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Early Returns Politics and the Pennsylvania Primary, compiled by Bill Toland
The Blurghosphere reacts ...
April 23, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Chris Briem, math man and graphics wizard, crunches the numbers from last night; Undemocracy in America wonders if Hillary's proposal to "obliterate" Iran will gain a toehold in the right-wing blogosphere; The Unseen Blogger says Pennsylvania's results didn't amount to a hill of beans; Highbrid Nation says Hillary is practically begging for pennies at this point; Multi Medium says the shot clock is running out for Hillary; MacYapper says Tuesday was a great night for cable television; Pittsburgh Hoagie's Matt H. (a white guy) says he was called a traitor yesterday for wearing an Obama button; Pittsburgh Comet says Pat Buchanan is possibly high on meth (his words, not mine); Progress Pittsburgh breaks down the delegate count district by district; TWM says Barack is in a quandary:

"The Washington Post notes that Senator Obama -- who built his campaign on being different, took off the gloves in Pennsylvania, and now may have to keep them off -- faces a tough quandry. Which distinguishes his position, I suppose, from all of those easy quandries. And which also seems to split hairs on a bald man's head. If only because, by already -- and repeatedly -- removing the gloves, he has, to anyone with eyes and mind open enough to see, already compromised that alleged electoral integrity. He's no longer different, no longer the Breath of Fresh Air, Different Kind of Politician he and his supporters have always professed him to be. (Not, of course, that he ever really was that anyway, but...) He has, tough quandaries and manufactured media dilemmas aside, long ago crossed over to the dark side, and no amount of smiling or moralizing or speechifying can change that."

First published on April 23, 2008 at 1:02 pm
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