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Media poobahs like Marc Ambinder and Jonathan Singer are just starting to pick up on the “magic number” meme. Once again, TPD was ahead of the pack.
MyDD :: Obama’s Magic Number: 283
Obama’s Magic Number: 283
by Jonathan Singer, Thu May 01, 2008 at 12:39:28 PM EST
This may be the first time that I’ve seen […]
So,when Fox tires of “We report, you decide!” they can use this slogan. (No charge.)
Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention - Glenn Greenwald
Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention
I think the most important thing to note about the Jeremiah Wright Story is that we’re a Nation plagued by exceedingly few significant problems; […]
Story behind the story: The Clinton myth - Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen - Politico.com
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.
Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That […]
Did ‘SNL’ Go Beyond the Pale With Fauxbama?
Now a variation on that theme has emerged: Is Fred Armisen, who is not African American, “black enough” to embody Obama on “Saturday Night Live”?
Debate over that question has been pinging around the Internet since Armisen, a veteran cast member, donned darker makeup to portray the Democratic candidate […]
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
As it happens, Obama does have substantive legislative achievements. I have written more about them here. A few highlights, all of which became law:
* Ethics Reform: Obama was the Senate’s point person on ethics reform, and sponsored or co-sponsored the bills that made up what the Washington Post called […]
From Chuck Todd, Can Barack Obama be stopped?
There’s no dispute anymore. Sen. Barack Obama is the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and he’s one win away from putting this race to bed.
A victory in either Ohio or Texas will probably drive Sen. Hillary Clinton out of the race. Victories for Obama in both states […]
Just making up a hypothetical example, suppose commenter David C. accused me of “being no stranger to the embraces of domestic pets and barnyard animals.”
I guess I could respond either:
1. “I did not have sex with that goat.”
or
2. “It is a shame that David C. has lowered his standards to engage in a hit and […]
Hillary on the press bus - Ben Smith’s Blog - Politico.com
Hillary stepped onto the parked press bus in Indianola for about 90 seconds to deliver bagels and coffee, and I’m not sure what this says about Clinton and the press — the chill, I think, comes from both sides — but it was a strange […]
Yesterday, Atrios offered:
My Iowa Prediction
While someone will come out on top, as with the polls the result will pretty much be a 3-way tie, and so this pointless contest given meaning only by the media will have even less meaning than usual, though that won’t stop them.
Today, Adam Nagourney said:
What if Iowa Settles Nothing for […]
McClatchy - U.S. convoys struggle to adjust to policy change
CAMP TAJI, Iraq — In the first month that they were in Iraq, someone threatened, shot at or tried to blow up the soldiers of the Kentucky National Guard’s B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery 12 times. Last month, there were only three such incidents.
But […]
In any Presidential election campaign whenever the lead changes at some point in the year before the summer conventions, and when more than two candidates are viable, the pundits and news junkies indulge their favorite wet dream: the brokered convention.
None Of The Above: GOP Heading To A Brokered Convention
The Republican Party primary so far […]
One of the favored themes of wingnut blogs is that the dreaded MSM either ignores good news about Iraq or buries it deeply in the back pages. Here’s just one example from Ace o’ Spades HQ:
Surge: Troop Deaths Down Two Thirds Since Last Year, Down 50% Since Last Month
Taking a page from the Washington Post, […]
Duke lacrosse players
Anna Nichole Smith
Don Imus
Digby saw him yesterday on CNN:
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what I can tell you from the outset, Suzanne, is that, say, for example, by some bizarre political miracle, Congress was able to impose a real time line, a real deadline on the U.S. presence here or on the funding for the war here. Now […]
Hot Air: CNN reporter denies heckling McCain; with updates
Supposedly he “heckled and mocked” McCain? Never happened. Allahpundit has been following this kerfuffle carefully and honestly:
I don’t see anything that looks like heckling or laughing. McCain and Graham are unperturbed and there are no interruptions. The second clip does cut out immediately after the press […]
