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
* In the wake of her success in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton picked up another superdelegate yesterday, Rep. John Tanner<\/a>, a Blue Dog from Tennessee. Later in the day, 15 House Dems met<\/a> at Clinton’s campaign office to discuss how to expand her superdelegate lead, which has been shrinking steadily for several weeks.<\/p>\n * Speaking of superdelegates, Barack Obama also picked up another one yesterday, when Audra Ostergard<\/a>, a party leader in Nebraska, threw her support to Obama.<\/p>\n * There’s apparently some debate<\/a> over just how much money the Clinton campaign raised in the 24 hours after the polls closed in Pennsylvania. Aides say it was $10 million, but the NYT puts the number at $8 million. Either way, it was an impressive one-day haul. (Update<\/i>: it appears the $10 million figure was a “goal<\/a>,” and some of the estimates were inflated.) (Second Update<\/i>: The campaign now insists it really did<\/a> raise $10 million.)<\/p>\n * Obama acknowledged yesterday that his biggest hurdle is likely winning support from seniors<\/a>: “I have to say if you look at and I know my staff has talked about this: If you look at the numbers, our problem has less to do with white working class voters, the problem is, to the extent there is a problem is with older voters,” Obama told reporters. “They are very loyal to Sen. Clinton. And I think part of that is they’ve got a track record of voting for not just Sen. Clinton but also her husband.” He said he would do more to emphasize issues important to elderly voters, including “prescription drugs or pension and retirement security.”<\/p>\n * Does anyone really<\/i> need to watch another Democratic debate<\/a>? “Hillary Clinton’s campaign has increased its efforts to pressure Barack Obama to agree to more debates. On Wednesday, they sent reporters a press release titled “Debate Watch: Day 1,” as part of their continuing effort to focus attention on Obama’s reluctance to schedule more primary season showdowns.” * McCain is running on Bush’s policy agenda, so it stands to reason that he’d run with Bush’s staff<\/a>: “Nicole Wallace, the former communications director for President Bush’s reelection campaign, has signed on with John McCain. CNN’s Dana Bash reports Wallace will help craft the Arizona senator’s message and begin May 1.”<\/p>\n * It looks like Clinton’s margin of victory in Pennsylvania will be 9.2%<\/a>. I was a little surprised by how important this point became yesterday.<\/p>\n * Speaking of Pennsylvania, would “street money” have helped Obama<\/a> in Philadelphia?<\/p>\n * Obama fans may be interested to know that MoveOn.org has kicked off its “Obama in 30 Seconds<\/a>” competition, in which members submitted 30-second videos explaining why they back Obama. Online voting has already begun. (Pay particular attention to the clip<\/a> from my friend Lee Shanahan.)<\/p>\n
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\n* The DNC is going to do its part<\/a> to help define McCain: “The Democratic National Committee has seriously upped its ad campaign against John McCain, with the latest FEC filing showing a $500,000 buy to run the spot on the economy that they previewed over the weekend.”<\/p>\n