Geoffrey Garin: Obama's Small-Town Comments Would Damage Him In General Election — And Super-Dels Should Consider Them  —  Hillary chief strategist Geoffrey Garin dramatically raised the stakes in the battle over Barack Obama's comments about small-town America, saying in an interview that they would be …

What McCain Said Compared To What Obama Said  —  Oliver Willis compares this McCain statement to the Obama Gaffe: … More . . .  Obama said: … (Emphasis mine.)  From my perspective (the son of Hispanic immigrants), McCain's statement is much worse.  Why?

Today I know the meaning of ‘butthurt.’  —  If it were later than 12:16 p.m. and if I had eaten anything yet today, I would take a double shot of whiskey right now.  I might do it anyway because any negative repercussions from that would have to be better than feeling every ounce of pain I'm enduring today.

In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers  —  WASHINGTON — Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job.  Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable …

Obama needs only 33% of SuperDelegates to get nomination  —  The reason every single top blog has had it with Hillary is because she already lost the nomination, she knows she already lost, and now is throwing a Hail Mary pass that threatens to divide our party and jeopardize our chances against John McCain in the fall.

I Get To Nitpick Gary Wills  —  Gary Wills writes on “Two Speeches”, comparing Lincoln's address at Cooper Union with Barack's Philadelphia speech on race.  And here are two from the “Small Historical World” file - I poked through Lincoln's Cooper Union speech a few years back in response …

Where Obama's ‘bitter’ comments go from here  —  Typically when politicians want to bury bad news, they put it out late on a Friday — which is precisely when this story broke.  —  But for at least five reasons, this story may only gain steam in the days ahead.

Donk Duet  —  Obama: Unelectable, that's what you are  —  Though the rants of Wright may hinder me  —  That's why I am here, that's why I stay  —  <instrumental interlude: tuba and digeridoo>  —  Obama: Unelectable in every way!  —  Hillary: That's why I'm still here, the crap you say!

Bittergate: Going Forward  —  1. As one Democrat who opposes Obama points out, “elitist comments like these are like catnip for the GOP.”  It's not reality that drives these characterizations, it's perceptions.  Without putting too fine a point on it, nothing energizes the conservative political machine …

BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN.  —  This may sound odd, but man am I disappointed that stuff is happening again in the presidential campaign.  These last few weeks of relative quiet have been terrific.  All the older reporters tell me that this is supposedly the greatest campaign of my lifetime …

Cafferty's defense  —  The Obama campaign sent out this CNN segment in which Jeff Toobin, Jack Cafferty, and Gloria Borger all defended Obama — and in it, one thing comes through:That it's tough for Clinton to be the messenger on this anti-elitist line, particularly just after she disclosed $109 million in income.