POLITICAL REPORT

A young Muslim woman claims she and another woman were refused seats directly behind Barack Obama and in front of TV cameras at a Michigan rally where Al Gore endorsed the Illinois Senator.

Hebba Aref says she and Shimaa Abdelfadeel were told the could not sit behind the podium where Obama was speaking because they were wearing head scarves.

Aref and Abdelfadeel were two of 20,000 people at the rally, and both were a member of groups invited to appear behind Obama as he spoke. The catch is that those wearing the traditional head scarves were told they were not invited despite the fact that the rest of their group was.

Is Obama's campaign worried he'll look too Muslim?

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POLITICAL REPORT

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will appear together for the first time next week in Washington. This is the first time that the two former rivals will come appear side-by-side since Clinton suspended her campaign for the presidency.

The event is intended to send out a message to Clinton's donors that they should start sending their money to the Obama camp.

Most of the money raised at this event next week in D.C. will go in the Obama bank account, but this is evidently just the beginning to joint fund raising efforts to help boost Obama's funding and pay off Clinton's debt.

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POLITICAL REPORT

Al Gore is back on the campaign trail, and as expected he's stumping for the Democratic nominee - Barack Obama.

Gore called Obama a "young leader." The former Vice-President also said he wants a president who knows "we are not a red state America or a blue state America, we are the United States of America."

"We have such a leader," said Gore. "Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States -- Barack Obama!"

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POLITICAL REPORT

Al Gore is back on the campaign trail, and as expected he's stumping for the Democratic nominee - Barack Obama.

Gore called Obama a "young leader." The former Vice-President also said he wants a president who knows "we are not a red state America or a blue state America, we are the United States of America."

"We have such a leader," said Gore. "Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States -- Barack Obama!"

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Believe it or not, New York Congressman (and probably the next Mayor) of New York City Anthony Weiner wants to get more international super models to the US.

"From Fashion Week to our vibrant publishing industry to the many designers that call New York City home, fashion is a vital part of our economy that drives thousands of jobs," Weiner told the New York Daily News.

And Gov. Spitzer paid for his ladies...

Right now, International models have to compete for a H-1B visa. They're going up against everything from computer programmers to doctors. The News says only about 349 slots go to models out of the 85,000 available.

Hit it Weiner!

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A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows that most New Yorkers want New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to be the next Governor.

Here's the breakdown from the poll:
30 percent named Mayor Bloomberg;
26 percent named former Mayor Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani;
23 percent said they wanted to see Governor David Paterson re-elected;
15 percent named State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo.

“Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private polls are said to favor a run for governor,” said Maurice Carroll, the director of the Quinnipiac polling institute and a former Times reporter. “The Quinnipiac University numbers say so, too. He leads over all among the four choices we offered. But Rudolph Giuliani beats him among Republicans.”

Bloomberg originally ran for Mayor of New York City as a Republican, but he left the party to become an Independent in his second term.

The Governor's race will take place in 2010.

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John McCain will be in New York City tonight to host a Town Hall meeting, something he invited Barack Obama to attend.

This would put the two Senators face to face for the first time of the general election, but Obama isn't expected to attend.

The Democrats are planning their own Town Hall meeting this afternoon in Wisconsin.

McCain's event will take place at Federal Hall on Wall Street at 7 p.m.

Both campaigns are targeting New York and Wall Street in particular, both areas where Hillary Clinton left a lot of undecided voters. Obama, as most Democrats do, is expected to carry the state of New York in November.

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WOMEN FOR OBAMA? New polls out this week show that women may have decided to rally behind Barack Obama as opposed to John McCain after Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race. Obama led McCain 51%-38% in Gallup polling of 2,263 registered female voters June 5-9. The 13-percentage-point lead among women was up from 5 points the previous week, before the Democratic nomination ended. Could this be proof that any sort of change is enough for party unity?

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Now that the general election is in full swing, Barack Obama and John McCain are wasting no time hammer away at one another.

Here's the Campaign Minute from the Associated Press with a wrap up of what both Obama and McCain are up to on the campaign trail.

If polls mean anything, the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted June 4-5 shows Democrat Barack Obama with 47 percent, Republican John McCain had 43 percent, and Ralph Nader scored 6 percent.

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IMPEACH HIM. The smallest loon in Congress, Dennis Kucinich, defied the Democratic leaders on Monday by calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush for launching the Iraq war. Kucinich's move isn't expected to go anywhere. The little man wants to call for Bush's impeachment for launching the war in Iraq. Kucinich listed two dozen charges against Bush on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, but he doesn't even have the support of his own party. Nancy Pelosi says an action is too divisive for the country and most likely unsuccessful.

