Uncommitted Democratic superdelegates in Congress overwhelmingly say they won’t necessarily back the presidential candidate who wins the most primary delegates. Instead, electability will be very important in their decision. Of 42 lawmakers interviewed by The Hill, only four said they regarded the primary vote as decisive.

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OBAMA WINS NCCLINTON TAKES IN

Dem Scenarios: An End, A Beginning, A Nightmare

HALPERIN’S TAKE: Things You Will Hear Most Often on Cable TV Through Wednesday (Depending on What Happens…).

1. “She did what she had to do.”
2. “She didn’t do what she had to do.”
3. “John McCain is the big winner tonight.”
4. “No matter what, Clinton can’t overtake Obama’s lead in elected delegates.”
5. “There is no way the Democratic Party is going to take the nomination away from an African-American who is the winner of the elected delegate race.”
6. “It was the fight over the gas tax that did it.”
7. “This leaves us right where we were.”
8. “Look at how he did with white, working-class voters in the exit poll.”
9. “People are going to start telling her she needs to get out of this race.”
10. “Once again, he missed a chance to put her away.”
11. “Evan Bayh – he really worked it.”
12. “She’s a fighter.”
13. “He looks tired.”
14. “No doubt about it, the Democratic Party is in chaos.”
15. “Could there be a dream ticket?”
16. “This thing goes on and on.”
17. “Unbelievable!”
18. “Reverend Wright really hurt him.”
19. “Reverend Wright really had no effect.”
20. “This is really about 2012.”

They can’t even agree on that?

I wonder how that happened?!?!?

Promise? What Promise?

Democrats say a six-month extension of jobless benefits will stimulate the moribund economy and they characterize the new college aid for veterans as a war-related cost.

But they come on the heels of tossing out their fiscal responsibility rules for a $168 billion economic rescue package of tax rebates for most Americans three months ago and a $50 billion measure two months earlier rescuing some 20 million middle-class taxpayers from an average $2,000 in higher taxes.

Deficit hawks in both parties worry that the stimulus bill opened the door to further deficit-swelling legislation. They view the rule — dubbed “PAYGO” in inside-the-Beltway slang for pay-as-you-go — as a key bulwark against Congress’ propensity to spend outside its means.

So welfare stimulates the economy? Really? That is about as intelligent as allowing the Teamsters to police themselves.

Oh my how I do love to read of tantrums on the left! James Wolcott tells you of the Kossacks dividing over Hillary and Barack, while Matt just realized that he has been marginalized by the very people he helped to put in power.

And then there are the number of people who take issue with a basic request for competence at the Obama campaign with regards to communications. People apparently don’t want Obama sending out talking points or talking to bloggers, preferring that bloggers stay independent. Well excuse me, why do you think Obama surrogates suck on TV? They aren’t getting fucking talking points, you idiots. How do you think this works?

While we’re on Obama, consider the ridiculous defenses of Obama going on Fox News and lying about his intent to ‘take them on’, to which I could refer you to Chris’s post once again. The straw men arguments were just disgusting and out in force.

Watch this

That is the question asked by the NY Daily News. I think Jeff summed it up best:

Barack Obama’s Manhattan campaign office, located in the newsroom of The New York Times, is spinning Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary comments at the National Press Club away from the Illinois senator. The headline says it all: Not Speaking for Obama, Pastor Speaks for Himself, at Length.

He also wrote a book, “The Great Media War: A Battlefield Report”, so if you have the time, it’s a good read! But back to this ‘trick’…

Brent Baker points out: Only ABC Focuses on Wright’s Inanity, All Showcase Shot at Cheney

Seven years later, where are we?

As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton lined up with Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, in endorsing a plan to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for the summer travel season. But Senator Barack Obama, Mrs. Clinton’s Democratic rival, spoke out firmly against the proposal, saying it would save consumers little and do nothing to curtail oil consumption and imports.
While Mr. Obama’s view is shared by environmentalists and many independent energy analysts, his position allowed Mrs. Clinton to draw a contrast with her opponent in appealing to the hard-hit middle-class families and older Americans who have proven to be the bedrock of her support. She has accused Mr. Obama of being out of touch with ordinary Americans who are struggling to meet their mortgages and gas up their cars and trucks.
Mrs. Clinton said at a rally on Monday morning in Graham, N.C., that she would introduce legislation to impose a windfall-profits tax on oil companies and use the revenue to suspend the gasoline tax temporarily.

