Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere March 24, 2008

The campaign is boiling and here’s our famous linkfest to give you a taste of the soup. NOTE: Links and quotes do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of TMV or its co-writers.

IS THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN STARTING TO FRACTURE? There are reports now about dissension in its ranks.

PROGRESSIVES COMPLAIN ABOUT GUILT BY ASSOCIATION IN THE CASE OF OBAMA AND HIS PASTOR WRIGHT but are progressives now using the same tactics? Read skippy. Actually, bitterness between the Obama Clinton camps and their respective bloggers has now gotten so great that it seems as if anything goes. Note the angry tone of most blogs.

IS NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON A “JUDAS” FOR ENDORSING HILLARY? Check out Instapundit’s answer.

CAN OBAMA BRIDGE THE DIVIDE AS HE HAS SUGGESTED? Dean Esmay has his doubts.

SOME NOW COMPARE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TO DEPRESSION-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER but a member of Congress says its the Democrats who are to blame. (Surprise?)

OBAMA GETS AN ENDORSEMENT FROM A REPUBLICAN who was a top adviser to former GOP Presidential wannabe Mitt Romney, served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel (U.S. Assistant Attorney General) for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Details here.

THE NEXT BLACK PRESIDENT WON’T BE A DEMOCRAT…and here’s the argument why.

WE RAN A GUEST VOICE POST ON AN INDEPENDENT VOTER DISGUSTED WITH JOHN MCCAIN and now Middle Earth Journal’s Ron Beasley says “me too.”

MORE ON THE (IN)FAMOUS IT’S RAINING MCCAIN” VIDEO: We ran (like many other websites) the…memorable..music video that ostensibly promoted McCain. But was it a Democratic dirty trick? (Or was it?)

A CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER HAS UN-ENDORSED JOE LIEBERMAN and Too Hot For TNR gives you his take on it. Lieberman is under a lot of fire — a lot of it quite peppery — for his high-profile role in appearing with (and often correcting) John McCain. Some analysts have suggested Lieberman could wind up McCain’s running mate (unlikely). Others have suggested he could have a spot in a McCain cabinet (likely). Or perhaps he just likes being around McCain to schmooze. Will Lieberman speak at the GOP convention a la Zell Miller? Most likely…unlikely. But then again…

DEMOCRATS AREN’T OFTEN GIVEN A PASS ON FOX NEWS but Brit Hume gave McCain a pass on something that would have generated a half-hour if it had involved someone from a certain other party. On the other hand, most likely part of the reason Hume gave him a pass was due to respect over McCain’s life narrative. Which doesn’t excuse it from a journalistic standpoint (it’s hard to IMAGINE Tim Russert shrugging it off the same way). But it perhaps explains it.

IS OBAMA’S STRATEGY A 48 STATE STRATEGY? Tom Watson thinks so and warns it could be fatal to his presidential plans.

JUNE 3 SOUTH DAKOTA PRIMARY? Some say don’t count Hillary Clinton out given the furor over Obama’s Pastor Wright.

WE’VE GIVEN YOU THE VIEW NOW FROM THE U.S. ON THE ELECTIONS and here’s the view from Paris.