The Political Chase

Carnac the Magnificent

Snark!

This is out of sequence, but…the third paragraph in this excerpt from the Times is almost worth framing. That’s a potent jab and done without making a single negative comment.

Moving on to the remaining two grafs…. I suppose not getting much sleep last night has effected my attitude this morning, but I’m getting rather tired of the prophecies and wisdom about what people purportedly think and will do, when there is no evidence whatsoever to support such claims and assertions. When did Carnac become a member of Team Clinton?

Superdelegates Unswayed by Clinton’s Attacks - New York Times

Clinton advisers acknowledged that they had not seen short-term evidence that their attacks on Mr. Obama were winning over many superdelegates, and they acknowledged that he had picked up more in recent weeks — though she maintained a narrowing overall lead in them. They predicted, however, that the mounting scrutiny of Mr. Obama would lead superdelegates to cool to his candidacy and come to see her as more of a known quantity, battle tested, and shrewd about the best ways to beat the presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, in the fall.

“When it comes to picking a candidate, automatic delegates don’t want to guess about what lies behind Door No. 2, they want to know,” said Phil Singer, a Clinton spokesman. “The debate raised more questions about Senator Obama than have been answered, and that means that automatic delegates are likely to keep their powder dry as the process moves forward.”

In response, an Obama spokesman, Hari Sevugan, said Thursday: “Since Feb. 5, Senator Obama has garnered the support of 80 superdelegates to Senator Clinton’s 5. We’ll let the results of Senator Clinton’s ‘kitchen sink’ strategy speak for themselves.”