by Bob Brigham [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

From California you'll need more than a half pack of cigarettes, but hit it:

DEMOCRATS THROW OPEN DOORS OF CONVENTION,

OBAMA TO ACCEPT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ON

CLOSING NIGHT OF 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF MORE THAN 75,000

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[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Senator Barack Obama holds a commanding 53-41 percent lead over Sen. John McCain in the presidential race in California, according to a Survey USA poll released today.
 
Democrats have flocked solidly behind Obama; he is favored by 78-16 percent (so much for Hillary supporters holding out). Obama also handily is leading among Independents, 57-33 percent.
 
But where Obama really shines is among female voters. He clobbers McCain 62-29 percent. Among males, McCain leads 52-43 percent.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

This Sunday evening, June 22, 2008, at Town Hall Los Angeles, Democratic United States Senator Jim Webb of Virginia will discuss his latest book, "A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America," with activist and radio show host David Bender. The program will be held at the UCLA Faculty Center, 480 Charles Young Drive in LA. Sen. Webb is said to be on the "short list" of Vice Presidential choices for Senator Barack Obama. He won election to the Senate in 2006 with an upset victory over incumbent Sen. George Allen.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Let the tidal wave begin! Fresh this morning, former Senator Hillary Clinton backer George McGovern, who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972, has now endorsed Senator Barack Obama.

Said McGovern, "Hillary, of course, will make the decision as to if and when she ends her campaign. But I hope that she reaches that decision soon so that we can concentrate on a unified party capable of winning the White House next November."

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Under the collective denial mentality that has hijacked media-types and political observers since the February 5th contests, Senator Barack Obama's decisive 56-42 win in North Carolina juxtaposed with Senator Hillary Clinton's narrow 51-49 win in Indiana shows Senator Obama has successfully rebounded from the Rev. Wright controversy and whatever other manufactured non-policy outrages that he's been forced to address. After all, Obama increased his popular vote lead by about 250,000 votes, and more importantly, his 95 new pledged delegates put him 12 delegates further ahead of Clinton. To borrow a catchphrase from former Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, Obama's got O-mentum. However, while O-mentum may play a role on the margins, the reality is this contest is already over, and these outcomes were largely predetermined.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

According to sources close the group, the American Leadership Project, a pro-Hillary Clinton independent expenditure campaign affiliated with two California Majority Report publishers, is increasing its media buy in the battleground state of Indiana by another $200K today –- for a total spent of $1.1 million. The Hoosier State's Tuesday, May 6 primary is probably the most contested race left in the election calendar, with Clinton currently holding a narrow but statistically significant lead over Senator Barack Obama based on the aggregate Pollster.com numbers.