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The Buzz: Clinton’s big give, and what about those nuns?
Fools rush in where they angle to vote
Rush Limbaugh is not alone in thinking Operation Chaos, in which he urged Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton in the Dem contest, gave her the close Indiana win. Lib bloggers agree.
The Field’s Al Giordano: “If anyone thinks that Rush Limbaugh didn’t deliver at least 19,000 votes to Senator Clinton … I’ve got a bridge to sell you.”
The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein: “Thirty-six percent of primary voters said that Clinton does not share their values. And yet, among that total, one out of every five nevertheless voted for her. … These are not small numbers.”
Indiana! Put out your knuckles at once!
A dozen aged nuns were turned away from Indiana polls because they didn’t have the photo IDs blessed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Few other problems occurred, however.
Sniff, sniff, do you smell burning book royalties?
Clinton has been forced to lend her campaign $6.4 million in recent weeks. That’s on top of the $5 million lent in late January.
Ah, you’re starting to catch on there, lad
Tuesday afternoon, Barack Obama spent half an hour in a Raleigh bar, where he eyed an array of fine and fancy microbrews on tap. He resisted and opted for a plebian pint of Pabst.
Detroit wants to pop the clutch on his neck
The Detroit News ed board says “dead-on” in opposing the gas tax holiday, but “that’s where Obama should have stopped talking. Instead, he morphed into yet another flogging of Detroit’s automakers.”
On Indiana radio, he said: “The car I learned to drive on was my grandfather’s Ford Granada. … It may be the worst car that Detroit ever built. This thing was a tin can.”
No cinch in rust belt
“The industrial Midwest becomes in play if he’s the nominee,” says Karl Rove.
Ukraine be serious?
Rudy Giuliani is trying to get his newest client, heavyweight boxing champ Vitali Klitschko, elected mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Rover in Dover says Obama’s in clover
“I cannot find an objective Democrat who does not think this race is over.” — NBC’s Tim Russert.”
“This race is over. The question is does this demolition derby continue on?” — CBS’ Bob Schieffer:
“Hillary Clinton will keep on campaigning … but this nomination fight is over.” — George Stephanopoulos, ABC.
Time to butter her up
“Toast!” — New York Post.