Barack Obama may be struggling to peel Democrats away from Hillary Clinton’s camp, but there is one segment of voters with which Obama appears to have, both statistically and anecdotally, a considerable advantage over Clinton and his other primary campaign opponents: disaffected Republicans. Jay Newton-Small just posted a smart piece on Obama’s appeal to erstwhile Republicans in red states like Nebraska and Oklahoma and purple ones like Kentucky and Virginia. Check it out.
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Our Pakistani Allies
In another demonstration of diplomatic silliness, the Pakistanis have convicted the doctor who helped us find Osama bin Laden of treason and sentenced him to 33 years in prison. This helps to clarify which side the Pakistanis are actually on. Hint: it’s not ours. I’ll have more about this in my print column tomorrow.
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Morning Must Reads: Revisited
- ”Uncommitted” and a perennial candidate gave Obama a run for his money last night in Arkansas and Kentucky primaries. It’s almost as if he might lose those states, which McCain won by about 20 points in 2008, this fall.
- A WSJ/NBC poll finds that very few people are familiar with or have an opinion about Bain Capital.
- We’ll indulge the private equity debate anyway: Here’s David Brooks, Tim Noah and Steve Rattner.
- It’s well worth re-visiting this New York magazine story from October.
