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Why Can't McCain Love? (VP Edition)

The only thing more amusing (disconcerting?) than McCain's thinly veiled contempt for Romney is how almost everyone leaving comments on this story seems to be totally insane.

Texas = Centrist Democrats

A yearly National Journal report concludes that the Texas delegation in Congress has more centrist members than any other state. It may be disheartening for Republicans to learn that the GOP contingent from the Lone Star State is only the 4th most conservative.

Spitzer to Resign Today

Several news outlets are reporting that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will resign today. A press conference is scheduled for 10:30 AM CST.

Obama Projected To Win Mississippi

NBC News has called the Mississippi primary a win for Senator Obama.

Voter Registration Up In PA

65,000 new Democrats have registered to vote in the upcoming April 22 contests.

Strange Tales from the State Senate

The Dallas Morning News reports that an aide for Texas State Senator Bob Duell has been up to all kinds of hijinx:

A veteran Capitol staffer resigned Monday over allegations he impersonated both a state representative and a newspaper reporter in the last month – first to sway a state primary race, then to glean information on an ethics complaint against his boss.

Yikes.

A Results-Oriented Approach

Tabulating caucus results when everybody decides to vote is hard, and takes time.

The March to $150

Oil hit $109 per barrel today. Many people focus on the psychological value attached to a number like $100, as a threshold between something the American people could stomach and something the American people will have a serious problem with. What I have a serious problem with is the math behind the increases: in the last three weeks, the market unit price of oil has increased by 10 percent. As far as I'm concerned, that's worse than the arbitrary importance that everyone hung on $100.

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