The Clinton Campaign has a growing problem: The media referees in the ring are itching to call the Democratic bout. First we got the big Kahuna, New York Times chief political sage Adam Nagourney, weighing in A1-style yesterday on Clinton’s diminishing chances to ever win the nomination. “If there is a road to victory for [...]

At the same time that those imprudently curious (or would that be curiously imprudent) State Department contractors were snooping around in Barack Obama’s passport files, the Department was also moving to make it easier for a lot more people, including foreign governments, to look at yours. Our colleague Brian Bennett has discovered: Under new guidelines [...]

There’s an interesting conversation going on in the comment thread to my Obama post below about what is hate speech and what it anger…and several commenters have also pointed out that Jeremiah Wright was quoted out of context when he talked about America’s “chickens coming home to roost” on 9/11. Yes and No. Wright was [...]

This in my email from CBS. I’ll post a link when I get one: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton her passport file was breached in 2007. This comes after similar news about Sen. Barack Obama’s file. UPDATE: Senator Clinton’s office just put out this statement: STATEMENT ON BREACH OF [...]

This from AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday apologized to Sen. Barack Obama for a security breach in which three State Department contractors inappropriately reviewed the Democratic presidential candidate’s passport file. The episode raised questions as to whether the actions of the three contractors, two of whom have been fired, were politically motivated. [...]

Lengthy, repetitive, and starring Andrea Mitchell. Did you know that we should count the votes? Notes after the jump, audio TK. Also, Phil Singer was en fuego! Quotes of the call: Singer: [Obama campaign] distributed photos of President Clinton shaking hands with Rev Wright within hours of calling for a high minded debate, well, Clinton [...]

Plugged as “Obama Campaign Conference Call to Discuss Clinton Campaign’s Pattern of Misleading Voters,” participants included David Plouffe and Greg Craig and, as per usual with Obamanians, it was short, tight, and sweet. Notes after the jump, audio ASAP. Quote of the call: Plouffe: Essential assertions of her candidacy have proven to be false… another [...]

Here are two theories about the Obama passport breach situation: 1. It was a witting attempt by an opposing political operative to flesh out the scurrilous Obama as Islamic Manchurian Candidate rumors–i.e. did he travel to rogue states like Libya, make a hajj to Mecca, spend a summer vacation as a mujaheddin in Afghanistan? There [...]