Mitt just likened Obama to a college senior, saying basically that you can't scrutinize the record of a college senior because there's nothing there. He said that Obama was undistinguished in his private life and in his runs in the state senate and as a US Senator. Frankly, looking at the politicians in this race that have experience, I'll pass. At least a college senior still has some vim and vigor and the stamina to do a grueling job. Not like Pruny McGrowleyface.

I'll let Olbermann say exactly what I was thinking about this whole Ferraro uproar.

Transcript follows the fold.

It's interesting that Hannity asked McCain about Rev. Wright/Obama and not about McCain's relationship with John Hagee. I recognize that Hagee isn't McCain's pastor, but I have yet to see McCain disavow the kooky right wing pastor's support. Just to be clear, I don't care about either religious man. It's about what McCain/Obama say not about what these "men of God" say. Just like to be "fair and balanced" is all.

Addition by Patrick:

Following along the lines here, I'm concerned about the lack of investigation into McCain's relationship with the "ubercon" Rev. Rod Parsley, whose rantings are well-documented in Mother Jones' article mentioned by Olbermann on last night's broadcast (click further for the embed).

Parsley, the wild-eyed militiaman for Christianity's radical extremist sect, has stated on more than one occasion just how much he hates Islam, thinks it THE false religion, and advocates an all out, preemptive war with the Muslim world.

He also likes the money:

“Parsley is upfront with his congregation about the church’s need for money. ‘I just love to talk about money,’ he told them. ‘I just love to talk about your money. Let me be very clear — I want your money. I deserve it. This church deserves it.’”

- Jim Bebbington, “An Empire of Souls,” Columbus Monthly, May 1993, pg. 32.

I don't entirely disagree with Ralph Nader (I don't really agree with him either), but look at him! If I didn't know who he was, and I saw him walking down the street, I'd walk across the street to avoid having to make eye contact. He's got a lot of money; can't he at least buy a comb?!

Today, Clinton and John McCain both took the same side and called Barack Obama "out of touch" with the working class. Clinton called Obama out of touch with the working class. Obama spent his formative years IN the working class, and then worked as a community organizer FOR the working class. Clinton, however, spent the better part of the last 35 years working for wealthy corporations and banks...not quite working-class experience if you ask me.

Yet another Republican attack being used by her campaign to try and jab at the only electable person in this presidential race.

Obama responded well, I think.

I finally watched the Democratic Debate in PA yesterday afternoon. I have to say, Obama actually seemed a little flustered by some of the really useless barbs and questions aimed at him during the first 45 minutes. This Republican-style, Rovian attack came from two fronts - [semi-surprising] ABC Moderator George Stephanopoulos (who happened to be on Bill Clinton's payroll for 8 years), and desperation candidate Hillary Clinton.

As it turns out, the grilling about the Weather Underground [the terrorists, not the website] and Bill Ayers was prompted by two prominent right-wing lunatics at least a day before the debate, Sean Hannity and Steve Malzberg.

From Newsweek:

Clinton said "people died" in 1970s bombings by a radical group of which an Obama acquaintance was a member. In fact, the deaths were of three members of the Weather Underground itself, who died when their own bombs accidentally exploded.

Well, even after the atrocity of that debate, where Clinton invoked 9/11 at least 7 times, Obama came out apparently unhindered in a lot of superdelegates' minds. Also, his campaign is spinning this like he used the debate as a run-up to the general election fight with the Repubs.

From the NYT:

Yet despite giving it her best shot in what might have been their final debate, interviews on Thursday with a cross-section of these superdelegates ... showed that none had been persuaded much by her attacks on Mr. Obama’s strength as a potential Democratic nominee, his recent gaffes and his relationships with his former pastor and with a onetime member of the Weather Underground.
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Some Clinton advisers also said that the focus on Mr. Obama’s “guns or religion” comment was a way to put him on the spot with so-called values voters — in part to offset Mrs. Clinton’s baggage in this area.
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Mr. Obama sought to allay concerns about questions of his electability on Thursday. At a campaign stop in Raleigh, N.C., a woman told Mr. Obama that he was “really pummeled during the debate.” She continued, “What is your strategy to beat the Republicans in November?”

“That was the rollout of the Republican campaign against me in November. It happened just a little bit early, but that is what they will do,” Mr. Obama said. “They will try to focus on all these issues that don’t have anything to do with how you are paying your bills at the end of the month. There’s no doubt that I will have to respond sharply and crisply, then pivot to talk about what exactly are we going to do for the economy and what are we going to do about the war in Iraq.”

Until the nominating fight ends, Mr. Obama said, he is “trying to show some restraint.” He added, “I won’t have as much restraint with the Republicans. [emphasis mine]"

Supporters of Mr. Obama have expressed concern about the bitter ferocity of the Democratic race, particularly with Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain sounding similar themes of criticism against Mr. Obama. They used Wednesday’s debate as the latest example to superdelegates that the prolonged nominating fight could be damaging to the party.

“And I have to say Senator Clinton looked in her element,” Mr. Obama said, speaking to an audience of North Carolina voters. “She was taking every opportunity to get a dig in there. You know, that’s all right. That’s her right. That’s her right to kind of twist the knife a little bit.”

Indeed, several superdelegates said they had been put off by negative moments in the debate.

“What I’m hearing from voters in this state who have been uncommitted or not solidly behind any candidate is that they are increasingly frustrated with the negativism going on, mostly on her side,” said Patricia Waak, the Colorado state party chairwoman. (Mr. Obama won the Colorado primary in a landslide.)

This is going to be an interesting general election at least.

I can't wait for him to move into Pennsylvania Ave.

This wild-eyed fringe-lunatic from Minnesota has finally come unleashed. Friday afternoon on Hardball with Chris Matthews, Rep. Michele Bachmann stated that the "media" needs to begin investigations into members of Congress for evidence of Anti-Americanism, starting with the Democrats. This comes right out of the McCarthy playbook. I've even heard other GOP whackjobs out there calling Obama a Socialist and possibly a COMMUNIST!

How can these people actually look themselves in the mirror in the morning without firmly planting a self-inflicted bullet into their brain?

In North Carolina, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has put out this ad against Kay Hagan, who is running against Elizabeth Dole.

Would this ad make you withhold your vote for Hagan? Is it fair? Thoughts?

...and I wouldn't want to pile on here, but she's really not helping her case.

From Reuters (emphasis mine):

A Fox News report cited unidentified campaign sources who said Palin did not know Africa was a continent and could not name the three countries in NAFTA -- the United States, Canada and Mexico.

"I think if there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about NAFTA or about the continent versus the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context, and that is cruel and mean-spirited, it's immature, it's unprofessional, and those guys are jerks," Palin said.

It's not fair and it's not right," she said.

I didn't know Africa was a continent AND a country...