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In a 3.17 USA Today/Gallup poll, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has 51% vs. Sen. John McCain's 46%, and Sen. Barack Obama nudges McCain 49% to 47%. That's Hillary's discredit-and-bomb-Dresden strategy, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and a nation of brilliant people. But how does this square with the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey putting Obama at 52% to Clinton's 45% among nationwide Democrats? The usual mixed numbers, lack of trust in pollsters.

Not to mention the likelihood of Pennsyvania lunchbox Democrats favoring Clinton by a decent margin. All of which means...nothing. Except that Obama has to hit out of the park tomorrow, or else.

Rewatchable to Predictable<< previous | next >>"Stop-Loss" Dispute

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 17, 2008 at 5:23 PM

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p.Vice says ...

One-hundred percent of Hollywood Elsewhere readers questioned in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey favor the immediate discontinuation of any further information about current Clinton, Obama and McCain poll numbers, or any other such opportunistic research birthed into existence by some overpaid campaign-running bloodsucker squarely fixated on influencing superdelegate preference through the mass manipulation of public perception regarding their candidate's supposed popularity in general election.

Posted by p.Vice at March 17, 2008 6:09 PM

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Titus Pullo says ...

It's always amusing when I hear conservatives decry Democratic 'identity politics', amusing because the GOP is all about 'identity politics', it's just that there's only one identity at issue: White Anglo Saxon Protestant(Ostensibly Heterosexual).

Posted by Titus Pullo at March 17, 2008 6:27 PM

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mutinyco says ...

Well, yeah, bombing Dresden served no real military purpose. But then again, we did it and we won the war.

And got at least Slaughterhouse-Five for it...

Posted by mutinyco at March 17, 2008 6:39 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

Not to mention one of the stronger portions of MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART.

Posted by The Hoyk at March 17, 2008 6:46 PM

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Mgmax says ...

Plus, it just felt so good after all of Jerry's V-2s. Take that, porcine Hun! That one's for Brixton!

Posted by Mgmax at March 17, 2008 6:52 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

mutinyco, I am raising my eyebrow at the values behind that statement, but very well said.

Posted by BurmaShave at March 17, 2008 8:23 PM

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K. Bowen says ...

Obama's campaign is over. Sure, he might limp along to November. But it's over.

Posted by K. Bowen at March 17, 2008 8:30 PM

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Mr. Muckle says ...

The article compares tomorrow's speech to Mitt Romney's (lame) attempt to whitewash Mormonism. Boy, that's pretty funny. I hope Barack (we're on a first name basis now,thanks to H-E) knocks it out of the park. He should be able to, and God knows the country needs to hear it. "Lucky he's black," (Ferraro). Of all the ignorant . . .

As Chris Rock says on the great advantage of being black in America, "I'm RICH and ain't none of y'all white people wanna trade places with me."

Posted by Mr. Muckle at March 17, 2008 8:33 PM

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mutinyco says ...

Thanks, Burma. Funny thing is, just as I read your comment, I realized Bach was playing on my iPod.

Posted by mutinyco at March 17, 2008 8:35 PM

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DarthCorleone says ...

Slaughterhouse Five was the answer on Final Jeopardy today.

Posted by DarthCorleone at March 17, 2008 9:02 PM

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dangovich says ...

The Nation has a good story on how Obama's delegate lead is, for all intents and purposes, insurmountable:

The Nation

Posted by dangovich at March 17, 2008 10:40 PM

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christian says ...

I'd get behind any leader who'll call out the Chinese for their brutal and repressive actions towards the Tibetan protestors. Where's Bush to stand up for human rights? We should boycott the Olympics. Anyway. If Obama stepped up...

Posted by christian at March 17, 2008 10:53 PM

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CinemaPhreek says ...

When it comes to politics, in the ever-loving words of Chandler Bing "Stop talking - stop talking now!"

Do you have any idea of just how out of your depth you sound with every fricking post you wrote about the subject?

Posted by CinemaPhreek at March 17, 2008 11:01 PM

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gruver1 says ...

Wells to CinemaPhreek: Shut up! Go away! Go away now!

Posted by gruver1 at March 18, 2008 12:18 AM

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York "Budd" Durden says ...

I'm still waiting to hear a clip from the Rev. Wright with which I find disagreement. But I can see how that stuff wouldn't play with the lowthreadcount flag-sucking crowd out in gorillaville.

Posted by York "Budd" Durden at March 18, 2008 2:18 AM

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D.Z. says ...

Why would a person who quotes "Friends" be on a critic's site, anyway? Aren't they supposed to be enjoying 10,000 B.C.?

Posted by D.Z. at March 18, 2008 2:33 AM

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LYT says ...

I would trade places with Chris Rock in a heartbeat.

Posted by LYT at March 18, 2008 3:46 AM

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Mgmax says ...

Today's reading, Shelby Steele on the reasons behind Obama's popularity:

http://tinyurl.com/2d4s6q

Posted by Mgmax at March 18, 2008 5:31 AM

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T. S. Idiot says ...

Has Obama, Clinton, McCain, or Bush said anything about the Tibet-China situation? Does leadership actually exist in the US?

Posted by T. S. Idiot at March 18, 2008 5:33 AM

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jason4235 says ...

"I'm still waiting to hear a clip from the Rev. Wright with which I find disagreement."

The US government invented HIV to kill black people didn't do it for ya?

Posted by jason4235 at March 18, 2008 6:31 AM

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Mgmax says ...

Oh, Jason, don't even bother. Somebody that far sunk in the fever swamps isn't worth fighting with. (He said, imparting a lesson he's certainly failed to heed himself.)

Here's the clip from Wright I disagree with: "He doesnâ€™t fit the model. He ain't white. He ain't rich and he ain't privileged."

Let's see, half-white, household income of $900,000 a year and a meteoric rise through Ivy League law school and Chicago politics... Reverend Wright ain't been paying attention.

Posted by Mgmax at March 18, 2008 6:53 AM

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