What Stood Out This Week - 3/30-4/5

Overall, it was a fairly quiet week on the campaign trail. Or perhaps I wasn't paying much attention. So let's see What Stood Out This Week...

The Quitters

John Edwards told a bunch of college kids that he wouldn't run for Vice President again. Is anyone surprised?

Republicans

John McCain is still out there, waiting. He gave a speech on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. It was raining, and a black man was holding his umbrella. Particularly awesome in the context of his vote against the national holiday celebrating MLK, Jr.

Democrats

Hillary said something about how during her time as First Lady, she arrived in Bosnia in the midst of sniper fire. That turned out not to be so true. Lies from the Clintons (and politicians in general) I've come to expect, so I don't think this is that big a deal (and it's not like I'm an enthusiastic Hillary supporter or anything).

What's more interesting to me is her announcement (on the 40th anniversary of MLK, Jr.'s assassination) that she would build on his legacy and create a cabinet-level poverty czar position. I really hate the term "czar" used in this way, which is probably a post for another time (and a time that may never come), but even if this is just an obvious pander to John Edwards and his supporters, good for her. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best thing she's proposed in months.

Telling superdelegates that Obama's unelectable, however, is a shitty thing to do. She denies she said so, and blah blah blah.

Obama stayed largely off the B&E radar. I think he's putting all of his many, many monetary resources into advertising in Pennsylvania. Hillary's lead there has shrunk a bit, so maybe it's working. Who knows? He raised twice what Hillary raised in March, and I still really dislike that money somehow determines who's a more viable candidate. Stupid money.

Speaking of money, the Clintons finally released their financial information. They've made $109,000,000 since 2000. That's a lot of money, summed up best by Frank Dodge.

Oh, and apparently Obama is a spectacularly bad bowler.

And that's What Stood Out This Week, dear B&E readers. We still have more than two weeks before the voting happens in Pennsylvania. May sweet Jesus save us all.