The Daily Five: Actually, That's Six For The Post

1. New Clinton radio spot in PA takes on Obama's charisma. .... SEIU dumps cash into PA for Obama..... AFT spends money on radio for Clinton....Emily's List spends $6000 for phonebanking....

2. Clinton, McCain, Obama in DC for Petreaus hearings tomorrow.... CBS News latest delegate count: Obama -- 1631, Clinton -- 1492, Edwards --- 18 -- that's plus two Montana superdelegates for Obama. ... Obama up by 20+ in North Carolina....

3. Hillary Clinton joins call for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing.....RNC releases web ad, "Politics v. Petreaus" in anticipation of tomorrow's testimony.

4. In Kansas City, MO, McCain blasts Democrats for "making promises they can't keep..." ... says he does not want to keep troops in Iraq "a minute longer than necessary..."..... AFL-CIO plans protest outside McCain fundraiser tomorrow....CBS's Dante Higgins reports that McCain told reporters he's satisfied with Obama camp's apology for Ed Schultz's warmonger comment even as McCain campaign continues to flog the issue.....McCain campaign calls Obama strategist Axelrod "dishonest" for claiming that Obama never said McCain wanted to stay at war for 11 years; sends around this video.

5. Pulitzers Out Today! Post nabs six, including Gellman/Becker for Cheney series and Priest/Hull for Walter Reed series. Post metro/national staff wins for VA Tech shooting.

Comments

Well that new Clinton ad was world's ahead of that ridiculous ad about a fiscal crisis at 3:00 AM (that they're still running in Pennsylvania as of this AM). Of course, they had to throw in the "red phone" at some point. Other than that silliness, it was a very solid political ad.

Of course, it doesn't change my mind about her a bit, but at least it doesn't smack of incompetence as so many of her recently past campaign moves.

Posted by LFC | April 7, 2008 5:29 PM

4. In Kansas City, MO, McCain blasts Democrats for "making promises they can't keep...

Isn't this the guy who recently said he'd make Bush's tax cuts permanent, add new tax cuts, keep our country safe, and yet magically balance the budget by getting rid of earmarks?

Uuuuuuuuh, yeah. Thanks for your insight, John.

Posted by LFC | April 7, 2008 5:33 PM

In the military men praising her ad, it unfortunately calls up numerous "Dodging sniper fire in Bosnia!!!" images. The military/foreign policy stuff she hit with the first red phone ad is just much weaker so long as that's in people's minds.

Posted by Deborah | April 7, 2008 7:39 PM

"that's plus two Montana superdelegates for Obama"

Scratch those two. obamatons got a little ahead of themselves. Oh and give Hillary one more:

"Land commissioner’s nod gives the New Yorker 11 of Arkansas’ 12 superdelegates.

Rare superdel pick-up for Clinton since Super Tuesday.

Earlier: Montana Obama superdelegate retracts endorsement, saying state party rules block her from taking sides in a contested primary.

Plus: Second Montana superdelegate plans to support Obama, but may reconsider if Clinton wins popular vote.

And: Montana Governor Schweitzer plans to throw his superdelegate support to the winner of the state’s June 3 primary."
http://thepage.time.com/2008/04/07/obama-superdelegate-retracts-endorsement/

Posted by hadenough | April 7, 2008 8:58 PM

PAY UP, hadenough

Posted by D | April 7, 2008 10:37 PM

"PAY UP, hadenough

Posted by D"

What's your problem paly? I have no idea what you are whining about. Enlighten me.

Posted by hadenough | April 7, 2008 10:52 PM

I believe the second super said she would endorse the winner of the state's popular vote (expected to be Obama) not the nation's (virtually certain to be Obama unless we go with one of the "spells out chief" methods of counting). However, all told with Obama expected to win the state (I believe this is on the theory that all western democrats are college professors) then likely he has 3 supers there as of June 4th.

Posted by Deborah | April 7, 2008 11:19 PM

Obama is going to sweep Montana in votes and superdelegates, but it doesn't matter because we only have a handful of delegates and the nomination is going to be decided by June 3. I've convinced most of my conservative family members to vote for Obama in the open primary...they all think the GOP is doomed in the general election and want the "lesser of two evils" in their eyes.

Posted by Jared | April 8, 2008 3:04 AM

Hillary: the anti-hope candidate, the anti-charisma candidate, the candidate who will squash our dreams!

She's just what we want in a president: someone who is uninspiring, unliked, and untrusted. Instead, she is someone who is bought and paid for many times over by moneyed interests. You can bet that many of the Clinton millions have strings attached.

It is so evident after her handling of the Penn fiasco that lobbyists and moneyed interests like Penn literally own her. She cannot even let the guy go; she just takes a way a silly little title, but he is still there.

Hillary is nothing but a weak puppet for the lobbyists and special interests. She is incapable of representing the people well.

Posted by cm | April 8, 2008 7:21 AM

"Charisma"?

No such thing as far as the Cult Figure is concerned.

Like most who end up in his position, he becomes the receptacle of mass hysteria through his own blandness and lack of definable character. His cult followers can project whatever they want onto him since he is merely a cypher and a hologram.

Hitler, Mao Dze Dung, Bhagwan Ragneesh, Jim Jones, David Koresh, the list goes on of insipid, unremarkable, characterless individuals with few accomplishments, who became the focus of, and subsequently exploited the frustration and gullibility of large numbers of people.

Posted by robert ethan | April 8, 2008 12:50 PM

krnxcb lbai jqnwxlrds fbvljmrd vetqxodm bktncf xidcj

Posted by eadk lvithnb | June 18, 2008 2:18 PM

zdckp yvwaztbfd uavmskn pieljhbwn twipmxey gryehpxs yjumx

Posted by bsczgx txzqmh | June 18, 2008 2:23 PM