As the Democratic National Committee tries to solve the election crisis, some other people are making some of their own suggestions of how to boot Hillary Clinton. Here’s one: “DNC cooks up a deal with Iran that if they agree not to attack Israel with nuclear weapons, they will obliterate Hillary themselves.” Rude… [Bill Lucey] ...

Senator Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to rival Barack Obama today pleading with him to count Michigan and Florida. Because, you know, she needs a bit of a boost to win this thing. An unfriendly excerpt: “Your commitment to the voters of these states must be clearly stated and your support for a fair and quick resolution must be clearly demonstrated.” Really, Hillary? [HuffPo] ...

Hillary should do whatever she wants. She has earned it. After Tuesday's night's resounding and racially polarized win in North Carolina, the Democratic presidential nomination is within the grasp of Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton was hoping for a "game changer"... ...

This is a note to Hillary Clinton’s gay friends. (And she’s talked about you guys, so I know you’re out there.) It may be a bit stereotypical, but as gay men we have a special duty to our female friends, to sit them down from time to time and — gently — tell them the truth for their own good. It may be something as trivial as the wrong dress, or an outdated hairstyle. Or it may be something as serious as the need to get out of an unfortunate entanglement with a boyfriend who should be an -boyfriend. Well, ...

Hillary Clinton has officially gone mad. She has now resorted to the “throw darts at the dartboard in a crowded room while blindfolded” tactic, hoping that something - anything - that comes out of her mouth will magically hit the bullseye, thereby giving her a chance to limp across the finish line ahead of Obama. However, throwing sharp objects around the room has some obvious hazards, like injuring bystanders, some of whom are your buddies. And unlike Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy, these buddies are unlikely to be as forgiving. “I have a much broader base to build a winning ...

The writing’s on the wall for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. And Time magazine! The editor’s don’t want to be presumptuous in naming Barack Obama the nominee, so they’ve included an asterick, which you probably can’t notice in this particular image. The small note reads “Really, we’re pretty sure this time…” ...

As Clinton campaigns on amid mounting pressure to concede and unify the party, CBS has reported that a top Clinton strategist has told Hillary Clinton that she can't win the nomination... Watch the report, AFTER THE JUMP... ...

One almost feels bad for Hillary Clinton right now. Scads of strategists, pundits and pals, like former Governor George McGovern, are asking her to step aside; newspapers, blogs and magazines have basically called Barack Obama the nominee; and, basically, everyone’s on her back. While some of us would like such action, we’re pretty sure Clinton’s not so pleased. Nor are her die-hard supporters. But there may be some major incentives for her to leave… Thomas Edsall reports: One of the most inviting is the near certainty that the Obama campaign would agree to pay back the $11.4 million she has loaned ...

Let me see if I have this correctly: Limbaugh pushes his Dittoheads to cross lines and vote for Hillary to keep the Democratic primary going, and now, just when it is clear that Obama will be the Democratic Party nominee, he tries to get us to believe that it was Clinton that he thought was the stronger candidate all along? We are expected to believe that a right wing Republican pushes his lackeys to support the person he thought was the better candidate? Is there anyone stupid enough to fall for this line of crap from Rush? Will someone ...

The MSM is now returning to the theme that Hillary Clinton needs to find an exit strategy. My question is why? The math in this race for the Democratic nomination has not really changed in over 8 weeks. Hillary Clinton needed to have large victories since Texas and Ohio. (Do you even remember them?) While 1 out of 2 isn’t bad in Las Vegas, it is bad in this election. Senator Clinton needed 65-35 victories in both states and from then on. She has gotten neither. On the money side of the equation, I found it odd that Senator ...

Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff no longer supports Hillary Clinton: “The time has come for Clinton to adopt a gracious and conciliatory tone, end her campaign and endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.” [Washington Blade] ...

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While much of the nation's attention was focused on the historic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Indiana and North Carolina, another black man was quietly making history in Virginia. According to The Victory Fund: "In his first... ...

As expected, Hillary Clinton won the Indiana primary 50.7%- 49.3% (by a mere 18,000 votes out of more than a million cast) and Barack Obama won the North Carolina primary 56.2%-41.5% (by over 232,000 votes, which is a larger margin than Clinton won the larger state of Pennsylvania two weeks ago).Clinton vowed to campaign on despite most political pundits declaring the race over.It will be Obama versus McCain in November. Veepstakes, anyone? ...

Today the news came out that Hillary Clinton loaned her struggling campaign another $6.4 million in April (despite the fact she has not been paid back for the $5 million she loaned the campaign back in February!) Still, with an average annual income of over $15 million per year, the Clintons can afford to continue their quixotic quest probably until August's Democratic Convention in August.As the Political Editor of the Huffington Post puts, it, Clinton is now out of "math, money and momentum." ...

Stephanopolous on the Clinton campaign: "Yes, toast. Hill needs a miracle. Even though this race is going to go on. Hillary Clinton will keep on campaigning. She's going to campaign in West Virginia today, but this nomination fight is over." (via americablog) ...

The Victory Fund reports: "Last night, while most political onlookers were watching the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Indiana and North Carolina, a Virginia resident quietly made history as he became the state’s first openly LGBT African-American elected to public office. In his first bid for elected office, Lawrence Webb won a seat on the Falls Church City Council by a margin of 39 votes. He joins two other candidates on the City Council: Nader Baroukh and Robin S. Gardner." Said Webb: “I am grateful that the citizens of Falls Church have entrusted me with the responsibility ...

Barack Obama got a sweeping win in North Carolina but failed to close the deal, as Clinton prevailed by a small margin in Indiana. That’s right, read into the win what you will, hold it up to the light and examine it for what it’s worth. You have a few more days to dream of that Obama Bloomberg ticket; ain’t gonna happen. Change is gonna come but it ain’t gonna come with John Edwards. When all is said and done Barack Obama will perform the ultimate act of reconciliation, a statesmanlike gesture so grand that it will place Hillary Clinton ...

Two points. That’s Hillary Clinton’s margin of victory in Indiana, where pundits, pollsters and press thought the Senator would surely trounce Barack Obama for the Democratic primary. Obama, however, surprised us all by securing a projected 49% of the vote, while soaring ahead in North Carolina, where he took a whopping - and telling - 56% of the vote. Clinton, meanwhile, only grabbed 42% of the Tar Heel State, giving Obama a fourteen point margin of victory. And a considerable delegate boost: at least ninety-four. So, where do the Democratic presidential candidates go from here? Well, the next primaries, ...

The Associated Press is reporting that Hillary Clinton loaned her campaign $6.4 million over the last month. [MSNBC] ...