memeorandum: What Will Happen To Florida And Michigan? (Marc Ambinder)

8:55 PM ET, February 6, 2008

Top Items:

Five reasons Hillary should be worried — Hillary Clinton survived a Super Tuesday scare. But there are five big reasons the former first lady should be spooked by the current trajectory of the campaign. — Longtime Clinton friends say she recognizes the peril in careening between near …

Discussion: AMERICAblog, Marc Ambinder, The Daily Dish, Redstate, The Rude Pundit, Prairie Weather and TIME

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Obama Directly Attacks Bill's Presidency, Blames It For Massive Dem Losses — In what may be Obama's most direct and aggressive criticism of Bill Clinton's presidency yet, the Obama campaign dropped a new mailer just before Super Tuesday that blasts “the Clintons” for wreaking massive losses …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Taylor Marsh, Left in the West, The Carpetbagger Report, Cogitamus, Comments from Left Field, Boston Globe, TalkLeft, The Newshoggers, Associated Press, Oliver Willis and The Democratic Daily

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Obama claims delegate lead — In a surprise twist after a chaotic Super Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) passed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in network tallies of the number of delegates the candidates racked up last night. — Clinton was portrayed in many news accounts …

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Hillary Loaned Her Campaign $5 Million, Spokesperson Confirms — This morning, Mark Halperin floated an intriguing question: Are the Clintons financing Hillary's campaign with their own money? — Now the Clinton campaign has finally answered: Yes, they are. Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson sends over the following:

Discussion: Marc Ambinder, TalkLeft, Comments from Left Field, Moue Magazine, Reason Magazine, Firedoglake, D-Day and The Blue State

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million — Senator Hillary Clinton confirmed at a press conference in Virginia this afternoon that she'd loaned her campaign $5 million, and said, “The results last night proved the wisdom of my investment..” — Spokesman Howard Wolfson emailed with the news minutes earlier:

Discussion: The Corner, The Swamp, Attytood, The Field, Wonkette and The Washington Note

Krooney / The Page:

Page Exclusive: Some Clinton Senior Staff Working Without Pay** — SOURCE: THEY HAVE “VOLUNTARILY CHOSEN TO WORK WITHOUT PAY THIS MONTH” AS PART OF CLINTON CASH CRUNCH AGAINST OBAMA MOOLA FACTORY. — Includes campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle.

Discussion: The New Republic, Los Angeles Times, race42008.com, MyDD, Open Left and Hot Air

Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:

Obama on pace to raise $30 mil in Feb — Barack Obama's campaign is on track to raise another $30 million in February, sources close to the Illinois senator say, while Hillary Rodham Clinton's spokesman revealed Wednesday that she had loaned her campaign $5 million.

Discussion: The Page, Spin Cycle, The Strata-Sphere and Political Radar

Hillary Clinton / CNN:

Obama, Clinton separated by 0.4 percent on Super Tuesday — NEW YORK (CNN) — Just how sharply are Democrats divided between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? — Of all the votes cast on Super Tuesday for the two candidates nationwide, the two candidates are only separated by 0.4 of a percentage point.

Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs, Washington Wire, The Newshoggers and Born at the Crest …

Marc Ambinder:

Clinton Weighs A Self-Loan To Finance Campaign — As first floated by The Page, I can confirm that, according to advisers to the campaign, Sen. Hillary Clinton is weighing a self-loan in order to finance a competitive race against Barack Obama over the next few weeks.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The New Republic, Ben Smith's Blogs, Salon, Open Left, MyDD, Taegan Goddard's …, politburo diktat 2.0, Donklephant and Political Radar

Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Clinton Lent Campaign $5 Million, Considers More

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Matthew Yglesias, The New Republic, Blue Crab Boulevard, Booman Tribune and Where's the Outrage?

Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Talk Radio Emerges As Real Super Tuesday Winner

Discussion: New York Times, Think Progress and Hold Fast

Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
A loss for Kennedy — HILLARY CLINTON didn't just beat Barack Obama in Massachusetts.

