whoa... the paragraph that i quoted below is particularly interesting...who knew!

Quoted:
A woman can’t switch her phone’s Bluetooth feature on in a public place without receiving a barrage of the love poems and soft-touch photos of flowers and small children which many Saudi men keep stored on their phones for purposes of flirtation. And last year, Al Arabiya reported that some young Saudis have started buying special “electronic belts,” which use Bluetooth technology to discreetly beam the wearer’s cellphone number and e-mail address at passing members of the opposite sex.

this is really sad! vultures are amazing birds.

This is why electability is such a ridiculous thing during the primary...when we have two popular candidates, we should just vote on the issues and which one we want not one who we think will beat the opposition. electability is a media construct that fluctuates constantly.
But this is good news for Clinton going into Indiana, definitely.

Quoted: WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton has a better chance than Barack Obama of beating Republican John McCain, according to a new Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable in the fall than her rival for the Democratic nomination.

I thought this was worth a read

Quoted: If Barack Obama values independent thinking, why is his the most predictable liberal vote in the Senate?

good news for Clinton :-)

Quoted: seattletimes.com: WASHINGTON — Veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks is backing Hillary Clinton for president.

Washington state's senior member of Congress made the announcement Thursday night in advance of Clinton's planned Friday visit to Tacoma, the largest city in Dicks' 6th Congressional District.

A very good analysis of the Obama phenomenon... with some good questions raised. And, if the new Obama fans do actually turn into voters in the primary, will they stick around for the general or be burned out on elections and politics by then?

Quoted: Tuesday’s primary results did not match the fervor that had been signaled by Barack Obama’s dramatic march of rallies leading up to the vote...
In that dynamic rests one of the central questions about the Obama candidacy, which may well go the heart of whether he can win the presidency. Is this campaign a series of surges of enthusiasm, often powered by the younger voters who form long lines waiting to hear Mr. Obama speak, that set expectations that are not met at the voting booth?

This i think is exciting for Asians (a population that has been called the "sleeping giant" in recent years)

Quoted: But Clinton more than compensated by winning among Latinos by a 2-to-1 margin and among Asian-Americans by a 3-to-1 margin.

"Asians were a surprise," said Bruce Cain, director of the University of California's Washington Center. "It's the first (presidential) election we have seen where Asian voters were a big factor. They are about 8 percent of the Democratic electorate.... The two major immigrant groups voted for Clinton as opposed to the candidate who has the immigrant background."

Another strong piece about the differences between the candidates -- and Hillary being pro-universal health care is one of my big reasons for supporting her (vs. obama who falls short).

Quoted: The difference between the health care plans of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could well be the difference between achieving universal health coverage and falling far short.

It really drives me crazy to hear liberals talk of John McCain as though he's different from the rest of the republican party. Maybe there was a time when that was true. that time is long over.

Quoted: Johann Hari: John McCain is the candidate we should most fear. Not only is he to the right of George W. Bush on a whole range of subjects, he is also the Republican candidate most likely to dispense with Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.