Quick Hits - PA Primary Day

While you are waiting for the PA results to come in, check out these stories around the internets:

  • The DNC has an excellent primer on all things related to the Democratic Convention: Delegates, Super Delegates, and more.
  • The New York Times notes that age is the biggest predictor of support (aside from race) in the Democratic primary, a trend I'm sure we'll see play out later tonight.
  • MySpace has teamed up with NBC news to produce a snazzy new political section to their website: Decision '08. This is very similar to the partnership ABC forged with FaceBook. For MySpace's sake, I hope it's more effective. And if anyone is reading, or goodness sake, please stop the video from auto-playing. The last thing I want is Chris Matthews blaring at me whenever I hit your site.
  • U.S. cell phone voters would like to be able to vote via text.
  • Bush's approval ratings are the lowest of any President in the last 70 years. Maybe that's why he decided it was a good idea to appear on Deal or No Deal last night.
  • The Nation has launched their annual student writing contest.
  • CNN's League of First Time Voters, which you may be hearing about tonight, is catching flack from youth activists.
  • Finally, students in Washington and Arizona are competing to see who can register more new voters on Facebook:


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Yawn

It’s a bit of a no show isn’t it? Drawing fake lines in the sand and claiming they are this or that. Not a real fight. More like a bit of glove slapping across the face. I am not sure whether any of the three candidates actually offers anything substantially different. Even those who fell out were not extreme left or extreme left. Just a nudge to the one side or the other. Less Rumble in the Jungle more Wrestlemania. A little bit of fireworks and a laser display. But a show none the less. http://angryafrican.net/2008/04/22/storm-in-a-teacup/