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February 2008

Dems 2008: Follow the money… to a superdelegate [Karl]

The Center for Responsive Politics reports: (W)hile it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials who are superdelegates have received at least $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years… Yet somehow, Sen. Hillary Clinton — who increasingly is looking

Pin-Ups for Vets… though I don’t think anyone’s checking [Karl]

Gina Elise is selling a nostalgic pin-up calendar to raise funds for hospitalized Veterans, and as gifts to ill and injured Veterans, as well as our deployed troops to help boost morale.  I am not a vet, but Ms. Elise seems very boosty.  Like Dan wouldn’t have written the exact same thing. (h/t Jeff G.)

So Sad [Dan Collins]

Security officials in Lebanon said Imad Mugniyah, 45, a senior Hezbollah military commander, was killed by a car bomb on Tuesday night in Damascus, Syria. Mr. Mugniyah had been accused in a series of bombings, hijackings and kidnappings during the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 American service members. Mr. Mugniyah’s father, Fayez, left, and grandfather held each other during

HuffPo blows the lid off America’s dietary problem [Karl]

Kelly Trueman complains that we Americans have a bias against eating bugs — and roadkill. Just don’t mention it to Mike Huckabee.

Scientific Study Reaches Mind-Blowing Conclusion [Dan Collins]

Shit you is what I do not at this present moment do: A new study supports the idea that super models flock together while individuals lacking the perfect face and body also stick together. “Beautiful people marry beautiful people and less beautiful people marry less beautiful people,” said Dan Ariely,* a professor of behavioral economics at MIT’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management. That can’t

St. Paddy’s Day [Dan Collins]

Guinness have a petition to make St. Patrick’s Day a national holiday. Even though I’m largely Irish by extraction, and love me some beer, I’m not very excited about the idea. Now, the day after Paddy’s . . . that would make sense.

Dems 2008: A further twist on the debate over FL & MI [Karl]

At MyDD, Jerome Armstrong notes that the DNC may be operating with a double-standard in stripping Florida and Michigan of their delegates. The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee imposed those sanctions on Florida and Michigan for moving up the dates of their primaries in violation of Rule 11.A. of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Now people are noticing that the committee has not discussed — let alone

American Moonbat [Dan Collins]

(with apologies to The Guess Who)  American Moonbat, get away from me-hee American Moonbat, mama let me be-hee Don’t be hanging around my door, Your campaign lit’rature makes me snore I got less frustrating things to do Than waste my time tryin’ to reason with you.

Election 2008: What is wrong with the primary polls? [Karl]

At RCP, Jay Cost considers the level of inaccuracy in this year’s primary polling and hypothesizes that it’s your fault: In a primary campaign, voters must choose among candidates who are all of the same party. Partisanship therefore does not enter into their decisions… *** …Consider that 48% of New Hampshire Democrats claimed to make their choice in the last week of the campaign. From a certain standpoint, that is

A Message from My Sponsor [Dan Collins]

  HAL: By the way, do you mind if I ask you a personal question? Dave: No, not at all. HAL: Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive but during the past few weeks, I’ve wondered whether you might be having some second thoughts about the mission. Dave: How do you mean? HAL: Well, it’s rather difficult to define. Perhaps I’m just projecting my own concern about it. I know