Emanuel Calls Out Kennedy for Comment About Clinton

Financial Times interviews 22 Democrats at a Bill Clinton rally in Williamson; none would commit to back Obama if he is the nominee.

“He doesn’t understand ordinary Americans….” Permalink

Forty-three percent of respondents to the Herald-Leader/WKYT poll consider the Rev. Wright issue to be important or very important.

Fewer, 23 percent, said Clinton’s misstatements about Bosnia were important or very important. Kentucky’s primary is May 20.

Conducted May 7-9. Margin of error: 4.5 points

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NY Times front-page essential reading: Both campaigns busy developing strategies, tactics for November race.

Obama to portray McCain as heir to Bush and highlight opposition to abortion rights. McCain to paint Obama as inexperienced, liberal, out-of-touch.

Both sides already developing negative TV ads. Obama may also be subtly “telegraphing” his youth, to contrast with McCain.
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Clinton chair McAuliffe said he would accept an agreement in which Florida and Michigan got half their delegates seated at the convention, based on the primary result.

Read more from Sunday guests, including Axelrod, Wolfson, and Edwards– click here. Permalink

Candidate’s chief strategist will host $1,000/head Big Apple event Monday.

Hopes to woo former Clinton donors. Permalink

Adviser tells Newsweek he predicts a brutal race, from both sides.

Willie Horton ad-creator Floyd Brown calls Obama “extremely vulnerable” on ties to Rezko, Ayers: “I’m kinda like in a candy store in this election.” Permalink

Obama: Charleston, WV; Louisville, KY
Clinton: Montgomery, Clear Fork, Logan, Fairmont, WV

McCain: Portland, OR

Bill Clinton: Astoria, Tillamook, Corvallis, Eugene, OR
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Tells West Virginia supporters on Mother’s Day:

“We know we have the ‘worrying gene’, we know we have the ‘put your coat on because it’s cold outside gene,’ but we also have the ‘stand up and fight for what you believe in gene.’” Permalink

Doug Goodyear’s PR firm accepted $350,000 to represent the Burmese junta in 2002.

Says he didn’t want to “become a distraction in this campaign.”

Update: Regional campaign manager for McCain also steps down due to ties to the DCI Group. Permalink

Long analysis charts the Senator’s fall from “inevitable” to “on the ropes.”

“It’s questionable whether people ever discovered the authentic Clinton….”
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“I am not going to lose gracefully,” says the Senator’s doppelganger in sharp-tongued opening sketch.

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One volunteer tells WashPost: “I never want to look myself in the mirror and say, ‘You quit. You didn’t do your part.’”

Another: “Every call for her to get out of the race just incenses me. It makes me crazy.” Permalink