Big win in Mississippi:
JACKSON, MISS. — Mississippi Democrat Travis W. Childers won a special election to Congress on Tuesday, helping his party to a third victory this year for seats that had long been in Republican hands.
The victory puts Childers into the House seat vacated by Roger Wicker, a Republican appointed to the U.S. Senate [...]
robhyndman.com -Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the Obama campaign is that the man has had the courage to make this run despite all of this. I’ve felt nauseated this week listening to white mainstream media reporters searching for language acceptable to the racists in their audience to describe the reason for Obama’s inevitably poor [...] more »
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www.briansolis.com -Thank you to Erick Schonfeld and Michael Arrington for giving me the opportunity share my vision, and experience, on the evolution of the press release on TechCrunch. more »
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moseskagan.com -From Politico: "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.""There's a pa more »
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ryanbarrett.typepad.com -Last night was huge. Huge. Not only did Obama trounce Clinton in North Carolina, but also he closed the gap to less than 2 points in Indiana (props to Gary!). Clinton won by less than 20,000 votes, and many are... more »
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ryanbarrett.typepad.com -Last night was huge. Huge. Not only did Obama trounce Clinton in North Carolina, but also he closed the gap to less than 2 points in Indiana (props to Gary!). Clinton won by less than 20,000 votes, and many are... more »
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cnewmark.com -Hey, there was a DonorsChoose.org contest, where people could contribute to classrooms in a way that voted for Obama or Clinton. The results are here Give in honor of Barack Obama $159,347 2327 34446 Give in honor of Hillary Clinton... more »
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susiemadrak.com -Every once in a while, a commenter brings up Clinton’s support for an anti-flag burning bill as proof absolute of her “pandering.” As Somerby points out for the benefit of Gail Collins, Obama voted for it, too: That’s right, dumb-ass! Clinton supported the flag-burning bill. And Obama supported it too! But then, more than half the senate’s Democrats [...] more »
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susiemadrak.com -Krugman: Is Obama misrepresenting what I said? I don’t have a link to the ad itself, but apparently there’s an Obama ad citing something I said about McCain’s gas tax holiday as a way to attack Hillary Clinton. I did not say that the Clinton proposal would increase oil industry profits. If the ad implies that I did, [...] more »
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susiemadrak.com -54-42, Clinton leads. North Carolina, Obama leads by 5. more »
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