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Posted on May 24, 2008

Chuck Todd of MSNBC considers the fallout from a McCain-loss scenario: “McCain’s folks will argue that the presence of Huckabee prevented McCain from being given an opportunity to prove that he could woo social conservatives… This is what makes McCain’s running mate choice fascinating, because a running mate on a losing ticket might end up sharing the blame. He or she then might not be trusted to help lead the party in the future. Think about that, Mr. Romney and Mr. Huckabee as you both vie to be on that national ticket.”

 The New York Times editorial board weighs in on McCain’s sudden denouncement of unhinged pastors John Hagee and Rod Parsley: “Mr. McCain has tried to argue that his recent embrace of these two extremists was different from Barack Obama’s 20-year pastoral relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright… but that does not lessen the hatefulness of the views espoused by the Rev. Hagee or the Rev. Parsley, nor does political expediency excuse Mr. McCain’s willingness to overlook those views until they became a political liability.”

Andrew Sullivan targets Hillary Clinton’s latest gaffe: “You only have to spend a few minutes talking with African-Americans about this campaign to discover that the fear that Obama could be assassinated is very much on their minds… To refer to the June assassination of Bobby Kennedy in the context of reasons to stay in this interminable race against Barack Obama is therefore catastrophically inappropriate. Coming after her pitch for white votes, it is reckless.”

Politico deconstructs the viscous e-mail attacks against Obama, saying that the anonymous smear campaign “represents the dark side of the Internet’s emerging dominance in American politics — a phenomenon that has driven Obama’s unparalleled grass-roots and financial campaigns. After harnessing the Web to great advantage, Obama is now struggling to beat back the viral threat from the same uncontrollable medium.”

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