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- So video has emerged of a speech from last Christmas given by Barack Obama's then-pastor Jeremiah Wright (who has since retired) and current member of an honorary advisory committee to the campaign. The speech is impassioned and very anti-Hillary but basically true though incomplete. Most positions of power in the United States are in fact held by rich white people. Of course, they're also mostly held by rich white men, a fact Wright overlooks. That's why this is just as frustrating as all the op-eds and speeches saying that Obama supporters don't know what it's like to be a woman.
- Hillary Clinton made an impressive and candid statement about race yesterday that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves.
- However controversial Wright's remarks are, they pale in comparison those made by McCain spiritual adviser Rod Parsley who I mentioned yesterday. See more of his remarks here -- they're are controversial to say the least. He's also just incredibly obnoxious to watch.
- The Hill looks into what down-ticket candidates are saying about Obama's coattails.
- Obama blasts McCain's shifting record on taxes. I think it'd be good for both Democrats to do more of this.
- A compromise proposal for Michigan and Florida is being floated by Michigan Democrats.
- Every four years we get stories about how this or that campaign is going to contest more states than usual and every four years it doesn't happen. This time it's McCain, and, while he does have a decent argument for why he'd do better in places like Oregon and Wisconsin than the average Republican, I think it's canceled out if Obama is the nominee.
- Obama releases his 2005 and 2006 earmarks (2007 is already public), Clinton may do the same.
- Mark Penn insults our intelligence again, this time by asserting that a loss in Pennsylvania means Obama will have trouble winning Pennsylvania despite polling that shows he's doing better there against McCain than Clinton.
--Sam Boyd
