Thursday, February 7, 2008

Political News Digest

Post-Super Duper Tues. Edition

Update 3:14 p.m.
Just to be fair, courtesy AP

NEW ORLEANS — Democrat Barack Obama raised $7.2 million and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton collected $6.4 million since Super Tuesday, as he continued to resist a Clinton campaign clamoring for attention-getting debates.

The remarkable outpouring of contributions recorded since Tuesday's contests in 22 states comes on the heels of an eye-popping $32 million raised by Obama in January and the record-shattering $100 million each Obama and Clinton raised in 2007 in their neck-and-neck race for the Democratic presidential nomination.




Hillary last month loaned her campaign $5 mil, and almost made it back in the first 24 hours after the Tuesday primary, netting "approximately" $4 million.

Obama's take in the same period was more than $7 mil.

Mittens is gone because we're at war. Question: Will his four sons, busy serving their country by campaigning for Dad, rush down to the recruiting station and sign up for Iraq? Afganistan? Beverly Hills?

Joe Lieberman's Dem superdelegate status yanked while he campaigns daily for McCain. Vice president anyone?

FISA fight continues as the Senate takes up amendments to the telecom immunity for their illegal surveillance of Americans that dates back to Feb. 2001 — yeah, way before 9/11. Want to bet whether the amendment to pull immunity from the bill passes? No, neither do I.

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