Completely Unnecessary

I haven’t had a chance to watch Clinton’s concession speech yet, but I hear from all sides that it was wonderful.

With Clinton formally out of the race, at least the press will stop gender-tagging/bashing her:

With Clinton no longer in ‘08 waters, the race for women voters heats up as the McCain campaign senses an opportunity to convert Democratic women who might be upset with the way their gal was treated. In speeches, McCain has been making a play for the frustrated Clinton supporters.

Or not! Jesus, they’re frustrated because they’ve seen a sitting Senator described as a ‘gal’ for 16 months.

I’m sure you guys think I go looking for this stuff, but I really don’t. This was just a Google News story that I clicked on when my browser opened.

Meanwhile, ABC is also running an exteremely long quote from an article by Politico’s Jonathan Martin (I thought the journalistic convention was no more than 25 words). An excerpt reveals a hilarious, though unsourced, belief apparently running around the McCain campaign:

But in doing so, they’ve already raised the question of whether McCain can maintain his upbeat warrior image while running an uphill race covered by a press the campaign sees as biased, and against an opponent for whom the candidate can barely conceal his contempt.

Hey, there’s that underdog meme we’re going to be hearing until November. Passed on without comment by the press, who totally, totally hates John McCain and in no way swallows old thing he has to say.

And that’s just page 2, but I have 2500 more words to write today, so…

Obama Vs McCain: A New Electoral Map Emerges [ABC News]

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