border state

It appears as if Lanny Davis and Geraldine Ferraro are in a competition for who is The Most Delusional Clinton Supporter award. Via Mike Allen, Lanny Davis gives four ways in which Obama "couldn't resist" offending Clintonistas.

The Oak Ridger newspaper offers up an interesting potential selection for John McCain’s running-mate: Lamar Alexander:

If you are an ideologue, living in Tennessee can be maddening.  For all the talk about our fair state being a “red state”, such labels are superficial and do not tell any kind of meaningful story.  We do not, nor have we ever run super-hot or super-cold.  When it comes to political passions, Tennessee has always been lukewarm.  A cursory look at our history bears this out.

Josh Marshall on how Barack Obama's Super Tuesday wins in non-Democratic strongholds (with the exception of his home state, Illinois) look a lot like John McCain's Super Tuesday wins in exclusively Democratic strongholds:

From the Talking Points:

As much as John McCain is winning the Democratic core states, something similar might be said about Obama. Not quite as clear cut. But there’s definitely some of that. So far Obama’s taken Alabama, Delaware, Georgia and Illinois. Take out his home state and that’s two deep south states and one border state.

The Politico explains how the first “Super Tuesday” primary twenty years ago was originally set up for the benefit of Al Gore:

“Democrats controlled legislatures throughout the South. So they used their leverage to set up an early, multistate primary. Ironically, the ‘moderate’ that wound up in the White House turned out to be [Republican] George H.W. Bush.”

John Norris Brown asks a good question in regards to John Kerry’s endorsement of Barack Obama.

Not that endorsements matter, but one wonders why Kerry didn’t announce this before New Hampshire. As a popular border state senator, it might have helped Obama. Of course, it’s questionable if a Kerry endorsement could help anyone.

Barack Obama picks up an endorsement:

Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats’ 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year with John Edwards as his running mate and gave up his own plans for a 2008 run a year ago.