Pennsylvania Poll: Clinton Clobbers McCain

According to RASMUSSEN:


Hillary does far better against John McCain in Pennsylvania:

CLINTON - 50%

McCain - 39%

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"... she leads McCain in Pennsylvania by eleven percentage points, 50% to 39%. The former First Lady is viewed favorably by 52% of voters in the state. A separate national survey found that the number of Democrats who want Clinton to drop out of the race has declined over the last ten days. Data like this helps explain why Barack Obama is now entering the most perilous phase of his campaign. ..."

[snip]

Obama is statistically tied with McCain (MOE = +/- 3 points):

Obama - 45%; McCain - 43%

Thanks to Larry Johnson for the info.

Last Brown v. Board plaintiff dies

The end of another era - hopefully one we won't have to revisit:

TOPEKA, Kan. - The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88.

Zelma Henderson died Tuesday in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

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In 1950, Henderson signed onto the litigation on behalf of her children challenging Topeka's segregated schools. In all, 13 black parents in Topeka, including the Rev. Oliver Brown, took part in the federal case.

The plaintiffs lost in U.S. District Court, but the case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, along with similar cases from Virginia, South Carolina and Delaware.

The high court's unanimous ruling overturning school segregation came on May 17, 1954.

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Recreate '68... Seriously?

This is no joke. According to Jeff Brady at NPR's "All Things Considered", there is a group that is planning to "recreate '68" at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August.

Who in their right minds would want to "recreate '68"? It was the WORST political year in contemporary history! We had two - count them - TWO assassinations (for anybody who still studies history) and we were in what seemed a never-ending and deadly war in Vietnam (well, okay, we seem to be in a never-ending deadly war in Iraq, but both Democratic presidential candidates this time (2008 for anybody who's lost track of time) want to get us out.

Yet, there is a move afoot to "recreate '68" at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August!

Tom Hayden even weighs-in on the effort:

"If there were the theft of a nomination, if that were the perception of the Obama supporters, then probably there would be a '68 scenario but it would probably be nonviolent and massive."

Theft? Wow! So, from your words I take it that you think Barack owns it. And of course any other scenario (like who is the most electable, or who can actually get any of the progressive agenda enacted) doesn't count. I'm a progressive, too, Tom. But I don't buy Barack Obama's slick branding, lofty rhetoric and grand speeches.

When it comes to getting things done, I'll cast my lot with Hillary Clinton any.time.

But, gosh, thanks for sharing. Seriously, though, I doubt that anybody under the age of 30 (40?) even knows who you are. And if they do, chances are a lot of them have no respect for you...because you're, well, no longer relevant. Haven't you heard? We live in a "Post [Fill in the Blank]" world...

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