Via BOR - our friends over at VoteVets.Org are bringing it to Senator John Cornyn with a little bit of the old media fight. Check out the video here.

I present, for your consideration, this item from ThinkProgress: Karl Rove and Laura Ingraham on Fox News questioning the journalistic ethics of MSNBC.

(Yes, even on national security):

Democrats looked at the polls and found that they were closer than they had been in a long time to Republicans on national security, who have a historical advantage with voters on that topic. Democrats also found that by offering a compelling defense of themselves instead of just trying to change the topic to the economy or some other area where they had an advantage, they were able to, in this case, have some success winning the argument with the public.

Democrats are giving money to candidates hand over fist this year, and the national campaign committees are also far ahead of their Republican counterparts. The RNC, however, is whipping the DNC for dollars

From the monthly tally board:

Obama - $31 million

Clinton - $21 million

McCain - $18 million

In the same week as oil hits $133 per barrel, the House passes a law making it cool to sue OPEC over oil prices. I am not sure how effective this will be — someone has to do something, and at least the attempt is being made, but the overarching problem here is a fundamental one of supply and demand. (Insert comment on fossil fuel dependency here.)

Things may look bad for the Republicans this year, but they have a plan.

9:55am Central Time 5/21/08: The numbers are still sitting at Clinton 42% - Obama 58%.

12:46am Central Time: 68% of Oregon's precincts have reported and Senator Barack Obama has a 16% lead on Senator Hillary Clinton. Since Oregon is my home away from home, let's head over to CNN to have a look at their county-by-county map.

Senator Barack Obama will address supporters in Iowa tonight even as the ballots in Oregon are still being counted. It is projected that he will pass the majority threshold in pledged delegates tonight, although what that means for the primary contest in a general sense (i.e. whether it will end any sooner than June 3) remains to be seen. The Huffington Post has an advance copy of his speech here.

Senator Hillary Clinton jumped out to a big lead in Kentucky early in the count and did not relinquish it. As of 9:00 PM CST, CNN has the numbers at 65/30 for Clinton with 99% reporting. You'll have to wait a bit for Oregon's results, which aren't expected to start rolling in until 10:00 PM CST.