I'm just catching up on goings on (I wrote the two earlier posts last night).

• "President" Bush sinks to a new low -- attacking Barack Obama while on foreign soil.
  • McCain supports Bush's attack.
• Obama has picked up 4 superdelegates so far today and 6 more of the Edwards delegates.
• John McCain is running an ad called 2013 and suggesting he wants to be mostly out of Iraq by then. Three thoughts:
  • Politically, McCain is once again struggling with his one-hundred years gaffe -- hoping to use the 2013 date as a way of blunting the use of that gaffe.
  • McCain is also subtly suggesting he'd just be a one-term president if elected. (If that's true, the question is why doesn't he think he'd be able to run for re-election in four years?)
  • Does this suggest McCain is about to flip-flop on the Iraq war? Straight-talk much?
• McCain's wife sells $2 million of her investments in Sudan.
• Obama wearing the flag pin more often. (Good idea -- symbols matter.)
• California court ruling sets stage for gay marriage. (Another example of why so many good things can happen in 2008.)
• Andrew Sullivan isn't excited by an Obama-Edwards ticket (which if you think in Yglesias Award terms, might actually be an argument for it)

Finally, a commenter (Praxxus) comes up with a name for that new GOP attack ad: "Applause-Gate"

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