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BREAKING NEWS

Hillary Clinton asked her supporters on Friday afternoon to join her and actively campaign for Barack Obama to be the next President.

"Yes we can" elect Barack Obama, Clinton said using the Obama campaign's catch phrase.

Clinton was very complimentary of her former rival saying that the two campaigns will become one at this point.

Hillary spoke about how far she has come and where she plans to go. The speech was right on, and early responses from the Obama campaign are positive.

Clinton suspended her campaign in hopes of raising enough money to pay off her debts aquired along the way.

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WHAT IS BETTER? George Bush urged Congress on Saturday to pass the Iraq war-funding bill saying that our troops "deserve better" than the treatment they are getting from the Democratic-led Congress. "This is an opportunity for Congress to give our men and women in uniform the tools they need to protect us, and Congress should approve these vital funds immediately," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "Congress has had this funding request for more than a year, and there is no reason for further delay." They deserve to come home!

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IT ENDS TODAY. Today is the day when Hillary Clinton will suspend her campaign for President. The speech will air live on her website, www.HillaryClinton.com. In the speech, Clinton will endorse Barack Obama and urge her supporters to unify the Democratic party. All eyes are on Hillary today as she could be the one who can bring the party together as many of her 18 million supporters will be listening to her every word to determine their next move. Clinton and Obama have both admitted there have been no formal talks about Hillary joining the ticket as Vice-President.

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POLITICAL OPINION

As a Hillary Clinton supporter, on Saturday I will enter that category of undecided voter. Should I vote for John McCain or should I suck it up and jump on the Obama-bandwagon?

I'm not pressing the issue, but I would like to see Hillary on the ticket as Vice President. Mostly because it would make my decision much easier.

However, I must admit that it doesn't seem like Obama and his supporters really want me.

Over the past several months, I have written my thoughts on why I think Hillary Clinton is the right leader for this country right now.

After John McCain secured the Republican nomination, I started getting well-written and complimentary letters from the McCain campaign and his supporters. Most of the notes were to contest something I had written, but their approach is well constructed and smart. Their letters, some from johnmccain.com email addresses and others not, always point out where we disagree then quickly shift to areas where we do agree.

I have NEVER gotten any responses from barackobama.com official e-mail addresses. Most of the responses to my opinions about Obama have come from free email addresses like aol, gmail and yahoo. Not there's anything wrong with that, but it shows that the Obama campaign isn't doing the work. The pro-Obama letters I get are usually full of hate and very insulting. More than once, I have been called "stupid," "loser," and "fag" from letters coming from people who claim to support Barack Obama.

Does the Republican party just have a more well oiled machine? Is John McCain's campaign more saavy? Or does Barack Obama not want my support?

I guess only time will tell.

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Barack and Michelle Obama made the media giddy with their little fist bump on Tuesday night when Senator Obama claimed victory over the Democratic nomination for President.

If you haven't seen the video, here it is....

You couldn't really see the ass smack on this video, but that's what stuck out in my mind after watching it live on Tuesday. I guess Barack and Michelle are trying to seem young and hip to appease their youthful following. In a time when Hillary's old ladies and disgruntled homos are floating out there looking for a place to go, I think I would be doing more that appeals to those 18 million voters rather than stimulating your own base.

I'm officially an undecided voter now. I'm scared to death of what the Republicans will do to Barack Obama. They definitely won't be bumping fists!

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BREAKING NEWS

According to campaign aides, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama met tonight at the Clinton's home in Washington, DC.

Barack Obama was scheduled to fly back to Chicago after a rally in Virginia on Thursday night, but instead he ducked away from the media and campaign advisers to meet with his former rival.

No one really seems to know what was on the agenda, but Clinton is set to endorse Obama and suspend her historic campaign on Saturday. The buzz is that the two candidates were making some sort of deal before Hillary goes public with her Obama endorsement.

It doesn't seem like any Vice-Presidential announcement will happen on Saturday, Obama just announced he has formed a committee to choose his veep. He is also scheduled to be in Chicago that day.

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BIG SPENDERS. Barack Obama may have outspent Hillary Rodham Clinton 3-to-1 through most of the Democratic primary, but John McCain is not going to let that happen in the general election. Evidently, McCain - the presumptive Republican nominee - raised $21.5 million in May on top of another $53.6 million raised by the Republican National Committee. Obama has not released his numbers for may yet, but in April he scored $37.3 million. Our economy is in the dumps and these two are waisting good money on commercials and yard signs. There has to be a better way!

