memeorandum: My Reform For The Nomination Process (Big Tent Democrat/TalkLeft)

9:05 PM ET, April 27, 2008

Top Items:

TRANSCRIPT: OBAMA ON ‘FNS’ — Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, sat for an interview Saturday in Indiana with Chris Wallace. The interview aired on “FOX News Sunday.” They touched on a wide range of topics including the marathon race to the Democratic nomination …

Hindrocket / Power Line:

DON'T FEAR THE REAPER — Barack Obama has boycotted Fox News for the past two years. Obama's boycott ended today, as he was interviewed by Chris Wallace. The result suggests that Obama had nothing to fear from the ostensibly hostile crowd at Fox. — Obama showed, once again, that he is a rare political talent.

Discussion: The Daily Dish

Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Obama Doesn't “Take Fox On,” After All — The Fox News Sunday interview is over. And Obama didn't take on Fox at all in any meaningful sense. — On Friday, a senior Obama adviser responded to criticism of his decision to go on Fox with a bunch of tough talk, saying that Obama knew full …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Washington Note, Open Left, Hullabaloo, Little Green Footballs, Booman Tribune, Talking Points Memo, The Jed Report and Weekly Standard Blog

Mosheh Oinounou / FOX Embeds:

McCain lays into Obama on taxes, says he opened door on Wright issue — Miami, FL — Sen. John McCain continues to ride a very thin line on the Jeremiah Wright controversy, reiterating today that while he will not make an issue of Barack Obama's pastor, he will not be surprised if others do.

Discussion: michellemalkin.com and The Campaign Spot

Los Angeles Times:
Obama donor received a state grant

Discussion: TalkLeft, Buck Naked Politics, Hot Air and The Page

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama on Fox: I supported Roberts when I opposed him

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, The Belmont Club and PrestoPundit

Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Obama And Ayers Worked Together Once? (Johnson and Maguire Are Now?)

Discussion: Global Labor … and Hot Air

Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Obama on Fox transcript

Discussion: Salon, NO QUARTER, Newshoggers.com, TalkLeft and Don Surber

Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Late Night: Johnny Can't Read

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings

Kate Phillips / The Caucus:

D.N.C. Advertisement: McCain's ‘100 Years’ in Iraq — Using footage from the town-hall-style meeting way back in January when a voter and Senator John McCain went back-and-forth about how long the United States would stay in Iraq, the Democratic National Committee has begun broadcasting a new advertisement.

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, The Page, CNN and Hot Air

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
McCain blames Obama for Wright issue

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs and Israel Matzav

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
John McCain's war, Howard Dean's war

Discussion: Jonathan Martin's Blogs

Rasha Madkour / Associated Press:

McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people — CORAL GALBES, Fla. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues. — The GOP nominee-in-waiting rapped his Democratic rival …

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, American Street, Hullabaloo and AMERICAblog

Robert H. Frank / Washington Post:

Don't Blame All Borrowers — After more than a decade of steep growth, home prices peaked last year and have been falling rapidly. Over 9 million mortgages are “under water,” meaning that more is owed on them than the home is worth. As foreclosures mount, additional homes come on the market …

Discussion: Cato-at-liberty, Concurring Opinions, Matthew Yglesias, The Volokh Conspiracy and Will Wilkinson

Associated Press:

Nev. GOP recesses state convention, angering Paul supporters — RENO, Nev. - Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention.

Discussion: Newshoggers.com

Anjeanette Damon / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Chaos over Paul cuts short gathering

Discussion: michellemalkin.com and DownWithTyranny!

Ryan Grim / The Politico:

Obama stops the clock on Fox — Barack Obama finally appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” stopping the “Obama Watch” clock at 772 days and change. And, believe it or not, it was a friendly exchange, touching on familiar themes. — Host Chris Wallace, who had started the clock …

Discussion: The New Republic

City Journal:

An Anatomy of Surrender — Islam divides the world into two parts. The part governed by sharia, or Islamic law, is called the Dar al-Islam, or House of Submission. Everything else is the Dar al-Harb, or House of War, so called because it will take war—holy war, jihad—to bring it into the House of Submission.

Discussion: Neptunus Lex and Spectator

Gallup:

Gallup Daily: Clinton and Obama Remain Tied at 47% — Clinton remains slightly ahead of McCain in general election — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds that national Democratic voters' preferences for their party's nomination remain evenly split, with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each receiving 47% support.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Donklephant

John Avlon / New York Post:

CLASH OF THE INDEPENDENTS — It's electability, stupid. — That's what Hillary Clinton and her surrogates have been spinning to super-delegates and anyone else who will listen since she lost her grip on once-inevitable nomination. — There's just one problem - when it comes to independent voters …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Middle Earth Journal and Liberal Values

Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:

My Reform For The Nomination Process — I am watching a C-Span broadcast about the broken, undemocratic, and corrupt nomination process. Elaine Kamarck of the DNC Rule and Bylaws Committee is going through the history and droning on about this and that. And it hit me.

Discussion: Middle Earth Journal

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:

Obama team remains unshaken and unstirred — After Sen. Barack Obama's third major primary loss and endless media coverage dedicated to dissecting the apparent weaknesses of his candidacy, one of the most striking elements of his campaign this week was what's missing: any hint of internal upheaval.

Discussion: The Page

Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:

How the South Won (This) Civil War — Southernism is taking over our national dialogue. Maybe it's time for the North to secede from the Union. — NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE — In the summer of 1863, Robert E. Lee led an ill-advised incursion into Pennsylvania.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy, at-Largely, Dean's World, protein wisdom and Ed Driscoll.com