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desperation of the Clinton campaign's search for some measure of primary support she can use to poach superdelegates (and now even pledged delegates), their latest metric just doesn't add up. Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who is backing Hillary Clinton, argued over the weekend that we ought to be looking not at pledged delegates or superdelegates or number of states won or popular vote or electability or even national polls -- since all of those favor Barack Obama -- but at the electoral votes available in the general

desperation of the Clinton campaign's search for some measure of primary support she can use to poach superdelegates (and now even pledged delegates), their latest metric just doesn't add up. Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who is backing Hillary Clinton, argued over the weekend that we ought to be looking not at pledged delegates or superdelegates or number of states won or popular vote or electability or even national polls -- since all of those favor Barack Obama -- but at the electoral votes available in the general

desperation of the Clinton campaign's search for some measure of primary support she can use to poach superdelegates (and now even pledged delegates), their latest metric just doesn't add up. Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who is backing Hillary Clinton, argued over the weekend that we ought to be looking not at pledged delegates or superdelegates or number of states won or popular vote or electability or even national polls -- since all of those favor Barack Obama -- but at the electoral votes available in the general

And now that she’s on her way to losing the popular vote, it’s about the number of electoral votes held by the states in which the candidates have won primary victories." Comrades! Pleddel and popvote now fullwise ungood and goldstein. The new metric of our glorious success is and has always been Elecvote. Be wary of thoughtcrime, brothers and sisters. Also, chocorat going up 15%. Speaking of Newspeak, this may work against Sen. Obama, but I feel forced to admit it: His lead in pledged delegates, the popular

his links to telecom lobbyists and the LA Times examines his spotty record of predictions on the war. Noam Scheiber reports on Democratic fears of a bruising brokered convention. Evan Bayh, Clinton supporter, suggests a completely wacky way of deciding who's winning the primary that -- suprise! -- shows Clinton in the lead. Last week the Washington Post's Fact Checker column pointed out that not only did Clinton not dodge sniper fire when she landed in Bosnia with Sinbad, she was

his links to telecom lobbyists and the LA Times examines his spotty record of predictions on the war. Noam Scheiber reports on Democratic fears of a bruising brokered convention. Evan Bayh, Clinton supporter, suggests a completely wacky way of deciding who's winning the primary that -- suprise! -- shows Clinton in the lead. Last week the Washington Post's Fact Checker column pointed out that not only did Clinton not dodge sniper fire when she landed in Bosnia with Sinbad, she was

Indian Point reactors was shut down last night after a pump malfunctioned. Liz says there’s some speculation about Tom Reynolds for state G.O.P. chair. Spencer Ackerman talks to Barack Obama’s foreign policy advisers. The Clinton campaign is standing by that electoral college argument. Obama sometimes goes incognito when arriving and departing from his Chicago office. He and his family are in the U.S. Virgin Islands. And there’s video! Obama reportedly met “unofficially” with the U.S.V.I. governor