memeorandum: Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States (Andrew Malcolm/Top of the Ticket)

5:30 AM ET, May 10, 2008

Top Items:

From The “If McCain Did This” Files — Obama, below, is tired, nothing more. — But if John McCain did this — if he mistakenly said he'd visited 57 states — the media would be all up in his grill, accusing him of a senior moment. Just saying....

Discussion: Althouse, Classical Values, GINA COBB, Redstate, Macsmind, American Power, TigerHawk, The Democratic Daily, NewsBusters.org, JustOneMinute and The Impolitic

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:

Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States — Ah, Oregon. The beautiful Northwest. Rain. Trees. Clouds. Rain. Friendly territory for Sen. Barack Obama, the leading contender for the Democratic Party's long-disputed presidential nomination.

Discussion: Jeha's Nail, The Moderate Voice and TalkLeft

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Obama: I want to be president of all 57 states — Ambinder asks the question you're already asking yourself. Verdict: Dude's lost his bearings. — Blowback

Discussion: Stop The ACLU, JammieWearingFool, Jules Crittenden, Weekly Standard Blog and The News Buckit

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:

IF MCCAIN DID THIS: Marc Ambinder comments, “But if John McCain did this — if he mistakenly said he'd visited 57 states — the media would be all up in his grill, accusing him of a senior moment. Just saying....” — UPDATE: L.A. Times: “Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States.”

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The New Editor and Patterico's Pontifications

CNN:

McCain defends his ‘bearings’ — NEWARK, New Jersey (CNN) - John McCain on Friday defended his charge that the terrorist organization Hamas is rooting for Barack Obama to win the presidency — and said voters were welcome to discuss whether his age should be a factor in the fall campaign.

Discussion: New York Times, Political Radar, The Daily Dish, TPM Election Central and Salon

SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman: 'I Personally Checked John McCain's Bearings'

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos and Associated Press

Hindrocket / Power Line:
CAN HE SPELL “POTATO?” — Yesterday Barack Obama said that John McCain …

Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com

Tom Baldwin / Times of London:

Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas — One of Barack Obama's Middle East policy advisers disclosed today that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas - prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him. — Robert Malley told The Times …

Discussion: The Trail, TalkLeft, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Jules Crittenden, Power Line, Atlas Shrugs, American Power, The American Mind, TownHall Blog, Political Punch, NO QUARTER, Boston Globe, Confederate Yankee and Wake up America

Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Obama Fires Advisor — For Conducting Talks With Terrorist Hamas

Discussion: American Power, The Jawa Report, The Other McCain and Hot Air

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
INFORMAL OBAMA ADVISER STEPS ASIDE OVER HAMAS TALKS

Discussion: War in Context and Hot Air

Michael Calderone / The Politico:

Lanny Davis on CNN primary night: ‘Worst experience I ever had on television’ — When Clinton supporter Lanny Davis appeared on CNN during primary night, shortly before 10 p.m., there was a peculiar exchange with host Anderson Cooper. … During the Election Night broadcast …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org, TVNewser, Ed Driscoll.com, AMERICAblog, The Other McCain and Althouse

Leila Fadel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City — BAGHDAD — Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation …

Discussion: Redstate

Eric Martin / American Footprints:
Toll the Bell for the Polls, Part III

Discussion: Hullabaloo, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Associated Press and D-Day

Matthew Yglesias: Time to Get Mad — Eric Martin reviews the latest out of Sadr City and waxes indignant:

Associated Press:

Another Texas superdelegate backs Clinton — DALLAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton picked up another endorsement from a Texas Democratic superdelegate for the party's presidential primary. — Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, announced Friday night that he is endorsing Clinton.

Discussion: 2008 Democratic …

Kate Phillips / The Caucus:

Obama Won't Rule Out Easing Clinton Campaign Debt — WOODBURN, Ore. - Senator Barack Obama said today that he would not rule out the possibility of helping Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton retire her campaign debt to bring her into the fold and unify Democrats. But he said no discussions have taken place yet.

Discussion: The Page and Donklephant

Chris / TVNewser:

Fox News Assistant Fired For Red Carpet Disclosure — TVNewser Exclusive: A 24-year-old Fox News Channel production assistant was fired this morning for something she said during the red carpet arrivals at the Time 100 Gala last night. — Insiders tell us the assistant, identified as Jennifer Locke …

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, Cliff Schecter … and NewsBusters.org

Al Meyerhoff / The Huffington Post:

McCain to Me in 1999: Bush “As Dumb as a Stump” — As a lawyer might say (OK, I am one), I have no personal knowledge of whether John or Cindy McCain voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. However, now that that has been called into question by Arianna Huffington (who says no) …

Discussion: MyDD, Crooks and Liars, Donklephant, Liberty Street, Marc Ambinder and Liberal Values

John M. Broder / New York Times:

For First Time, More Superdelegates Favor Obama — The trump card Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton held in her faltering bid for president — her support among the superdelegates who can control the fate of the Democratic nomination — began slipping from her grasp on Friday as Senator Barack …

Discussion: Truthdig

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Superdelegates

Discussion: The Caucus, Cliff Schecter …, Salon, The Raw Story and Liberal Values

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:

Obama Takes Lead in Superdelegate Tally — Hillary Clinton Will Meet With Financial Backers Next Week — Sen. Barack Obama moved into the lead today in the last category that Sen. Hillary Clinton had claimed to have an edge — support among the Democratic Party's superdelegates.

Discussion: The Numbers, PoliGazette and Daily Kos

Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Not Yet Pulling Away

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton: West Virginia Vote Can Make ‘Earth Move’

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Page, Taegan Goddard's … and Real Clear Politics

HillaryClinton.com:

Swing State Democrats Say Hillary Best For Top Of Ticket — Over a dozen members of Congress wrote to other Democrats touting their support for Hillary, saying she is the strongest candidate to have at the top of the ticket in the fall. — The text of the letter is below. — Dear Fellow Democrat,

Discussion: Threat Level, NO QUARTER and The Washington Independent

Marc Ambinder:
Reality Principle Watch: A Clinton Power Point Presentation

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money and Trailhead

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Clinton Supporters Send Last-Ditch Obama Attack Emails To Supers — As the Democratic primary nears its long-awaited conclusion, undecided superdelegates have been drowned under a sudden deluge of angry, sometimes vicious emails from Hillary Clinton supporters urging them to not fall in line behind Barack Obama.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Newshoggers.com and The Moderate Voice