McCain-Jindal?  —  Barack Obama said Friday, “We've had a rough couple of weeks.”  Actually, he's had a rough couple of months.  He's lost three big primaries to Hillary Clinton.  And, should he hold on to win the nomination, he can no longer be considered a clear favorite over John McCain in the general election.

Clinton Camp Considering Nuclear Option To Overtake Delegate Lead  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign has a secret weapon to build its delegate count, but her top strategists say privately that any attempt to deploy it would require a sharp (and by no means inevitable) shift in the political climate …

Hezbollah Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say  —  BAGHDAD — Militants from the Lebanese group Hezbollah have been training Iraqi militia fighters at a camp near Tehran, according to American interrogation reports that the United States has supplied to the Iraqi government.

Hillary Clinton Doesn't Listen to Economists  —  When asked this morning by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos if she could name a single economist who backs her call for a gas tax holiday this summer, HRC said “I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.”  —  I know several of the economists …

Why Oprah quit Jeremiah Wright's church and Barack Obama didn't  —  Early in the 1980s rising television star Oprah Winfrey was looking for a local church in Chicago.  Not surprisingly, she like many blacks including four years later a community organizer named Barack Obama …

Andrew Sullivan Suggests A “Hate-Filled Dream Ticket”  —  Sully's scared she'll damage him too much.  —  I have a similar concerns, but is choosing her for Veep really the way to go?  —  From TimesOnline: … I think Sullivan's points about JFK picking LBJ and Reagan picking the elder Bush …

McCain finds his own radical friend  —  Can a presidential candidate justify a long and friendly relationship with someone who, back in the 1970s, extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology—and who has never shown remorse or admitted error?

Clinton mailing's gun gaffe  —  Senator Hillary Clinton's mailing attacking Senator Barack Obama's record on guns appears to include a striking visual gaffe: The image of the gun pictured on the face of the mailing is reversed, making it a non-existent left-handed model of the Mauser 66 rifle.

How bad does the UN have to get?  —  Here's a nice dilemma for Lefties.  What if UN peacekeepers in the Congo turn out to have been encouraging elephant poaching?  Would they continue to give the organisation their unconditional support?  —  Elephant poaching in Africa: sanctioned by the UN?

Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight  —  Campaign Talks On Issue Preceded Union's Backing  —  Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption …

Obama Tells Workers, When They Lose Their Job, They Lose Their Dignity  —  If I were an Indiana voter listening to Obama, I don't think I'd appreciate him telling me that since I've lost my job, I've lost my dignity.  The crowd didn't react to the statement.  Certainly no cheering.  —  See what you think.

Fair and Balanced  —  Sweet Iraq panel from the NYT.  It's got Richard Perle and Danielle Pletka and Frederick Kagan and Paul Bremer.  That's four out of the nine slots!  Plus you've got Ken Pollack, and what Spencer Ackerman describes as “non-liberal members of the reality-based community …