The Service Employees International Union, one of the largest and most influential in the country, is said to be on the verge of throwing its support to Barack Obama, after earlier declining to endorse any candidate. And Congressman/Civil Rights Icon/Superdelegate John Lewis says he is* switching from Hillary Clinton to Obama: “In recent days, there [...]
• Audio of today’s conference call. A favorite bit: The assertion that Obama might be declining debates “because he thinks he’s winning.” Why, yes, I think that’s it. • “One Democratic operative said she can win on contrast ads ‘if it’s done correctly.’ The source added: ‘Think Mac vs PC ads. Huge attack ads, but [...]
How McCain will go after Obama: UPDATE: Good point, TomT. I believe that article applies to the primary. He’s open to accepting public in the general.
Andrew Sullivan says he is “heartbroken” over McCain’s vote against a Democratic proposal that would apply the Department of Defense Field Manual to the CIA. The Field Manual explicitly limits the kind of interrogation techniques the military can use; the CIA’s “alternate” techniques have, in the past, included waterboarding, sleep deprivation and “the cold cell.” [...]
That’s not the news, though. The news is that McCain is accepting it; it’s probably his least-wanted endorsement since Conrad Burns. Romney’ll need those fake Secret Service guys — on stage. UPDATE: McCain campaign points out that Romney’s delegates put McCain over the top. Ball’s in your court, Huck.
Barack Obama thought you could use some chocolate, among other things.
El Rushbo spent a good deal of time today venting about McCain senior adviser and ad guy Mark McKinnon reiterating his promise to quit the campaign should Obama receive the Democratic nomination. McKinnon first made that vow back in January of last year, when it seemed a largely academic issue. But yesterday on NPR, McKinnon [...]
Who are these people we’ve been hearing so much about? The DNC has put out a handy chart that gives us a list, updated as of yesterday. (PLEO stands for Party Leader Elected Official.)
In the issue of dead-tree TIME that comes out tomorrow, my story looks at the mistakes and miscalculations that put Hillary Clinton in the spot she’s in, and her efforts to retool her campaign for trench warfare.
