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
* There’s no shortage of polls out there today. LA Times\/Bloomberg polled<\/a> three upcoming Democratic contests and found Clinton leading Obama in Pennsylvania (46-41), Obama leading Clinton in Indiana (40-35), and Obama up big in North Carolina (47-34).<\/p>\n * Franklin and Marshall College<\/a> has Clinton up by five in Pennsylvania (46-41), while Strategic Vision<\/a> (R) has her up by nine (49-40). Public Policy Polling<\/a> (D) is the oddball, showing Obama up in Pennsylvania by three (45-42).<\/p>\n * The Obama campaign has a new TV ad<\/a> up in Pennsylvania, responding to Clinton’s ad attacking him for the “bitter” controversy. The Obama spot emphasizes the booing Clinton heard emphasizing the controversy on Monday before a labor union.<\/p>\n * Speaking of unions, Clinton was endorsed<\/a> this morning by the 45,000-member Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association, which the AP noted, “timed its announcement for Clinton’s speech Wednesday before the AFL-CIO’s Building Trades National Legislative Conference.”<\/p>\n * And speaking of endorsements, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a> backed Obama today.<\/p>\n * In an even higher-profile endorsement, Bruce Springsteen<\/a> threw his support to Obama this morning. * Don’t expect McCain to pick a pro-choice running mate<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Top strategists for Al Gore and John Kerry aren’t especially pleased<\/a> that Clinton had some unkind remarks about their campaigns over the weekend.<\/p>\n * For all the recent talk about Obama and small towns in Pennsylvania, the Huffington Post noted<\/a>, “[I]t is Obama, not Sen. Hillary Clinton, who has received the majority of donations from these very same Keystone State communities.”<\/p>\n * Lieberman is still open<\/a> to giving the keynote address at the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n * Barney Frank wants<\/a> somebody<\/i> to drop out by June 3.<\/p>\n * Could Obama turn North Dakota blue<\/a> in November?<\/p>\n * Mike Huckabee’s HuckPAC is born<\/a>, vowing to raise money to support Republican candidates. But didn’t Huckabee have trouble raising money for his own campaign?<\/p>\n
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\n* The Clinton campaign announced yesterday morning that that roughly 100 mayors<\/a> in Pennsylvania would endorse her at the same time.<\/p>\n