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A Hillary Clinton supporter has launched a campaign in favor of John McCain.

In addition to the video below, here's what the new-found McCain supporter has to say:

"What good is a great economy if you have to worry about getting blown up by a car bomb every time you go to the Mall? You want another Baghdad here in the USA, not me! I want my grandkids to be free and that includes being free from the fear of being killed by a terrorist. If Obama is elected, you better hope he adopts Hillary Health Care plan, because you are going to need it with his idea of "Security" for this country. I am one of them bible thumping, gun toting red necks and dam proud of it."

The campaign's creator, Ed Hale, claims to be a "long-time Democrat until May 31, 2008. Hale says he became disenfranchised by the Democratic National Committee's decision to take 4 delegates from Clinton in Michigan and to reward the uncommitted delegates to Obama.

Hale and his campaign may not be the only of its type. Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is scheduled to endorse Barack Obama on Saturday, some of her most avid supporters don't plan to follow her.

The Socialite Report does not endorse this website or the campaign. Even though we endorsed Hillary Clinton in the primary, we have not endorsed any candidate in the general election.

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THE END IS HERE. Hillary Clinton has e-mailed her supporters to inform us that she will be suspending her bid for the White House on Saturday during a speech in Washington. "On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy," Clinton wrote in the e-mail that went out early Thursday morning. There is a lot of buzz that Obama will form the much anticipated "Dream Ticket." At this point, I'm an undecided voter again. An Obama-Clinton ticket would definitely be a great consolation prize.

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LET THE SEARCH BEGIN. Caroline Kennedy has been tapped to head Barack Obama's selection committee for a running mate. Kennedy is the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy. Caroline will be joined by high-profile Democratic insiders Jim Johnson and Eric Holder. The committee is in charge of finding Obama's veep, but they haven't released any names yet. You can probably guarantee that Hillary Clinton is on this list.

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The Republicans haven't wasted any time on attacking the presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

This new ad pits Obama's most recent rivals in the Democratic field against him on "experience."

Hillary Clinton is basically the star of the video, but John Edwards and Bill Clinton also pop up as well.

If Obama thought the Clintons were hard on him, wait until he gets a dose of John McCain and the Republicans.

Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign says there has been no talk between Hillary and Obama about her joining his ticket in November. Obama continues to praise Clinton fueling fire to the speculation.

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A WOMAN OF HIS OWN. While the Democrats spend time bobbling around deciding whether or not they will run together, John McCain and the Republicans are in full search for a veep. It is pretty obvious that a Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ticket would make a very strong case for Democrats. Now, rumor has it John McCain might be considering a woman as his Vice-President as well. All eyes are on Sarah Palin. She's the governor of Alaska, and she has the highest approval rating in the nation at around 90 percent. Palin is smart, relatively attractive and very personable. A McCain, Palin ticket might be the way to go if Republicans want to win over Hillary's supporters!

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The ball seems to be in Barack Obama's court on how to unify the Democratic party from here.

Hillary Clinton is still in this race to represent her voters. The best way to rope in her voters is for Obama to ask Clinton to join him on the ticket. She wants her voters to get the respect they deserve.

Why do Obama supporters think it makes a difference whether or not Clinton conceded tonight or later this week? It shouldn't.

The ball is in Barack's court. We just have to wait and see if he tosses it to Hillary.

Let's bring the Democratic party together!

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Hillary Clinton spoke to the nation Tuesday night, and as she accepted victory in South Dakota many expected her to concede.

Instead of stepping aside, Hillary stood strong and reminded everyone in her speech that she has 18 million voters behind her.

Senator Clinton also praised Barack Obama acknowledging what he has done for this race.

"Senator Obama has inspired so many Americans to care about politics and empowered so many more to get involved. And our party and our democracy is stronger and more vibrant as a result. So we are grateful," she said.

Hillary asked her supporters to go to hillaryclinton.com and help guide her steps from here. The New York Senator asked for people to log on to her website and offer feedback.

Later in the evening, Barack Obama claimed victory in the Democratic race with a speech of his own. Obama spoke highly of Senator Clinton adding to speculation that he might ask her to run as his Vice-President.

"I am a better candidate having had the opportunity to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton," Obama said, in one of his first attempts to win over Clinton supporters.

The man's a great speaker. That's about all I'm willing to give him at this point.

CNN is reporting that Barack Obama has put in a call to Hillary Clinton, but the two aren't expecting to talk until later this morning.

