“Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election.” Disgusted by recent events, such as the Osama ad and the warnings of “obliteration”, the NYT editorial board for all intent and purposes unendorses Sen. Clinton.
Meanwhile, Sen. Obama open the post-PA era with another super endorsement, Gov. Brad Henry of OK. “Senator Obama understands that the serious concerns facing average Americans must transcend partisan games if we are to rise to the challenges of today and tomorrow. He is a strong, committed and inspirational leader, ideally suited to bring together Democrats, independents and Republicans,” Henry said.” Update: Clinton gets one too: Tennessee Congressman John Tanner, while Obama counters with 49 high-profile Edwards supporters in NC.
Another superdelegate is on board. I’m thinking this ends after IN and NC. He really needs to sweep that, and if he does, and wins big enough in NC to put the (incredibly dubious and also irrelevant, but whatever) popular vote number out of reach, she’s not even going to have a sliver of an argument left. Of course, the way this has been going, I’m not counting on anything yet.
Ah, nice. Hadn’t seen that one yet.
Regarding today’s torturing of the popular vote stat, I really don’t think it’s going to fly. In fact, I’m betting the supers will find the Clinton campaign brazenly idiotic for even attempting it.