• “I can think of about four thousand people that will have no opportunity to attend that lecture.” [HuffPo] • “Over here on E Street, we’re proud to support Obama for President.” [Ambinder] • “It is a little bit disappointing to expect a detailed report on your work and to receive instead such a vague [...]

Joe, I agree with you about the likely (in)effectiveness of this kind of attack in a Democratic primary. What’s more, it may be more dangerous to the attacker than the attackee. I was talking yesterday to a high-ranking official from an organization that has endorsed Obama, who told me that their pollster had strenuously advised [...]

The Village Voice weighs in on the stars of the conservative blogosphere. Sample: Powerline features… dissertations on moral and political topics (“the Clinton-Gore lack of seriousness about issues”), personal essays (“Being a child of the ’50s, I don’t recall a time when Sammy Davis was not a celebrity . . .”), and the occasional attempt [...]

The poll fronted by the Washington Post today contains some really interesting results. But you wouldn’t know that by reading the article written about it, which focused almost exclusively on the less-that-breaking news that Democrats have what you might call a “trust issue” with Hillary. Here’s how it’s framed: “Most See Dishonesty: Poll Shows Erosion [...]

Greg Sargent over at TPM says that Clinton has gone to a 100% negative television strategy in Pennsylvania. Can’t say I’m surprised. But with a spate of recent polls showing Obama holding close to Clinton in Pa, it may be that this Republican-style “values” attack just doesn’t work with Democrats…We’ll see how hard she hammers [...]

First I read Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook, in which Laura Bush’s chief of staff revealed that the elaborate reception at the White House for Pope Benedict XVI was “a sign of the President and Mrs. Bush’s respect and love and friendship with the Holy Father.” I cringed. Then I heard Ed Henry on CNN inform [...]

Someone in Al Qaeda did not attach the coversheet to his TPS report: “I was very upset by what you did…I obtained 75,000 rupees for you and your family’s trip to Egypt. I learned that you did not submit the voucher to the accountant, and that you made reservations for 40,000 rupees and kept the [...]

Since I posted Hillary Clinton’s attack on Barack Obama last night, I figured it only fair to post Obama’s response, which takes the surprising route of replaying Clinton’s initial attack to defuse it. We see Clinton attack Obama, get jeered for it, and then we are told she is just more of “the same old [...]