Political bits

(WSJ) In Mississippi, "(Obama) holds an even stronger advantage, 66%-31%, among registered Democrats in the state, while Sen. Clinton leads by 13 points among independents and Republicans..... men in the state favor Sen. Obama by seven points, and women favor him by a 37-point margin." (Backwards from everywhere else in the country.)

(TPM) Is Clinton hinting that she's going to try an flip some of Obama's pledged delegates? (I don't think so, but maybe.)

(FirstRead) Chuck Todd makes the very good point that the Clinton camp has no taken over the narrative. (First paragraph.)

In the same post, Todd also makes the point that Clinton's goal in Florida and Michigan may be the superdelegates more than the pledged delegates,

Clinton will win a LARGE chunk of those supers (53), because she stuck by the two states in their feud with the DNC. In fact, Clinton could net more superdelegates out of Florida and Michigan than she nets pledged delegates if she wins both states.

(NYTimes) You know how Bush had the pioneer, ranger, etc. fundraising categories?

Well, in John McCain's campaign, those "who bring in $100,000 Trailblazers, those who bring in $250,000 Innovators, and those who bring in half a million dollars co-chairmen of the campaign." (So for half a million dollars you can buy a co-chairmanship. That's class.)

(Cilizza) Maggie Williams, "The Clinton campaign painted the Wyoming results as a better-than-expected showing for the New York senator. "We are thrilled with this near split in delegates and are grateful to the people of Wyoming for their support." (Suddenly they're talking delegates again.)

(Politico) The "Bush team", Rove, Mehlman, Bartlett, are signing on with McCain in unofficial roles. (Deniability and separation from Bush.)

(CNN) In an email to supporters Huckabee's motives become clear. He's trying to transition from candidate into job.