico blog has the answer:
Infighting within the infighting going on amongst liberals
The feminist group Emily’s List blasted NARAL today for supporting the male candidate over the female candidate:
His Royal Phoniness endorses Barack Obama (UPDATE: OBAMA APOLOGIZES FOR “SWEETIE” COMMENT)
Trying to help him out with working class white voters, perhaps? The AP reports (via Memeo):
What he said
Hey ya’ll – having another busy day but wanted to link up quickly to this post written by the Captain where he analyzes last night’s Democrat win in what had been known to be a GOP stronghold in District 1 in MS. I think Ed’s post accurately sums up the dire straits the GOP finds itself in.