memeorandum http://www.memeorandum.com/ Political Web, page A1 en-us Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:42 -0400 Sat, 10 May 2008 16:30:42 -0400 Deal with defeat - I'd humbly suggest, to all the Obama supporters ... (Jerome Armstrong/MyDD) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p39#a080510p39 Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Deal with defeat  —  I'd humbly suggest, to all the Obama supporters that join us here on this blog, that if you can't stand the heat of the West Virginia primary, you stay out of the kitchen.  While I'm at it, I also suggest that you refrain from accusations against West Virginians as being racist …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 16:00:32 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p39#a080510p39 Kick Burma Out of the U.N. (Wall Street Journal) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p43#a080510p43 Wall Street Journal:
Kick Burma Out of the U.N.  —  The United Nations this week said the refusal of Burma's government to allow workers into the country's devastated agricultural region was unprecedented in the history of humanitarian relief.  The human catastrophe produced by Burma's refusal to permit aid …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 15:45:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p43#a080510p43 Michelle Vetoes Hillary (Robert Novak/Real Clear Politics) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p47#a080510p47 Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Michelle Vetoes Hillary  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama.  —  The Democratic front-runner's wife …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 15:15:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p47#a080510p47 McCain paints Obama's portrait (Jill Zuckman/The Swamp) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p49#a080510p49 Jill Zuckman / The Swamp:
McCain paints Obama's portrait  —  WASHINGTON — Three months ago, Sen. John McCain made a calculated decision to begin painting a not-so-pretty picture of Sen. Barack Obama.  —  Although Sen. Hillary Clinton was — and still is — battling Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 15:00:19 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p49#a080510p49 Patriotic Barack Obama lapel pins unveiled honoring all 57 states (Andrew Malcolm/Top of the Ticket) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p51#a080510p51

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Patriotic Barack Obama lapel pins unveiled honoring all 57 states  —  Yesterday The Ticket broke the stunning news of America's acquisition of seven, maybe eight, new states, according to future president Barack Obama.  —  He was speaking at the start of a two-day swoop through Oregon, which is already a state.

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 14:50:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p51#a080510p51 Wow, We Nominated The Black Guy (Chris Bowers/Open Left) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p37#a080510p37 Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Wow, We Nominated The Black Guy  —  Wow, it is really happening: Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.  Only eighteen months after the Democratic Party elected Nancy Pelosi the first female Speaker of the House, we are now the first major party to nominate an African-American for President.

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 14:30:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p37#a080510p37 Seeds of Destruction - The Clintons have never understood ... (Bob Herbert/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p32#a080510p32 Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Seeds of Destruction  —  The Clintons have never understood how to exit the stage gracefully.  —  Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class.  So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 13:05:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p32#a080510p32 West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama (Stephen Braun/Los Angeles Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p30#a080510p30 Stephen Braun / Los Angeles Times:
West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama  —  Scant support among white working-class Democrats, especially men, could dog him into November.  —  MOOREFIELD, W.VA. — In Hardy County, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2 to 1.  But there is little enthusiasm for Barack …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 11:10:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p30#a080510p30 Obama: time to engage in diplomacy (From Beirut to the Beltway) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p22#a080510p22 From Beirut to the Beltway:
Obama: time to engage in diplomacy  —  Guess what time it is?  It's time for Obama's “diplomatic efforts” to come save the day. … Oh the time we wasted by fighting Hizbullah all those years with rockets, invasions of their homes and shutting down their media outlets.

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 10:15:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p22#a080510p22 Quitters Never Win (Ellen R. Malcolm/Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p20#a080510p20 Ellen R. Malcolm / Washington Post:
Quitters Never Win  —  When I was growing up in the 1960s, I wanted to play basketball.  In those days, the rules said girls could dribble only three steps and then had to pass the ball.  To make sure we didn't overexert ourselves, we weren't allowed to cross the half-court line.

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 09:35:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p20#a080510p20 For First Time, More Superdelegates Favor Obama (John M. Broder/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p1#a080510p1 John M. Broder / New York Times:
For First Time, More Superdelegates Favor Obama  —  The trump card Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton held in her faltering bid for president — her support among the superdelegates who can control the fate of the Democratic nomination — began slipping from her grasp on Friday as Senator Barack …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 03:20:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p1#a080510p1 In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City (Leila Fadel/McClatchy Washington Bureau) http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p11#a080510p11 Leila Fadel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City  —  BAGHDAD — Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation …

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 03:20:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080510/p11#a080510p11 Obama Won't Rule Out Easing Clinton Campaign Debt (Kate Phillips/The Caucus) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p141#a080509p141 Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Obama Won't Rule Out Easing Clinton Campaign Debt  —  WOODBURN, Ore. - Senator Barack Obama said today that he would not rule out the possibility of helping Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton retire her campaign debt to bring her into the fold and unify Democrats.  But he said no discussions have taken place yet.