How the South Won (This) Civil War, by Michael Hirsh, is well uh..take a look for yourself:

And the Southern frontiersmen never got over their hatred of the East Coast elites and a belief in the morality and nobility of defying them. Their champion was the Indian-fighter Andrew Jackson. The outcome was that a substantial portion of the new nation developed, over many generations, a rather savage, unsophisticated set of mores. Traditionally, it has been balanced by a more diplomatic, communitarian Yankee sensibility from the Northeast and upper Midwest. But that latter sensibility has been losing ground in population numbers–and cultural weight.

Fresh from a big win in Pennsylvania, Hillary’s campaign is back on track. Money is coming in, she is ahead in the aggregate popular vote, and she picks up badly-needed delegates. Obama’s campaign is stumbling badly, long past the point when he should have finished off his opponent.

The Clinton dream of returning to the White House isn’t dead by any means, in fact it has new life. Since Bill was America’s first “black” president, Hillary’s dream is to be America’s first “black” female president.

And as for Obama, he can go back on the Democrat virtual plantation. How dare he challenge the Party Elite! What was he thinking? This is Hillary’s nomination! Always was!

The Clinton dream…

Who said it? “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”…clue:

He died on February 10, 2008, yet managed to rise from the dead and donate to The Messiah on March 10, 2008!

“The Low Road to Victory” gives the reader a pretty good idea of what the story is without even needing to read it. As Ed points out, “it demands an end to her campaign even while she handily wins major states. Actually, it’s not that they want her to quit, but that they want her to stop competing against Obama so hard — apparently conceding that Obama can’t win in a tough race”

The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it.
Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election.

We know she won the state, but how much she won is key to the equation! Here is an interesting tidbit:

“25% of Clinton supporters say they’d vote for McCain in the general election; 17% of Obama supporters say they’d vote for McCain in the general election.”

Don Surber says “Nice trainwreck you have there, Democrats.” It is nothing short of a trainwreck. I will give Hillary this, the MSM and the DNC have done everything they can to stop her. Obama outspent her 3-1, yet she won. Where does it all stand?

Popular Vote (w/FL & MI)** Obama 14,973,720 47.4% to Clinton 15,095,663 47.8%

And yes, I included MI and FL because Obama’s totals at this point include the caucus numbers. Ed says that FL should count, but not MI because Obama took his name off the ballot. Yes, he took his name off the ballot, a choice he made. Ed goes on to make this point:

Tomorrow is a big day for the Democrat candidates. Will Hillary find new life with a convincing win, or will the Obama steamroller continue? The fact is regardless of his best efforts and the unabashed support of the MSM, Obama hasn’t been able to put this one away. He has had Hillary on the ropes several times but has not been able to finish the job.

What could he be thinking at this hour? Is there any possible way to finish the job in one stroke, end the Clinton candidacy completely, remove the distraction? Surely Obama is aware that his opponent may have had similar notions about Obama; a consideration perhaps evidenced by Obama’s diligent effort to avoid public parks at night (and in particular Fort Marcy park).

I do believe he did

“Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” he said, when asked a foreign policy question by a reporter at the Glider Diner John Kerry Waffle House.

I only hope that Obama doesn’t go from his obsession of waffles to flip flops

H/T to MKH

CLINTON INTERNALS SHOW 11-POINT LEAD IN PA

“Senator Obama would be wise not to unpack his bags quite yet.”

Obama predicts Clinton win in Pa. but says it will be close ..Gee, everyone has known this was a foregone conclusion for weeks, yet Obama is just figuring this out?

Politico has this piece up and I would encourage you to read it:

In fact, the balance of political questions (15) to policy questions (13) was more substantive than other debates this year that prompted no deluge of protests. The difference is that this time there were more hard questions for Obama than for Clinton.

Moreover, those questions about Jeremiah Wright, about Obama’s association with 1960s radical William Ayers, about apparent contradictions between his past and present views on proven wedge issues like gun control, were entirely in-bounds. If anything they were overdue for a front-runner and likely nominee.

If Obama was covered like Clinton is, one feels certain the media focus would not have been on the questions, but on a candidate performance that at times seemed tinny, impatient, and uncertain.

The difference seems clear: Many journalists are not merely observers but participants in the Obama phenomenon.