... brilliant, or FUCKING BRILLIANT? Discuss.

See the entire speech on CNN.com. Read the highlights on WaPo.

Money quote: "No way. No how. No McCain. Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our president."

I can't wait for Obama's speech tomorrow night.

ETA: FOX NEWS IS MASSIVE FAILBOAT AGAIN. I'm not surprised or anything, but still ( Read more... )

Clinton concedes.

So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people saying - or think to yourself - "if only" or "what if," I say, "please don't go there." Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward ( Read more... )

In case you hadn't heard. I'm posting mainly to link the text of his speech.

ETA: ( Video behind the cut )

Hillary Clinton mentioned Bobby Kennedy's June assassination as a reason it's too early for her to drop out in May. Don't believe me? Check the link, there's video.

Dear Senator Clinton ( Read more... )

... but I don't have internet access at home, so this was the first opportunity I had to post about this.

California Supreme Court Strikes Bans on Same-Sex Marriage.
The California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that gays have a constitutional right to marry, striking down state laws that forbade it, in a decision that is likely to reenergize the ( Read more... )

++ There was a massive earthquake in China Monday, and the official death toll has risen to nearly 15,000. Unofficially the death toll is closer to 20,000.

++ This is depressing: Aid groups say Myanmar food stolen by military. Meanwhile the U.N. says the death toll could reach 127,000. The mind reels.

++ US lists polar bears as threatened ( Read more... )

MSNBC reports that Obama has taken a slight lead in superdelegates, 279 to Hillary Clinton's 276.5 (I'm not sure how one can have half a superdelegate, but whatever ( Read more... )

This race has gone on too long:
The only thing becoming clear is that the contest had gone on too long. So say 58 percent of Republicans, 56 percent of independents, and fully 67 percent of Democrats, according to a Fox News poll.

Apparently the pundits have declared the race overI wish I could call Hillary up personally and beg her to get out of ( Read more... )

Today on the Metro I saw a guy - young, maybe 21, white - wearing a shirt that said "OBAMA/WRIGHT FOR AMERIKKKA". Dude, seriously, what the fuck? That doesn't even make any sense. I hate people.

Anyways, hey, have some links.

++ Obama catches up in support from Hill.

++ Clinton gas-tax proposal criticized. I think it's an awful idea myself, ( Read more... )

From this article:
"If you have any, any kind of loyalty to the Democratic Party, perhaps you need to rethink your strategy and bow out gracefully in order to save this party from a disastrous end in November," Rep. William Lacy Clay (Mo.), an African American Obama supporter, said in an appeal to Clinton.
I love Hillary Clinton, and a big part of ( Read more... )