Clinton will likely take the West Virginia and Kentucky primaries in a landslide
If these poll numbers are any indication, it’s all over but the crying for Barry O. as far as the upcoming West Virginia and Kentucky primaries are concerned.
Newsweek echos Obama campaign’s talking points, McCain camp responds
Newsweek’s Evan Thomas and Richard Wolffe wrote a piece this past weekend that sounded like something you’d find emphasized in the Obama campaign’s talking points handbook. Essentially, the piece talked about how the Obama camp would be prepared to counter the GOP’s “smear tactics,” implying that using such tactics, including the use of proxies in 527s to defeat opponents, was the only way the GOP knew how to win. The piece also suggests that legitimate issues, like Hamas’ endorsement of Senator Obama, are vicious “smears” against the rookie Senator from Illinois, a sentiment Obama apparently agrees with.
I think I’m gonna be sick
First off, I want to wish all the moms out there a very happy Mother’s Day. If you want to keep it happy, I’d advise you not watch the following video clip of females in Obama’s travelling press corps swooning over and oogling a jeans-clad Barack Obama on a plane:
WaPo joins the NYT in trying to manufacture a McCain “scandal”
Amanda Carpenter has the details on the WaPo story, and notes how an Obama surrogate in Oregon is playing “six degrees to the Keating Five” on McCain’s position on deregulation – while standing right next to Barry O:
Has Obama “lost his bearings”?
The LA Times Top of the Ticket blog reports that Obama stated at a campaign stop in Oregon yesterday that over the last 15 months he’s visited “57 states” (via Memeo):
ABC News: Obama has overtaken Hillary in the superdelegate race
According to ABC News’ calculations, more superdels support Obama now over Hillary (via Memeo):