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.)
Hillary Clinton and the Firewall Strategy
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.
Rush Talks to “the Enemy”
I did a Q&A with the titan of talk radio this morning. We discussed his not-so-secret plan to assist John McCain, his complaint that the MSM don’t understand what motivates him and what his show might be like if a Republican he doesn’t support were to win the White House.
Tell Me This Is A Joke
Or if there’s medication to stop… the … cringing…
Ambivalence, Shaking, Pimps!
• “I’m ambivalent on torture.” [C&L]
• “I’m shaking even talking about it again. I feel like I got his stink on me. To have someone bring you to a height of your anger and frustration, and to be shot down that way – it was a pivotal moment for me. It became the impetus for making this record so political.” [TP]
• “White
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SwampCast: McCain by the Numbers
With a special guest host.
Obama Claims the (Thorny) Crown
His blowout victories yesterday in the Potomac Primaries have prompted Barack Obama’s campaign to finally embrace his frontrunner status. After weeks of downplaying expectations, even before contests where he led in the polls by 20+ percentage points, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe today said: “We believe that it’s next to …
Underplayed Story of the Day
Nearly lost in all the presidential primary news is the fact that two longtime congressional incumbents in Maryland–one of each party–were defeated by primary challengers who had big assists from outside organizations and the netroots. It’s the first time this has happened in this election cycle, but perhaps not the last:
Maryland
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Virginia Turning Point?
One of the meta-themes of the Democratic race has been the inability of either candidate to poach heavily from his/her opponent’s most reliable voting blocs. Virginia — a primary, mind you — seems to be ending that narrative. Exit polls show Obama won majorities of women voters, white male voters, voters earning under $50,000 and …
SwampCast: Hillary is the New Rudy
Filmed (“filmed”?) in the MSNBC green room. Meta!
Obama v the GOP, on Policy
That GOP pal weighs in to further the “we’re not afraid of Obama” meme:
General elections aren’t Democratic primaries. Voters [vote on] their physical and economic security. Republican arguments typically appeal to more voters on those two issues… On national security, obviously, where we will have a considerable advantage, and on the
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Potpourri! Smoke! Peppers!
• “The Senate today … will vote to legalize warrantless spying on the telephone calls and emails of Americans, and will also provide full retroactive amnesty to lawbreaking telecoms, thus forever putting an end to any efforts to investigate and obtain a judicial ruling regarding the Bush administration’s years-long illegal spying
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I Voted!
So I was talking to a friend about how excited I was to be voting today: It’s actually going to count! Even though I live in DC! And my friend says, “DC is, like, 60 percent black. Obama’s gonna win. That doesn’t count.”
I understand that the results are likely a foregone conclusion, but to say that means African-American votes somehow
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