Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* Chris Dodd will endorse<\/a> Barack Obama today at an event in Ohio. In an email to supporters Tuesday morning, Dodd wrote, “While both of our party’s remaining candidates are extremely talented and would make an excellent commander-in-chief, I am throwing my support to the candidate who I believe will open the most eyes to our shared Democratic vision…. I’m deeply proud to be the first 2008 Democratic presidential candidate to endorse Barack Obama. He is ready to be president. And I am ready to support him — to work with him and for him and help elect him our 44th president.” <\/p>\n * As firewall states go, Texas is looking a little shaky for Hillary Clinton. A new CNN poll<\/a> in the state shows Obama leading her among Texas Dems, 50% to 46%, after Clinton led by a couple of points last week.<\/p>\n * Speaking of Texas, in light of the state’s complex primary\/caucus hybrid system, Bill Clinton was already arguing yesterday that a Clinton defeat probably shouldn’t count<\/a>: “The doors open at 7 and they close at 7:15,” the former president said. “It would be tragic if Hillary were to win this election in the daytime and somebody were to come in at night and take it away.”<\/p>\n * I find it a little hard to believe, but an LAT political blog noted yesterday<\/a> that one of Mitt Romney’s sons said it’s “possible” Romney will re-enter the presidential campaign, as either the VP candidate, or as the party’s standard-bearer if John McCain falters.<\/p>\n * Get ready for the kitchen sink<\/a>: “After struggling for months to dent Senator Barack Obama\u2019s candidacy, the campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now unleashing what one Clinton aide called a ‘kitchen sink’ fusillade against Mr. Obama, pursuing five lines of attack since Saturday in hopes of stopping his political momentum.” * Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory<\/a> announced his support for Obama yesterday. Given that Mallory is also a superdelegate, the endorsement was a two-fer.<\/p>\n * Regrettably, Stanford’s Lawrence Lessig won’t<\/a> be running for Congress after all. Consulting with a pollster this week, Lessig was told he had no credible shot at beating fellow Democrat Jackie Speier, a highly popular former state senator, in California’s 12th district.<\/p>\n
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\n* Helping reinforce the CNN poll, SurveyUSA polled Dems in Texas and found similar results<\/a>, with Obama leading by four points, 49% to 45%. Most notably, Clinton’s lead among Texas Democratic women has shrunk from a 27-point lead to an 11-point lead.<\/p>\n