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Rasmussen Agrees, It's Over

post from Daily Kos on 09 May 2008 01:15:27 PM. © Daily Kos

And yet another nail in the coffin of Hillary Clinton's failed bid for the Democratic nomination:

Rasmussen Reports has been tracking the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination daily for nineteen months...

However, while Senator Clinton has remained close and competitive in every meaningful measure, she is a close second and the race is over. It has become clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. [...]

With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

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U.N. launches Myanmar appeal and resumes aid
flights

post from uncomfortably numb on 09 May 2008 01:15:00 PM. © uncomfortably numb

YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed for $187 million in aid on Friday to help 1.5 million victims in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar and said it would resume relief flights despite the military government's seizure of food supplies.read more | digg story

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Edwards: I Just Voted For...

post from TalkLeft on 09 May 2008 01:12:00 PM. © TalkLeft

John Edwards on MSNBC's Morning Joe said he's made up his mind and the person he voted for in the N.C. primary is the one he will ultimately endorse.

You have to listen for yourself to see if he said "him" or "em".

Then David Schuster, another MSNBC host, interrupted: “So it was a him or a her that you voted for?” Mr. Edwards backpedaled a bit, saying, “No, no,” and laughing.
Of course, it is possible that he meant “them,” which he shortened to “’em,” or simply misspoke. (Or he could blame his Southern accent.)

More...

The New York Times writes;

But it would surprise very few people if Mr. Edwards eventually endorsed Barack Obama, considering they both ran on messages of change, and Mr. Edwards has long been critical of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s practice of accepting money from Washington lobbyists.

He spoke highly of both candidates in the interview, but said Mr. Obama has the better chance of beating Senator John McCain in the general election “because it looks like he’s going to be the nominee.”

How much do endorsements matter with so few states left to vote? At this point, the superdelegates are going to be looking at what happened in their districts, states and nationally with respect to vote and pledged delegate totals and their personal views of electability. Many will take the safe route to avoid controversy.

The time when John Edwards could have made a difference has passed. I'm really sorry he didn't stay in the race longer. I was always torn between him and Hillary, and he well could have ended up my first choice. On crime issues, I always thought he was the least progressive of the three, but it also seemed to me he hadn't really given them much thought due to his emphasis on poverty and lobbyists, and that he could be persuaded. For example, at his Yearly Kos breakout session last year:

Spinning off the atheism/morals question, a commenter brilliantly asked how he could square this moralism with his support for the death penalty, especially given how it impacts minorities disproportionately and has led to the almost-certain murder of innocents. Edwards appreciated the question. And he took the opportunity to decry the current death penalty system while affirming his belief that some acts are so unspeakable that the death penalty is warranted. But this surprised me. He said that "we shouldn't execute anyone until we fix all the flaws in the system. Did he just come out for a George Ryan-style moratorium? That would be major news. There were several other bloggers in the room, and I know at least a couple looked to the campaign to clarify the comment. But I haven't seen anything yet. So I'll put it out there. It was an unequivocal call to end the practice of state-sanctioned execution until the many flaws in administering justice are fixed, including DNA TESTING FOR EVERYONE ON DEATH ROW.

So, whether he said "him" or "'em" doesn't matter much to me. Even if it was "him," it sounds like that's his personal choice which is fine.

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Farm Bill Finished--Bush to Veto

post from Open Left - Front Page on 09 May 2008 01:11:43 PM. © Open Left - Front Page

As Matt noted below, Congress has finished the Farm Bill and is due to send it to the President.[...]

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Daniel Eytan Marshall

post from Talking Points Memo on 09 May 2008 01:09:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

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Network for Good :: Myanmar Relief - Care2 News
Network

post from uncomfortably numb on 09 May 2008 01:08:00 PM. © uncomfortably numb

Help the people of Myanmar safely!read more | digg story

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Roll Roundup

post from Moue Magazine on 09 May 2008 01:06:11 PM. © Moue Magazine

Stephen of Drinking Liberally in New Milford is one of the many people in the country whose home is being foreclosed upon. Thankfully, his family found a house to rent in New Milford. The person they are renting from was actually about to go into[...]

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Is It Bad To Compare Obama To Kerry

post from TalkLeft on 09 May 2008 01:05:00 PM. © TalkLeft

I have long admired WaPo columnist Eugene Robinson but I found his last column offensive and wrongheaded. Like many, Robinson is taking to accusing anyone who recognizes the problem as arguing that white working class voters will not vote for African American candidates. That is a nasty smear from Robinson intended to shut down the discussion. Shame on Eugene Robinson for doing that. Robinson wrote:

Lower-income white Democrats may well defect to John McCain in the fall if Obama is the nominee, Clinton is arguing . . . Let's examine th[i]s premise[]. These are white Democrats we're talking about, voters who generally share the party's philosophy. So why would these Democrats refuse to vote for a nominee running on Democratic principles against a self-described conservative Republican? The answer, which Clinton implies but doesn't quite come out and say, is that Obama is black -- and that white people who are not wealthy are irredeemably racist

(Emphasis supplied.) That is simply false. Consider the argument Bill Clinton made against his opponents in 1992. Or that John Edwards made against his opponents in 2004. They argued they could captured white working class voters and their opponents could not. Under Robinson's construct, it is out of bounds to make the same argument against Obama because he is African American. That is wrong. More. . .

Obama's race is of course a factor. No one could be naive enough to believe it is not. It is a big reason why he got 90% of the African American vote. And it no doubt hurts him in some states with white voters. But as Robinson himself has pointed out, Obama did well with whites in many states. The problem is those states voted months ago. Since then, his standing with white working class voters has significantly deteriorated. Apart from the race issue, Obama has an "elite" issue now, akin to that suffered by John Kerry and Mike Dukakis.

Is is racist to compare Barack Obama to John Kerry and Michael Dukakis? Eugene Robinson goes beyond advocating the ostrich approach. He is engaged in a race baiting attempt to censor discussion of Obama's white working class problem. And that is disgraceful.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

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On Flooded Coast of Myanmar, Smell of Rot and
Death

Six days after a cyclone, it is clear the damage is great and that little aid has made it to villagers along the sea south of Yangon.read more | digg story

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A closer look at McCains spiritual guide

At a certain, a couple of months ago, news outlets decided that Barack Obama?s association with Jeremiah Wright was the single most important facet of this year?s presidential campaign, at least so far. How could a presidential hopeful have a relationship with an intemperate pastor? Who?s said nutty things? What does it say about Obama?s [...]

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