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Obama Is Winning Because Our Generation Stopped Hating Gwyneth Paltrow [Crappy Hour]
Published 5/14/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... last night? Thanks reader and American expat in Holland Melinda Manley : "Terry McAuliffe raised some serious expectations for Hillary's speech on MSNBC. "You're going to see a great speech tonight from Hillary Clinton. Talked about it on the way down. I saw it. It's going to be a great speech. One of the greatest speeches, Chris, ever given," he said. "Better than the second inaugural of Lincoln, perhaps," Matthews said after he got off the air. "Better than stuff in the Bible," said Olbermann. MEGAN: I know, I saw that, Terry was on fire last night, totally all adrenaline ...

Obama Is Winning Because Hipsters Stopped Hating Gwyneth Paltrow [Crappy Hour]
Published 5/14/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... last night? Thanks reader and American expat in Holland Melinda Manley : "Terry McAuliffe raised some serious expectations for Hillary's speech on MSNBC. "You're going to see a great speech tonight from Hillary Clinton. Talked about it on the way down. I saw it. It's going to be a great speech. One of the greatest speeches, Chris, ever given," he said. "Better than the second inaugural of Lincoln, perhaps," Matthews said after he got off the air. "Better than stuff in the Bible," said Olbermann. MEGAN: I know, I saw that, Terry was on fire last night, totally all adrenaline ...

Barack Obama Brings Out Over 75,000 People in Oregon
Published 5/19/2008 by Scott Warheit (noreply@blogger.com) at Quo Vadimus
... introducing himself to voters, they still are very unfamiliar with him, and aren't willing to take a leap of faith based on the rave reviews the rest of the country has given Obama. And while it might seem contradictory that some can both believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim (at least 10% of the country according to recent polling) and at the same time think that he shares the views of radical former Pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright, many voters do not see the inconsistency (one, , Ben Smith at Politico first noticed). ...

Democrats Meet to Discuss Florida, Michigan Delegates
Published 5/31/2008 by Jen Chung at Gothamist
... (details about the meeting here) has heard testimony from Florida and Michigan DNC members, as well as Clinton and Obama supporters and campaign staffers. It's unclear decision will be made (a partial resolution end of the weekend?), so it remains to be seen if DNC chairman Howard Dean's opening remarks will be heeded: "It has got to stop. We have got to come together and unite our party. Every one of us has the responsibility to help ensure that our party is united." Politico, the Times' Caucus blog, and Talking Points Memo are all liveblogging ...