Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:00 AM ET, May 21, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
CNN:
Another split decision in Democratic race  —  (CNN) — Despite Hillary Clinton's landslide victory in Kentucky, Barack Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination.  —  Clinton won Kentucky by more than 30 points, but Obama's share of the state's 51 delegates …
RELATED:
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Obama leads McCain in November match: Reuters poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point national lead on Republican John McCain as the U.S. presidential rivals turn their focus to a general election race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Reaction
John McCain / Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Opens Double-digit Lead Over McCain in National Test  —  Third-party candidates Nader and Barr show signs of strength in key demographic groups  —  UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama has sprinted out to a 10-point lead over Republican John McCain in a four …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Clinton Fades Even in a Victory  —  While Senator Barack Obama gingerly commended his rival's “perseverance,” the shrinking candidacy of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton all but vanished from the television set on Tuesday, sidelined by bigger news.  —  Even her victory speech in Kentucky …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Sees Many Reasons to Stay In  —  Rebuffing associates who have suggested that she end her candidacy, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has made it clear to her camp in recent days that she will stay in the race until June because she believes she can still be the nominee — and …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Plans General Election Team
Discussion: Associated Press
Roger Simon / The Politico:
What is Clinton's argument now?  —  Hillary Clinton does not lack for victories.
Discussion: TIME.com
Washington Post:
Clinton Wins Her Faithful in Ky., But Obama Gains Whites in Ore.
Discussion: Hot Air and PoliGazette
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Money shocker!  Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars*  —  (*UPDATE: Due to a mathematical error, Hillary Clinton's loans to herself were added twice in the calculation of this item.  Her total debts are about $20 million, not $31 million.  A corrected item will be published shortly.)
RELATED:
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Obama's April Fund-Raising Passes $31 Million
Discussion: Political Machine
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
More than just financing Bush Wars...  The Chinese are apparently taking a supervisory role in overseeing their investment. … Ms. Manning are you forgetting who the President and Vice-President are?  Sadly, it's par for the course.  —  This occurred during the period …
RELATED:
Justin Rood / ABCNEWS:   Report: U.S. Soldiers Did ‘Dirty Work’ for Chinese Interrogators
Jason Ryan / ABCNEWS:
Former Detainee Describes ‘Water Treatment’
Discussion: Think Progress
Joseph Lieberman / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats and Our Enemies  —  How did the Democratic Party get here?  How did the party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy drift so far from the foreign policy and national security principles and policies that were at the core of its identity and its purpose?
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
AWESOME NEW CLINTONIAN BULLS**T- BREAKING FAST  —  Lisa Caputo, one of the Clinton hacks on MSNBC tonight, just claimed (fraudulently) that Hillary had the popular vote but was behind in the delegate math, and that this felt like “Al Gore in 2000 when it had to go to the Supreme Court.”
RELATED:
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
We've Been Had  —  This was Obama's rally in Oregon over the weekend, which saw 75,000 people gather on the waterfront, on a sunny summer day, to hear the great one speak.  Or did they?  The headline in the New York Times was “Obama Draws Huge Crowd in Oregon.”  So they must have been there to see Obama, right?
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Pitchfork
RELATED:
Robert Knight / NewsBusters.org:
Free Concert by Popular Band Preceded Obama's Big Rally
Gizmodo:
Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech  —  We had to double check that this wasn't a story about Second Life, but rather is an actual event in actual meatspace occurring this past weekend in Moscow.  As former chess champion Garry Kasparov was giving a speech to unite opposition political forces …
New York Times:
Operation in Sadr City Is an Iraqi Success, So Far  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces rolled unopposed through the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City on Tuesday, a dramatic turnaround from the bitter fighting that has plagued the Baghdad neighborhood for two months, and a qualified success for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:00 AM ET, May 21, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Michelle Malkin / National Review:
Barack Gaffes  —  All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life.
Discussion: TownHall Blog, Althouse and Hot Air
John McCain / CNN:
McCain adviser steps down to avoid working against Obama
Discussion: Wizbang
David Blair / Telegraph:
Iran sets off nuclear race in the Middle East
Ginn / DBKP:
UK PC Criminal: 15-Yr-Old Youth Who Called Scientology a Cult
Discussion: The Impolitic, Gawker and Guardian
Sam Graham-Felsen / Barack Obama:
Senator Obama's Remarks from Des Moines, Iowa
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Will the Real Libertarian Please Stand Up?
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Last Debate
Discussion: Whiskey Fire
 Earlier Items: 
Financial Times:
Shortage fears push oil futures near $140
Daniel A. Bell / New York Times:
China's Class Divide
Discussion: Economist's View
David Benkof / Philly.com:
For better or worse, a bad ruling
Brian Stelter / TV Decoder:
Is MSNBC a Political Liability to NBC?
Matthew Yglesias:
McCainiacs for Clinton  —  Well, as predicted Obama won Oregon …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eunomia
IBDeditorials.com:
Bashers Beware  —  The Presidency: It takes little courage …
Discussion: Power Line and Sadly, No!
Noah Pollak / Commentary:
McCain Is Losing the Iran Debate
Discussion: Political Byline
Marc Ambinder:
Why Are Superdelegates Waiting?  —  Clinton talking point …
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page