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NOT SO FAST. Hillary Clinton's campaign is fighting reports by the Associated Press that she will concede the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama on Tuesday night. The AP reported earlier this morning that Hillary was set to suspend her campaign since the veteran news organziation is projecting that Obama will have enough delegates to clinch the party's nomination later tonight. Others rumors are swirling that behind the scenes talks are going on in hopes of merging the two campaigns to one ticket. We'll keep you posted!

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The Associated Press has projected that Barack Obama will be the Democratic Presidential nominee.

Here's their report:

"Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois effectively has clinched the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates as some of the party's superdelegates step forward on the final day of party primaries.

The AP's tally puts Obama over the top of the 2,118 convention delegates needed for nomination in Denver this summer.

This could make Obama, junior senator from Illinois, the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.

Obama apparently has outrun former first lady and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York in a historic party contest, and is poised to face Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, in a bid for the presidency."

The Associated Press also reported earlier today that Hillary Clinton would concede later tonight, but the Clinton campaign has denied those reports.

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RECOVERING. Senator Ted Kennedy is recovering after completing brain surgery to cut out as much of his cancerous brain tumor as possible. Kennedy was evidently awake during the 3 1/2 hours of risky and delicate surgery. From here Senator Kennedy will under go chemotherapy and radiation. Ted reportedly told his wife, Victoria, afterward: "I feel like a million bucks. I think I'll do that again tomorrow." Kennedy says he hopes to soon be back on the campaign trail and back in the Senate.

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The last two states will weigh in on the Democratic primary Tuesday as Montana and South Dakota go to the polls. At the end of the day, Barack Obama will lead in delegates and Hillary Clinton will likely lead in the popular vote.

The polls in these two states reflect this entire race. It's going to come down to the wire.

In Montana, Barack Obama holds a slight lead over Hillary Clinton 48% to 44%.

The South Dakota polls are a completely different story. Clinton dominates the numbers with a 60% lead to Obama's 34%. That's a 24-point spread.

The Obama campaign has already said they hope to have enough pledged delegates and super delegates by Tuesday night to declare victory and become the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Clinton's advisers says she'll have popular vote after Montana and South Dakota go to the polls. Her case to super delegates is that she not only has more votes than any other presidential candidate has ever gotten, but she can also win in swing states and possibly convert some red areas to blue.

We'll see how it all pans out throughout the day.

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The Democratic primary could be over by the end of this week. On Tuesday night, all of the states will have voted so the Obama campaign is hoping to secure the last superdelegates needed to claim victory that evening.

A part of Barack Obama's process must be to determine what to do with Hillary Clinton and her loyal supporters if he can clinch the nomination this week.

The Democrats' only chance might be to put both Obama and Clinton on their ticket this year.

"Senator Clinton has run an outstanding race, she is an outstanding public servant and she and I will be working together in November," Obama said.

Senator Obama also told reporters on Monday evening that "once the dust settled" he wants to meet with Hillary "at a time and place of her choosing."

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POLITICAL COMMENTARY

If I was a member of the Hillary Clinton campaign, I would spend the next few days convincing superdelegates that Hillary can win in swing states and swing counties.

All Clinton has to do is convince the remaining uncommitted superdelegates that she can win in Florida, New Mexico or Michigan in addition to the Democratic strong holds. To a Hillary supporter like myself, it seems clear cut.

Barack Obama is losing in areas where John Kerry won, and he isn't picking up support in swing states or even swing counties.

In the general election, it all comes down to the Electoral College. Mr. Obama can bring out tons of voters in college towns, but that won't do anything in swing states.

The Democratic Party needs Hillary Clinton. I hope the superdelegates just realize that!

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LANDSLIDE. Hillary Clinton has now received more votes than any other candidate who has run for the presidency ever! CNN is projecting that Hillary will win Puerto Rico by a landslide and that nearly 350,000 people have voted in that state. The polls just closed, but CNN is basing their results on exit polls. Those exit polls show that Hillary won all demographics across the board. Clinton's campaign expected to win Puerto Rico by a large margin, but her campaign probably didn't expect this big of a win. This huge win in that common wealth will boost Hillary to the lead in the popular vote. This puts the New York Senator in a great position to win over some uncommitted superdelegates.

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BREAKING NEWS. The Democratic National Committee has voted to grant 1/2 votes to the Michigan delegation and seat their entire group at the convention in Wednesday. The Clinton campaign will likely contest this ruling since Barack Obama will be handed votes from Michigan despite the fact that his name wasn't on the ballot at all. The crowd was rowdy at the DNC rules committee hearing on Saturday. Protestors inside the meeting hall even began chanting, "Denver, Denver" insinuating that both candidates will likely make their way to the convetion before the nominee is chosen.

