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Wired has the goods: On June 16, 2008, John Zimmerman, chief financial officer of Tomkins, gave nearly $7,000 in campaign contributions to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Lo and behold, nary two months later Obama’s in Springfield, Missouri, suggesting drivers inflate their tires to save gas (and, by [...]

Reading this Doris Kearns Goodwin article on whether or not Obama should assemble a “team of rivals,” for his cabinet, the thought that immediately came to mind is that Obama should nominate Hillary Clinton for Secretary of Defense. She’s certainly qualified, having served on the Senate Armed Services committee. But more than that, it would [...]

Cory Booker update — 2008 homicides on track to hit 10-year low. Cue zombies*: Like Barack Obama, Booker embodies a promise kept, a deferred dream finally come true, living proof that the stain of slavery, our original national sin, might yet be lifted from our collective soul. Booker knows this, too — he has shown [...]

If you want the blow-by-blow of how Obama’s team pulled of one of the greatest political upsets in recent history read this WaPo story. Obviously something like this is going to look like genius in retrospect, but it’s still striking how well they played the game.

Great speech last night, as per usual. It still hasn’t quite sunk in that the Democratic primary is over, and he won. It’s easy to forget in the heat of the moment, but it has been pretty amazing these last few months tuning in every other Tuesday or so and watching him speak all across [...]

Time was, John Edwards perseverated about two Americas. No longer: John Edwards gave his long-awaited endorsement to Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday, bolstering Mr. Obama’s efforts to rally the Democratic Party around his candidacy and offering potential help in his efforts to win over working class white voters in the general election. “The Democratic voters [...]

Noam Scheiber dismisses the idea that Hillary Clinton has any kind of advantage with the white working class over Obama in a general election match-up with McCain: I mention this now because there seems to be some support for it in the latest Washington Post-ABC poll. According to the WaPo write-up, Clinton and Obama do [...]

Longtime reader Nihilist Easter Bunny wrote in with his own reinterpretation of Hillary Clinton’s comments about the strength of her white support: White men! White women! Clinton is calling you! The Muslim is using the black as muscle against you. And you are left there helpless. Well, what are you going to do about it, [...]

Most Americans don’t give a rip: WASHINGTON — A majority of American voters say that the furor over the relationship between Senator Barack Obama and his former pastor has not affected their opinion of Mr. Obama, but a substantial number say that it could influence voters this fall should he be the Democratic presidential nominee, [...]

Well, now the Republicans are definitely gonna win.