Discussion: The New Republic

Hillary Clinton / CNN: DNC chair: We may have to broker Clinton-Obama deal

Marc Ambinder:
What Will Happen To Florida And Michigan?

Discussion: MyDD, Slate and TIME

Amanda Carpenter / TownHall Blog: Another Clinton Foreign Money Scandal?

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:

Seven Reasons To Support The GOP's Nominee — As of this morning, McCain has earned 615 delegates and 4,220,296 votes; Romney 268 delegates and 3,497,341 votes, and Huckabee 169 delegates and 2,232,530 votes. — Senator McCain has a clear path to the nomination, Romney a very uphill battle …

Discussion: Riehl World View, The Opinionator, Hot Air, Wizbang, Right Wing Nut House, Shakespeare's Sister, The Campaign Spot, Blue Crab Boulevard, Salon, Macsmind, Commentary, Middle Earth Journal and Fraters Libertas

Charles Hurt / New York Post:
ONCE JOHN WINS, HE'LL MAKE A LEFT

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Vox Popoli, Tapscott's Copy Desk, Middle Earth Journal, Maggie's Farm, The Moderate Voice, Pajamas Media, protein wisdom, Ross Douthat and Gateway Pundit

Hindrocket / Power Line:
TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK — I've long been dismayed by the fury …

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Human Events, The Strata-Sphere and Roger L. Simon

Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
One-Legged Stool — I wonder how many of us believe …

Discussion: Riehl World View, PunditGuy, Hot Air and The Galloping Beaver

Josiah Ryan / CNSNews:

McCain Sends ‘Chill Down Spine,’ Reid Cites Cochran — On the Spot (CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the possibility of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) becoming president “sends a cold chill down my spine.” — Reid made his remarks Tuesday outside the Senate chambers …

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Riehl World View and Hot Air

Satyam / Think Progress:
White House: We ‘Definitely Want To Consider’ Using Waterboarding Again

Discussion: Time, Blue Girl, Red State, Associated Press, Crooks and Liars, Rants From The Rookery, Balkinization and The Carpetbagger Report

Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Bush ups the ante in nomination fight

Discussion: The Swamp

Annie Sweeney / Chicago Sun Times:

Voters are told pen had ‘invisible ink’ — When it comes to election shenanigans, Chicago has been accused of just about everything. — But invisible ink? — Twenty voters at a Far North Side precinct who found their ink pens not working were told by election judges not to worry.

Discussion: Wake up America

Tom Elia / The New Editor:
Only in a Chicago Polling Place...

Discussion: small dead animals and Hot Air

Digby / Hullabaloo:

High School Psychodrama — Watching the returns last night I was once again struck by the rank lack of professionalism and complete abdication of journalistic ethics on MSNBC. I noted in my early post last night that if you wanted to see what the early exit polls were saying all you had to do was watch that channel.

Discussion: Horses Mouth, TalkLeft, Tom Watson and Taylor Marsh

Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
Primary Scream — Chris Matthews, MSNBC's Manic Oracle …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org

Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:

OVERTIME....Reuters reports (via email, no link) that the Obama campaign is predicting a dead-even delegate race when primary season is over: … OK, fine. But if they're going to accidentally attach internal projections to press releases, how about attaching the details too?

Discussion: The Newshoggers and TalkLeft

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Based on daily polling from Feb. 3-5, 2008 — PRINCETON, NJ — The increase in support for Hillary Clinton at the national level that Gallup saw in interviewing conducted Sunday and Monday continued in interviewing Tuesday night.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, Wonkette and Donklephant

Associated Press:

Haggard exits restoration process early — Recommend — New Life Church said Tuesday that former pastor Ted Haggard has prematurely ended a “spiritual restoration” process begun when he was fired for sexual misconduct. — Haggard was fired from New Life Church and resigned as president …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars