David Plouffe personally writes me to explain! It’s after the jump! UPDATE: What? YOU MEAN HE WASN’T WRITING ME PERSONALLY? Shoot. And here I had thought Barack and Michelle were also my pen pals. You think they didn’t appreciate the crock pot I sent them for Christmas? And, fwiw, I’m not as scared of numbers [...]

Seriously, I was just about to post about something complete un-hope-related, then I got this from the Obama folks: Obama Wins Delegate Fight in Texas AUSTIN — Obama Texas State Director Adrian Saenz issued a statement on the projected primary and caucus results that show Senator Obama won more Texas delegates than Senator Clinton. “By [...]

The Pentagon is arrthymic with rumors about the fate of David Petraeus and who will replace him in command of the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The latest scuttlebutt has Petraeus moving on up to NATO command in the late autumn, possibly after the election. Those who like Petraeus believe this will be a prelude [...]

Most of the TV commenters noted the “swiftest possible conclusion” passage of John McCain’s acceptance speech last night: We are in Iraq and our most vital security interests are clearly involved there. The next President must explain how he or she intends to bring that war to the swiftest possible conclusion without exacerbating a sectarian [...]

Listen for yourself here. [Link opens an MP3 file directly, to save to your computer, right click and select "download" from the contextual menu.] P.S. I appreciate the thanks you’ve been giving me for getting these audio files to you, but the mad props for the idea of recording them should go to The Page-ians, [...]

It’ll be at 1pm EST, and I’ll be on it. Once again, if you have suggestions for questions to ask senior adviser David Axelrod, put ‘em in the comments. You can read up on what Axelrod’s spin/plan/guess/hope is for the campaign here. A pre-narrowed Google search here. He is probably the most nebbishy guy ever [...]