Playing Hooky

Sorry, I jetted up to San Francisco for the day, kind of unexpectedly. So I was away from blog for a significant amount of time. My apologies. Here's what I'm reading:

• Obama got 80,000 people to a rally in Portland. Wow. I've never heard of such a number for a political rally. I think he'll win Oregon by plenty, lose Kentucky by plenty, and clinch a majority of pledged delegates (which he won't spin as a total victory), and if he keeps racking up superdelegates, he'll have the nomination in hand by June 4. As for the general, poblano has some good stuff.

• The trap was laid to assassinate Zimbabwean ruler Robert Mugabe's chief rival ahead of a Presidential runoff election, but Morgan Tsvangirai was tipped off and escaped. That's just one missed effort, though. You can be assured there will be more.

• McCain lobbyists are dropping like flies. Also check out McCainpedia from the DNC, some really good bits from McCain's past in the files there. And there's a new Real McCain video.

• What is it with conservatives thinking that Americans need the wake-up call of a terrorist attack to get them focused again? And not only random whack jobs on the Internets, but powerful conservatives like Don Rumsfeld? This is pretty much akin to wishing for the deaths of your fellow citizens.

• The Olbermann-O'Reilly feud escalates. I don't think there's a lot of overlap in their audiences, so I'm not sure it matters. Mutually assured non-destruction.