Hillary, may you have a resounding victory in the Mountain State today!

Yes, West Virginia matters.

To all you CCN moms, to Hillary, to all moms everywhere, thank you for everything! May your day be filled with joy ! : )

This, from Hillary's website. It's in a letter from swing state Democrats to other Democrats. I hope the super d's can understand.

Pennsylvania was not just a victory for Hillary Clinton. It was also a wake- up call for superdelegates, forcing us to ask ourselves two essential questions: 1) Which candidate can carry the magic 270 electoral votes to win in the fall? 2) Which candidate is most likely to help our fellow Democrats in down-ballot races? We believe the answer to both of these questions is Hillary Clinton.

Keep fighting, Hillary. In spite of the hand wringing in some quarters, I think this fight is not only good for the Democratic Party, but it's much-needed. You stand head and shoulders above your competition in your talent, intelligence, mastery of the issues, and leadership. The way the DNC has handled Michigan and Florida, the way it has contrived to marginalize truly good candidates and promote inferior and inept ones, is typical of the way business has come to be done in the party, and, for that, the party needs a good shaking up.

Since he couldn't be more wrong on pretty much every point he makes, I'm wondering on which planet Joe Andrews, former DNC head, spends most of his time.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120962832953558997.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox

I can see I'll have to get off my own letter to him later today, as well to my own rep, Ben Chandler, who has come out for O. That one was very disappointing.

What Elizabeth Edwards says here is hardly news to CCN readers, but it's good that she has taken this moment in time to make the point again. If anything, I think she is being too gentle and perhaps not addressing certain other biases, but I'm sure that, in making her points, she wants to maintain as neutral a stance as possible.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/opinion/27edwards.html?em&ex=1209441600&en=ee333fd6085ec821&ei=5087%0A

I usually don't agree with Charles Krauthammer, but once in a while I do, and such is the case here. He makes his case well, I think.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/obamas_revealing_distractions.html

I just listened in, along with three thousand others, to the HC conference call. I can't do it right now, but I will try to write more about it tonight, unless one of you gets to it first. Just a couple of quick points. Hillary sounded buoyant, determined, confident, and grateful. If any of us haven't maxed out, and it's at all possible to do so, do it asap, and try to steer others to HC's website. But any donation, no matter how small, is much appreciated! 60K new donors since last night, for over 10 million!
Gotta run.

Some more food for thought from Paul Krugman. I particularly appreciated his recognition of how Obama routinely dismisses and devalues the many positive accomplishments of President Clinton's administration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/opinion/18krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin