The Carpetbagger Report

Guest Post by dnA I’ll try to fill CB’s shoes again tonight with today’s roundup of quick links: The “Obama plagiarized” meme seems to have survived two news cycles, so it may not go away soon. Democrats generally get grilled on how they will pay for certain domestic programs. Thinkprogress is wondering how John McCain […]

Guest Post by dnA Early exit poll info from Marc Armbinder: Info from our trusty pals at CBS News: this electorate is very white; only four in ten have a “college degree.” They’re “less affluent” than Dems in other states. The percentage of late deciders is declining: only 27% made up their minds within the […]

Guest post by Ron Chusid The Politico has a potentially controversial story by Roger Simon which leaves me wondering where the story is. The title certainly caught my attention: Clinton Targets Pledged Delegates. The logic here is that Clinton’s strategy of going after super delegates is running into trouble with all the talk of how […]

Guest Post by dnA Yesterday Republicans were up in arms over Michelle Obama’s alleged proclamation that she was only proud of her country because her husband was running for president. This was the quote they used: “For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country,” she told a Milwaukee crowd […]

Guest Post by dnA For the past week, John McCain has been attempting to hit Barack Obama for reneging on his “pledge” to pursue public financing should he win the nomination. Aside from the fact that no pledge was ever made, McCain’s own abuse of the public financing system negates any presumption of good faith […]

It turns out, I need one more day off. I saw a doctor yesterday, and got some medicine, but I’m still not quite where I need to be. The great team of guest posters from yesterday will, thankfully, be back today. See you tomorrow.

Guest post by Ron Chusid This study falls in the category of proving something most people probably already realized was true, but it is still useful to have the actual evidence. The New York Times reviews a study from the American Cancer Society which shows that people with insurance are more likely to have cancer […]

Guest post by Steve M. In The Boston Globe today, the novelist Elinor Lipman argues that we shouldn’t have been upset when MSNBC’s David Shuster asked whether Chelsea Clinton was being “pimped out” by her parents: I learned of Shuster’s question and its fallout while watching “Countdown,” from its increasingly self-important and bombastic anchor Keith […]

Guest post by Ron Chusid There’s some more ridiculous Obama-bashing on health care in the blogosphere today, this time starting with a post by Mike Lux at Open Left. The complaint is that Jim Cooper advocated more moderate health care reform than Clinton while in Congress and he is now a health care spokesman for […]

Guest Post by dnA Steve’s not here, but I love the Mini-Report and I assume the rest of you do too, so I’ll do my best to reproduce one here. Going into tomorrow’s primary in Wisconsin, most polls show Obama with a small to moderate lead over Hillary Clinton, except for ARG, which shows Clinton […]