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AFSCME Pushes One More Lady [Steven Greenhouse, The
Caucus (NYT)]:

"Gaining one of the biggest endorsements that organized
labor has to offer, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is to receive the
endorsement at 1:30 p.m. today of the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees, a union official said today."

 More on AFSCME below.

 

Wrestling Russert [Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics]:

"Blaming Russert [for yesterday's debate] is not only ridiculous, it makes Hillary and her
campaign look like a bunch of spoiled children. Why not say, 'so we had
one bad night out of a hundred' and leave it at that? Better yet, why
say anything at all?"

Left Not Sold on Immigrant
IDs [Ben Smith, Politico]:

"One reality check on driver's licenses for illegal
immigrants: Obama and Edwards may win points for standing on principle, but
they may also face attacks on the substance, and certainly will in a general election.
Dodd, the only Democrat to clearly oppose Spitzer's plan, was playing to what
even Democrats want."

 

Flip Floppers Unite
[ Rich Lowry, The
Corner]:

"I think, indirectly (and here I disagree with Kathryn),
it was a bad night for Romney. If inauthenticity is one of [Clinton's] major vulnerabilities, you
wouldn't naturally throw Romney into a fight with her, given—fairly or
unfairly—his own problems on that front. Rudy and McCain match up with her much
better on this theme."

 

 Girly Men: [Kathleen
Reardon, Huffington
Post]:

"A fascinating
thing has occurred among the Democratic candidates. It's a kind of gender role
reversal in communication style. Contrary to decades of research, the male
Democratic presidential candidates sound more equivocal than the woman."

 

'President Richardson',
Rare Sesquipedal [Christi Parsons, The
Swamp]:

"A lot of demonstration chants follow the meter of
middle English poetry," said Wells. It's "something deep in us"
that drives us to phrase things this way."

 

 

 

 

--Dayo Olopade

 

Update: 'Sesquipedal' is usually used to refer to long words. The meter of 'President Richardson' is, in fact, a double-dactyl--used to perfection below by poet John Hollander:"Twilight's Last Gleaming"Higgledy piggledy,President JeffersonGave up the ghost on theFourth of July.So did John Adams, whichShows that such patriotsPropagandisticallyKnow how to die.  

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