Now, to Find Blame for Clinton’s Loss

By way of Memeorandum, I note Sean Wilentz already casting about looking for somewhere beside Hillary Clinton, her past, her policies, her politics and her personality, to place the blame for her loss of the nomination:

Unlike the Republicans, the

• McQ notes this report which finally catches on to the obvious…
  

  Rap music has increasingly glamorized the use of illegal drugs, portraying marijuana, crack and cocaine as symbols of wealth and status, according to a new study by the journal

Since CBL (740AM in Toronto) went dark, and CBC radio one went to FM at CBLA/99.1FM*** and about a zillion low power FM repeaters, I can no longer get CBC1, so I didn’t hear this one.

Many Americans are

• I wasn’t exactly goig through withdrawal symptoms over the weekend, while the site servers got moved physically… but damned near that. At least a dozen times I saw something that screamed out to be written up for the blog, and

Bit Rambled about Chelsea Clinton.   Now I grant you that it is not comfortable being questioned about your parents’ integrity or lack thereof.   However Miss Clinton is endorsing and campaigning for her mother, Mrs. Clinton.   The character of a

• First, I’m pleased to announce, and recognize, that Right Wing News has honored us yet again, with an Honorable Mention, as a part of their Favorite Bloggers for 2008. I see Fellow Swamp Stomper Sister Toldjah is also on that

Well if you look at what Dave In Texas, Ace of Spades Hq, is reporting, both the Obama and Clinton camps are acting consistent with the belief that they are:

Scandal!!

The Obama campaign can’t shut up about it.

So, Obama is going to try to diffuse the race issue he has so far benefitted from. How? By giving a  speech. The trouble with that idea, of course, is that the speech comes almost directly on the heels of

Ed Morrissey:

John McCain took some time off of the campaign trail and hit the ground in Iraq this morning.  The media calls it a “surprise visit”, but he had given indications that he would visit Iraq after he clinched

Rich Lowry notes something that’s been unsettling to me the last several days:

When an unimpeachably liberal former vice-presidential candidate of the Democratic party is likened to David Duke by a liberal media hero, the political apocalypse — or at

National Pi Day, Miami County Weekend:

It looks cool, grown-up, amazing and sophisticated. Unless you don’t like math.

But if you love it, ? seems like one of the greatest developments of its time. What could be better

•  The racist card and the sexist card. Is Geraldine Ferraro a racist? Eh, likely not. But it is of note that the charge is coming fast and furious against her from Obama’s supporters, isn’t it?I mean, look…You knew the race

(Queue Beatles, Revolution Number 9)

OK, for all that we’ve been busy chatting about how Spitzer came over at the Mayflower, there was , in fact, other stuff in my head, and on the wires, besides Spitzer, today. Here’s

Ray Gustini, Radar, is reporting that Mrs. Clinton has purged her campaign website of all deferences to Eliot Spitzer:

Either way, Hillary Clinton has already delivered the first of many “You’re dead to me, Eliot”-moments, sponging her campaign website

Aside from the mess we described here last week for ANY kind of action as regards Florida and Michigan,  the Democrats are now willing to add to that a mail-in scheme.

WASHINGTON -(Fox)  A consensus began to emerge Sunday that