Mori Dinauer

This isn’t the first time Webb‘s name has come up, nor will it be the last. It’s even been discussed on the pages of the Prospect recently. But I think the costs for Obama of picking Webb outweigh the benefits. Obviously Webb brings with him a certain authoritativeness on military affairs that is supposed to […]

Marc Ambinder confirms that the big rumored endorsement Obama is rolling out today is none other than John Edwards. The official announcement is a 6:30 ET. –Mori Dinauer

One assumes Tom Friedman‘s recent hiatus from opinion column writing was supposed to focus his mind on world affairs and produce new and dazzling insights about how the world now works. Behold, the opening paragraph of today’s column,: The next American president will inherit many foreign policy challenges, but surely one of the biggest will […]

Josh Green has a fascinating read in the June Atlantic on the money machine helmed by Barack Obama. Here’s the thesis: Obama is a gifted politician by anyone’s measure, but what distinguishes him from earlier insurgents is his ability to fully harness the excitement that his candidacy has created, in votes and in dollars. Three […]

Courtesy of Rasmussen: Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democratic voters nationwide now believe that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the White House. That’s up slightly from 34% in late April, 32% earlier in April and 22% in late March. However, if Clinton does not win the Democratic Party nomination, 29% of Democrats […]

You know you’ve got problems when even David Horowitz has reservations about your plan to endow a chair of “Conservative Thought and Policy:” Even some conservatives who have long pushed for balance in academia voice qualms. Among them is David Horowitz, a conservative agitator whose book “The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America” […]

There’s a lot to chew on in this ABC/WaPo poll, but what’s striking about the above graph (stolen from Brendan Nyhan) isn’t just that 8 in 10 Americans currently think the country’s on the wrong track, but that the periods where a majority of Americans felt the country was on the right track are few […]

A good article in the Times on Obama‘s political roots on the Chicago South Side McCain‘s convention chair gets booted after just nine days on the job for ties to the Burmese government. Where does the GOP find these guys? A depressing story in the Post on immigrant prisons. On a more positive note, it […]

Did John Edwards let slip an endorsement this morning? Watch the video and decide for yourself. Obama picked up seven superdelegates today and ABC declared earlier in the day that by their count, Obama already leads Clinton in this category for the first time. (A story in tomorrow’s New York Times puts Obama ahead as […]

On the heels of stepping out of anonymity, Edward Espinoza — A.K.A. Mr. Super — has endorsed Barack Obama, according to the candidate’s web site: “I am endorsing Barack Obama today because throughout this process I have seen him show a judgment and character that we need in our next president. From day one he […]