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- I don't think there's anything objectionable in this Clinton ad, but I also don't see how it's going to convince anyone to vote for Clinton. I mean, doesn't everyone know that the stakes are high? I guess the idea is to scare people into making what they think of as the safe choice (Clinton), but it just doesn't seem scary enough to accomplish that.
- The Clinton campaign is theoretically in the red, but, since the debt is not due immediately, practically has enough money to keep going.
- Ron Paul is starring in a video game, or at least that's what this ad which is airing on television in Pennsylvania suggests to me (while he hasn't officially dropped out, this independent effort probably has more to do with some supporters' desire for a third-party run).
- As Dana wrote, Clinton derided the Democratic party's activist base at a private fundraiser. I bring this up not because of what it says about Clinton, but because it's a remarkable contrast with the reaction to the "bitter" comments -- and an example of how acceptable it is to the media to speak ill of people who, whatever you may think of their methods or beliefs, are trying hard to improve the country.
- The moderators at the ABC debate actually did ask more scandal-related questions than were asked at any other debate.
- A Pennsylvania pledged delegate tries to figure out whether she actually has to vote for Obama at the DNC and finds that ... nobody really knows.
- The McCain campaign again delays the release of his medical records.
- The odd thing about the media's love for McCain is that he's really bad at articulating an actual message. I suspect that'll start to catch up to him pretty soon ...
- Grist political guru David Roberts interviews McCain climate guru Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
--Sam Boyd
