memeorandum: Super Tuesday: The Most Interesting Number of All (Karen Tumulty/TIME: Swampland)

12:40 AM ET, February 7, 2008

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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: CNN, Sisyphus, Redstate, Marc Ambinder, Prairie Weather, AMERICAblog, The Rude Pundit, TIME, The Daily Dish and Born at the Crest …

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

Hillary Clinton / CNN:

DNC chair: We may have to broker Clinton-Obama deal — (CNN) — As predictions of a convention floor fight from the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to mount, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said the party would likely intervene to prevent that scenario.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, protein wisdom, Little Green Footballs and Gateway Pundit

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: The Moderate Voice, Marc Ambinder, Moue Magazine, Pam's House Blend, Comments from Left Field, Reason Magazine, skippy the bush kangaroo, D-Day, The Blue State and TalkLeft

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, Political Radar, MyDD, Spin Cycle, Political Machine, The Strata-Sphere and Blue Crab Boulevard

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

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million

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

Marc Ambinder:
Clinton Weighs A Self-Loan To Finance Campaign

Discussion: TownHall Blog, MyDD, Ben Smith's Blogs, Open Left, Salon, Political Radar, The New Republic, politburo diktat 2.0 and Donklephant

Bloomberg:
Obama Campaign Projects Deadlocked Race After Primaries Finish

Discussion: D-Day

Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama claims delegate lead

Discussion: Guardian, Scared Monkeys, About.com US Liberal Politics, The Hill, Liberal Values, MyDD, Balloon Juice, Preemptive Karma, Bill's Big Diamond Blog, Easter Lemming Liberal News, The Swamp, Truthdig, positivelyBarack.com, The Daily Whim, Donklephant, MSNBC and Slapstick Politics

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

Discussion: The New Republic

Tim Tagaris / Open Left:
How far off is self-funding for Clinton? Are they already there?

Discussion: Eschaton

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

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

Discussion: Vox Popoli, Maggie's Farm, The Moderate Voice, Wall Street Journal, Middle Earth Journal, Gateway Pundit and Pajamas Media

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

Discussion: Boston Globe, Pajamas Media, The Strata-Sphere, Commentary, The Volokh Conspiracy, Roger L. Simon and Classical Values

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: Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, Spin Cycle, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, Wonkette, Donklephant and Ben Smith's Blogs

Cliff Kincaid / Accuracy in Media:
Talk Radio Fails Conservatives

Discussion: The Radio Equalizer, Media Blog and Think Progress

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Lieberman Has “Superdelegate” Status Stripped Because of McCain Endorsement — Mark Pazniokas: … And for those who said they'd never lift their glass in a toast to Zell Miller...cheers!

Mark Pazniokas / CAPITOL WATCH: Lieberman No Longer a Super Delegate

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: Riehl World View, Hot Air, TownHall Blog and PunditGuy

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

Discussion: New York Times and The Swamp

City Room:

‘Obama Girl’ Didn't Vote — So, did the ‘Obama Girl’ actually vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday? — Actually, no. — Last summer the amateur music video “I Got a Crush on Obama,” was a Web hit, splashing a seductive performance by a 26-year-old model named Amber Lee Ettinger across millions …

Discussion: Political Machine, Wonkette, Threat Level and Don Surber

Lawhawk / A Blog For All:
Obama Girl Didn't Vote In Primary

Discussion: The Jawa Report

Scott Ott / A Townhall.com user blog:

How McCain Beats the Dem Nominee: The Team America Strategy — As neo-lib presidential candidate John McCain heads for the Republican nomination, and a November thrashing at the hands of Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton, conservatives across the land endure the dark night of the soul, wrestling with their consciences.

Discussion: Right Wing News

New York Times:
As Romney Falters in Republican Race, Huckabee's Drive Gathers Momentum

Discussion: Open Left and Daily Kos

Karen Tumulty / TIME: Swampland:

Super Tuesday: The Most Interesting Number of All — I'm up in NYC, where we are struggling to get dead-tree TIME out the door. As is so often the case, our own numbers wizard Jackson Dykman has come up with the most fascinating bit of data within all these mountains of numbers coming out of Super Tuesday:

Discussion: alicublog, Blue Mass. Group and slacktivist

Andy McCarthy / The Corner:

May I Offer Sen. McCain Some Advice? — Sen. McCain is clearly the frontrunner. He could only help himself and help the country by directly taking on Senators Clinton and Obama regarding FISA reform. — This issue is tailor-made for a guy who's got a lot of work to do to convince critics …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings, American Spectator and The American Mind

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, TalkLeft and Angry Bear