Barack Obama is pouring on the charm in Pennsylvania's blue collar districts. With some help from his new pal, Bob Casey, he's showing his every-guy side, hanging out in diners and even bowling (note to the lades, he wears size 13 1.2 shoes...) It's the kind of thing he needs to do to close the gap in that state before the upcoming primary. And speaking of primaries, the schedule has reached the final ten:
Tuesday, April 22 - Pennsylvania (188 delegates) Saturday, May 3 - Guam (9) Tuesday, May 6 - Indiana (84), North Carolina (134) Tuesday, May 13 - West Virginia (39) Tuesday, May 20 - Kentucky (60), Oregon (65) Sunday, June 1 - Puerto Rico (63) Tuesday, June 3 - Montana (24), South Dakota (23)
Obama is picking up more support following the Bill Richardson and Casey endorsements, as an exhausted party appears poised to push for an end to this interminable campaign. Apparently, the entire Democratic congressional delegation from North Carolina will endorse Obama soon, as will Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar today.
Barack has opened up a 10-point lead over Hillary in the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll, though both he and HRC are losing to McCain in the poll's head-to-head matchups (within 3 points apiece -- margin of error.)
We get from the WaPo a treatise on just what Barack did to anger His Holiness, John McCain (a crime in the media lexicon), particularly since at first, Obama apparently collaborated with St. John of Earmarkia on ethics reform. The collabo apparently deteriorated into an exchange of nasty letters, McCain's likely proving testier, and more boring...
Meanwhile, anti-war Republicans are giving Obama a good, hard look. Who knows, he may even get Chuck Hagel. Actually, I think he will. And Collin Powell, too, I'd guess. Question: would Obama consider Hagel on the ticket? More on that later.
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