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 02:00:07 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p141#a080509p141 Obama: I want to be president of all 57 states (Allahpundit/Hot Air) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p147#a080509p147 Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama: I want to be president of all 57 states  —  Ambinder asks the question you're already asking yourself.  Verdict: Dude's lost his bearings.  —  Blowback

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 00:50:00 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p147#a080509p147 Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States (Andrew Malcolm/Top of the Ticket) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p142#a080509p142

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States  —  Ah, Oregon.  The beautiful Northwest.  Rain.  Trees.  Clouds.  Rain.  Friendly territory for Sen. Barack Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic Party's long-disputed presidential nomination.

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 22:55:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p142#a080509p142 Where did the Web rumors about Obama come from? (Matt Stearns/McClatchy Washington Bureau) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p140#a080509p140 Matt Stearns / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Where did the Web rumors about Obama come from?  —  WASHINGTON — Some things about Barack Obama rub some voters the wrong way.  —  “We don't need a Muslim,” said Jannay Smith, a retiree from Kokomo, Ind. “Who's to say if he gets in there what he'll do?”  —  Added Steve Shallenberger …

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 21:50:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p140#a080509p140 McCain to Me in 1999: Bush "As Dumb as a Stump" (Al Meyerhoff/The Huffington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p143#a080509p143 Al Meyerhoff / The Huffington Post:
McCain to Me in 1999: Bush “As Dumb as a Stump”  —  As a lawyer might say (OK, I am one), I have no personal knowledge of whether John or Cindy McCain voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election.  However, now that that has been called into question by Arianna Huffington (who says no) …

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 20:55:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p143#a080509p143 Lanny Davis on CNN primary night: 'Worst experience I ever had on television' (Michael Calderone/The Politico) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p137#a080509p137 Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Lanny Davis on CNN primary night: ‘Worst experience I ever had on television’  —  When Clinton supporter Lanny Davis appeared on CNN during primary night, shortly before 10 p.m., there was a peculiar exchange with host Anderson Cooper. … During the Election Night broadcast …

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 20:40:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p137#a080509p137 Fox News Assistant Fired For Red Carpet Disclosure (Chris/TVNewser) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p122#a080509p122

Chris / TVNewser:
Fox News Assistant Fired For Red Carpet Disclosure  —  TVNewser Exclusive: A 24-year-old Fox News Channel production assistant was fired this morning for something she said during the red carpet arrivals at the Time 100 Gala last night.  —  Insiders tell us the assistant, identified as Jennifer Locke …

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 18:20:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p122#a080509p122 From The "If McCain Did This" Files - Obama, below, is tired, nothing more. (Marc Ambinder) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p126#a080509p126 Marc Ambinder:
From The “If McCain Did This” Files  —  Obama, below, is tired, nothing more.  —  But if John McCain did this — if he mistakenly said he'd visited 57 states — the media would be all up in his grill, accusing him of a senior moment.  Just saying....

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 18:15:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p126#a080509p126 The Conservative Revival - For years, American and British politics were in sync. (David Brooks/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p88#a080509p88 David Brooks / New York Times:
The Conservative Revival  —  For years, American and British politics were in sync.  Reagan came in roughly the same time as Thatcher, and Clinton's Third Way approach mirrored Blair's.  But the British conservatives never had a Gingrich revolution in the 1990s or the Bush victories thereafter.

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 17:25:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p88#a080509p88 Kennedy: No veep slot for Clinton (Ben Smith/Ben Smith's Blogs) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p110#a080509p110 Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Kennedy: No veep slot for Clinton  —  It's fun to think about, but there are so many obstacles, and Ted Kennedy isn't buying, he said on Bloomberg Television's “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” which airs this weekend. … Ouch.

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p110#a080509p110 Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas (Tom Baldwin/Times of London) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p118#a080509p118 Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas  —  One of Barack Obama's Middle East policy advisers disclosed today that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas - prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him.  —  Robert Malley told The Times …

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 17:10:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p118#a080509p118 Gallup Daily: Obama Not Yet Pulling Away (Gallup) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p102#a080509p102

Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Not Yet Pulling Away  —  Democratic nomination preferences remain evenly divided  —  PRINCETON, NJ — According to Gallup Poll Daily tracking, Democratic voters remain closely divided in their presidential nomination preferences, with 48% favoring Barack Obama and 46% backing Hillary Clinton.

]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 16:15:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p102#a080509p102 NMI EXCLUSIVE: Count one more superdelegate for Barack Obama (David Alire Garcia/New Mexico Independent) http://www.memeorandum.com/080509/p112#a080509p112

David Alire Garcia / New Mexico Independent:
NMI EXCLUSIVE: Count one more superdelegate for Barack Obama  —  New Mexico Democratic superdelegate Laurie Weahkee announced today she's backing Barack Obama.  —  SANTA FE — If Sen. Barack Obama needs a mere 170 more delegate votes to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination outright, he just got one vote closer.

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