Wow: that ticker story I saw on Clyburn really softened things up, apparently, because
over here, he says
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"We keep talking as if it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter that Obama gets 92 percent of the black vote, because since he only got 35 percent of the white vote, he's in trouble," Clyburn said. "Well, Hillary Clinton only got 8 percent of the black vote. . . . It's almost saying black people don't matter. The only thing that matters is how white people respond. And that's what bothered me. I think I matter."
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And connecting to my earlier, sarcastic question about the "Judas" count, the same article also notes
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More than 70 top Clinton donors wrote their first checks to Obama in March, campaign records show.
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Yikes!
OTOH, on the latter point, what I read says she's got far, far fewer donors that are donating far, far more money -- many up to the $2,300 personal limit, for her, as opposed to that $100 or so average for his donors -- so in that sense, maybe she's not losing
more in potential contributions at the same time that he's gaining.
I mean if you want to go silver lining hunting there or something...
Meanwhile, a (to me, at least) new possible explanation
here of Bill Clinton's sometimes seemingly unexplainable behavior:
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...perhaps his heart bypass surgery in 2004 took more of a toll than people realize.
"It is possible that Bill Clinton's recent gaffes are a result of his bypass operation," said Dr. Marc Siegel, an NYU associate professor who has interviewed Clinton's heart surgeon.
Siegel was referring to a personality-change phenomenon sometimes seen in bypass patients.
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Finally, you may want to start your day off with
this video of Obama commenting on when he will and won't fight in his politics, Melliedee.
Steve