Political bits

The LATimes has a piece chocked full of interesting quotes from people in and around the Clinton campaign looking at when and how she might exit. (Not a must read, but a should read.)

(Ambinder) Three more superdelegates. One to Clinton, one to Obama, and one switches from Clinton to Obama. Net: Obama +2.

(LATimes) Add one more Obama superdelegate. Obama +3.

ABC says Obama now leads in superdelegates, but most other counts say it's Clinton +5 or so.

(ABCLocal) Even Leon Panetta is saying Clinton should drop out.

(NYTimes) Two more people come forward (Dem supporters) to claim that McCain was running around in 2000 saying that he didn't vote for George Bush. (On the other hand, it does give McCain some distance.)

(WaPo) A frontpage article on the dicey land deal that McCain spearheaded that made millions for a top donor.

Fun Fact: "In fact, in seven counties in Ohio—Putnam, Brown, Shelby, Belmont, Warren, Delaware, and Clarmont—the vote totals for our two Democratic candidates in the 2008 primary exceeded the votes for John Kerry in the general election...."

And, I would expect Obama to start to go after McCain hard to dispel the last Clinton argument that he's not tough enough.

Later: (HuffPo) Longtime Clinton loyalist Rahm Emanuel, "At this point, Barack is the presumptive nominee..... Hillary can't win but something could happen that Barack could lose the nomination."

And, Rasmussen has decided to stop polling about Hillary Clinton.