By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only.

Eric Boehlert has the details:

How dreadful was the news coverage last week surrounding the official release of Hillary Clinton's public White House schedule from her eight years as first lady? So bad that I found myself in rare (unprecedented?) agreement with at least two prominent conservative bloggers who noticed the same thing I did: The Beltway press corps is, at times, a national embarrassment.

. . . Surveying the news coverage, conservative blogger Rick Moran posed the same question I had last week, "Do we really need to know where Hillary was when Monica Lewinsky was with her husband? Or where she was when Vince Foster committed suicide? ... And does it deserve this feeding frenzy from the media?"

Only a virulently anti-Hillary site (I am looking at TPM on this) could deny this obvious fact. Yes, Josh Marshall has denied that Clinton has gotten unfavorable Media treatment. I kid you not.

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

This post proves it. Doing a mashup attack video used to be something reserved for Republicans from Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo. By doing an attack video on Hillary Clinton, TPM demonstrates that not only has it become an Obama site, it is one of the most virulent and unfair of such sites. The honesty is good. After all, like Nancy Pelosi, we all knew this. What was lacking was the candor to admit it. With his latest tactics, Marshall has ostensibly admitted what we all knew anyway. Pelosi should follow suit.

Now if only NBC will admit the same.

There's no need to go off topic in other posts. Here's a thread where you can pick the topics.

Please stay civil, and all other comment rules apply.

Update: Comments now closed.

The University of Chicago has issued this statement about whether Barack Obama was a professor. Shorter version: Once Obama advanced to the position of "senior lecturer in law" from "lecturer in law," he was considered on a par with professors.

From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year.

Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching.

Jerome Armstrong at MyDD explains why Hillary Clinton has some lifelines open to her in terms of the pledged delegate count and the upcoming ten races.

First, in Hillary's Own words, watch the video:

As Jerome says, Hillary sounds ready to go to the mat over Florida and Michigan. But,there's other options open to her as well. Jerome writes: [More...]

By Big Tent Democrat

Good for Gore:

Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday that he expects the Democratic nomination fight will "resolve itself" before the party's convention in late August. . . . "What have we got, five months left?" he said in a brief interview after a speech at Middle Tennessee State University.

When pressed that several prominent Democrats, including Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, have expressed hope for an earlier decision on the nomination, Gore said: "I think it's going to resolve itself. But we'll see."

First Dean, and now Gore, have expressed extreme reluctance to intervene. Both say let the voters decide. Good for both of them.

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

Via Daily Kos (whose take on this is decidedly different than mine), DNC Chairman Howard Dean seems to support letting the voters decide who will be the Democratic nominee:

"I think it would be nice to have this all done by July 1. If we can do it sooner than that, that's all the better.

Indeed, July 1 seems a realistic and fair date to have resolution of this contest. By then ALL states and territories would have held their contests, Michigan and Florida could have their situations resolved (I still hold out hope for revotes in Florida and Michigan) and the Super Delegates will have had ample time to make their decisions. By July 1, we will have a pledged delegate leader, a popular vote leader, and some insight into the electability of the respective candidates.

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