“I never thought I would hear myself saying this,’ Dobson said in a radio broadcast to be broadcast Monday. “… While I am not endorsing Senator John McCain, the possibility is there that I might.”

To continue … “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation. His radical positions on life, marriage and national security force me to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice, John McCain.”

Perhaps he is still considering Mike Huckabee.

The New York Times

As part of the New Republic’s Veeptacular, in which they write about all of the horrible people that might have the job of waiting patiently for Barack, or impatiently for McCain, to die, they discuss Joe Leiberman.  I’m guessing they’re discussing him as a potential stubborn, hawkish, idealogue to serve under Olds McCain (the Thinking Man’s Joe Lieberman!).

Jonathan Chait’s point in the piece is that, while Joe Lieberman paints himself as a Democrat of the Old School who provides a levelheaded alternative to the Kossified Democrats who now run the party, he is actually a crazy old man whose opinions are hostage to the tendentious windbags of right wing radio.  Perhaps he would be perfect as McCain’s understudy.
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This is an actual picture of Ken Layne, the new owner of W*******. And I am now free to tell you that G***** Media Empire, uh, Emperor Nick Denton has sold a certain politically-themed website to a certain former Managing Editor of some disrepute.

Getting fired? Apparently worked out in my favor in more ways than I imagined.

Breaking: G***** Media selling W******* blog; spinning off three sites [Politico]

Update: Michael Calderone at Politico beat Ken Layne and W******* to the story of their own sale by 30 minutes. I’m just sayin’.

When a civil rights leader backs your campaign it’s a good day. When a civil rights leader, switches his support to your opponent after pledging it to you… well, that’s a bad day. And that’s the kind of day Hillary Clinton is having.

Oof.

At this point, we’re actually starting to feel bad for her. Seriously, and for rills.

Prominent Superdelegate Switches From Clinton To Obama [Below the Beltway]