John McCain’s campaign is accusing Barack Obama’s campaign of making an issue of Senator McCain’s age. Obama accuses McCain of ‘losing his bearings’ John McCain NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was “losing his bearings” for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president. That brought an angry response from McCain’s campaign, which accused Obama of trying to make an issue of McCain’s age. Age is a touchy subject for McCain, who turns 72 in August and would be the oldest person to be sworn in as president if elected. The two ...

Good Morning. Here are the final numbers from yesterday’s primaries… NORTH CAROLINA: Barack Obama, 890,695 votes, 56%; Hillary Clinton, 657,920 votes, 42%. INDIANA: Barack Obama, 623,294 votes, 49%; Hillary Clinton, 641,734 votes, 51%. The popular vote in the two states combined was 1,513,989 for Mr. Obama and 1,299,654 for Mrs. Clinton — a difference of 214,335 in favor of Mr. Obama. I’ll stand by my prediction of last night. Senator Obama clinches the nomination in Oregon on May 20. Meanwhile, the Clinton camp is having financial difficulties (again)… Clinton lends herself $6.4M as Obama’s lead grows WASHINGTON (AP) - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton ...

Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential primary in Guam by seven votes. That’s votes, not points. Seven votes. But, as Hillary Clinton is fond of saying, “a win is a win.” Obama wins close race, beats Clinton in Guam HAGATNA, Guam - Barack Obama has defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Saturday’s Democratic caucuses on Guam by just seven votes in a race that has assumed greater importance because of the candidates’ scrapping for every delegate. More than 4,500 island Democrats voted. Neither candidate campaigned on the island in person. Results of the all-night count completed Sunday morning Guam time show delegates pledged ...

Most people other than political junkies like your humble host are not even going to remember who Joe Andrew is. Believe me, though, when I say that this is big news to party activists… AP NewsBreak: Former Democratic leader switches to Obama Joe Andrew WASHINGTON (AP) - A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and encouraged fellow Democrats to heal the party by uniting behind the Illinois senator. Joe Andrew, who was Democratic National Committee chairman from 1999-2001, at a news conference Thursday in his hometown of Indianapolis urged other Hoosiers to support Obama in ...

Homo-journo and avowed bear Andrew Sullivan has some questions about Human Rights Campaign’s garbage reaction to Clinton-endorsing Mike Easley’s “pansy” remark: “I wonder if HRC ran this by the staff at the Hillary Rodham Clinton camp first? Or would that have been superfluous?” [Daily Dish] ...