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BREAKING NEWS. The Democratic National Committee has just voted to seat the Florida delegation at the Democratic Convention this summer in Nevada. The FL delegates will not get a complete vote as the first motion on the table requested. Instead, Florida delegates will get 1/2 of a vote. This means Hillary Clinton will net 19 delegates and take the official win in Florida. This will give her a significant boost in the overall popular vote thus helping her case to super delegates that she should be the party's nominee. This process is going all the way to the convention.

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FLORIDA LIKELY TO GET DELEGATES BACK. Robert Wexler went before the Democratic Rules Committee and said that his candidate Barack Obama was jumping behind the Ausman petition, the Florida Democratic Party’s proposal as put forward by Florida DNC member Jon Ausman. However, Wexler said Obama supports only counting the state’s superdelegates as half votes, a stance that was met with boos in the room. “Sen. Obama should be commended for his willingness to offer this extraordinary concession,” Wexler said. Some media outlets have reported that the committee already decided to seat all of Florida's delegates but give them only half a vote.

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BREAKING NEWS

It is a big day for the Democrats! Saturday is so big that by the end of the day - it could be more powerful than an election day.

Michigan and Florida delegates were stripped by the Democratic National Committee after moving their election dates ahead of the magical Super Duper Tuesday primaries.

The DNC's rules committee is meeting in Washington and protestors who want their votes counted have lined the streets in D.C. demanding that their votes be counted.

Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns met behind closed doors over night in hopes of reaching a compromise, but CNN is reporting that no agreements were reached.

The DNC rules committee meeting begins at 9:30am EST. We will keep you posted with developments throughout the day.

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Barack Obama has another preacher controversy on his hand.

Catholic Priest Michael Pfleger, an Obama-backer, stopped by the now infamous Trinity Church last week and took part in a bit of Hillary Clinton bashing.

The hot mess preacher accused Hillary of being consumed by “white entitlement.”

The Clinton campaign is not happy! They released these comments:

"Divisive and hateful language like that is totally counterproductive in our efforts to bring our party together and have no place at the pulpit or in our politics. We are disappointed that Senator Obama didn’t specifically reject Father’s Pfleger’s despicable comments about Senator Clinton, and assume he will do so."

Obama has denounced Pfleger in a statement:

"As I have traveled this country, I’ve been impressed not by what divides us, but by all that that unites us. That is why I am deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger’s divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn’t reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause."

Preachers have really turned out to be the most controversial part of this election. Obama may have been better off as a Muslim (like Obama-haters want everyone to think!)

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According to a recent Gallup poll, Hillary Clinton is more likely than Barack Obama to win swing states in November against John McCain.

The Gallup poll shows that in the six swing states that Clinton won during the nomination battle, she has a 51%-41% advantage over McCain and would collect up to 61 Electoral College votes if the election were held today.

The same process shows Obama leading McCain 49%-41% in the six swing states he won during the nomination battle and coming away with 54 Electoral College votes if the election were today.

Maybe this will give the Clinton campaign more amo to walk away from the Democratic National Convention with the party's nomination.

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The White House is reacting to former spokesperson Scott McClellan's tell-all excerpts about George W. Bush from his upcoming book due out next week.

The first to bat back, the current White House Press Secretary Dana Perino.

Dana released this statement:

"Scott, we now know, is disgruntled about his experience at the White House. For those of us who fully supported him, before, during and after he was press secretary, we are puzzled. It is sad - this is not the Scott we knew.

"The book, as reported by the press, has been described to the President. I do not expect a comment from him on it - he has more pressing matters than to spend time commenting on books by former staffers."

Let the cat fight begin! I bet Dubya isn't commenting, because McClellan is probably telling the truth. Perino is probably just trying to save her job.

Ouch! I bet this is going to get really nasty!

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Barack Obama has come under fire by conservative bloggers regarding a story he told about his uncle's military service. Obama told a story of his uncle who "was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps." The problem is that Stalin and the red coats are the ones who freed Auschwitz. The big question is: Was Barack Obama's uncle fighting for the wrong team or did Obama make the whole thing?! His campaign says he misspoke. It looks like Mr. Obama has been caught in a lie, one way or another.

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Former White House spokesperson Scott McClellan is dropping a new book next week, and it evidently bashes President George Bush saying he “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” to governing. McClellan has been one of the president's most loyal aides and was one of his earliest allies. It was expected that Scott might take a few jabs at Bush, but most didn't expect anything this serious.

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