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May 21, 2008

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@ 9:27 am by Walter Alarkon

Though Barack Obama has now clinched a majority of pledged delegates, his bid for the Democratic nomination remains shaky to bloggers.

His insurmountable pledged delegate lead, gained Tuesday after his Oregon win and Kentucky loss, should prompt superdelegates to finally move his way, writes Jonathan Singer at MyDD. But his Kentucky drubbing — he won only 30 percent of the vote while Hillary Clinton netted 65 percent – should have Democratic strategists concerned with his inability to win working-class whites and rural voters, writes Chris Cillizza. Obama could have appeared more presidential if he made more of an effort to reach out to Kentucky voters, according to Josh Marshall. And it's unprecedented in primary history that a candidate becomes weaker as his nomination becomes inevitable, The Corner Mark Steyn adds.

Clinton seems far from giving up. Her campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, now claims she's ahead in the popular vote, which is only possible by including Florida and Michigan results and excluding four caucus states, Marshall notes. She's poised to become the Al Gore of 2008 by winning the popular vote but losing the contest, a result that caused problems for George W. Bush in 2000 and should worry Democrats, Byron York writes.

Obama may soon have to worry more about Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who has questioned why Obama and other Democrats have turned away from the interventionist foreign policies of Democratic Presidents John Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt, writes Power Line's Paul Mirengoff, who wants Lieberman to speak on behalf of John McCain at the GOP convention. Lieberman is fast becoming more like former Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.) by converting from a Democrat with weak partisan ties to being someone who's "essentially a partisan Republican" who attacks his former party, writes Jonathan Chait at The Plank.

Congress, meanwhile, continues to load up on the pork, notes RedState's Pejman Yousefzadeh. Democrats have included $50 million more for military benefits to the war supplemental than President Bush has called for, and Republicans are going right along, Yousefzadeh writes.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Obama Has Majority Of Pledged Delegates - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
Should He Have Gone To Ky.? - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
Problems For The Obama Juggernaut? - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Moving Barackwards - Mark Steyn, The Corner
Obama's Victory Lap - Franklin Foer, The Plank
Terry McAuliffe's New Goalposts - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
Hillary: Al Gore Of 2008 - Byron York, The Corner
Why Obama Tolerates Clinton's Presence - Marc Ambinder
Grateful For Clinton - kos, Daily Kos
Today's McCain Blog Talking Point - kos, Daily Kos
More On Lieberman's 'Zell-ification' - Jonathan Chait, The Plank
Lieberman's Fine Lecture - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line
The Real Bush Record - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Daily Dose Of Pork - Pejman Yousefzadeh, RedState

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama Says Nomination Within Reach - New York Times
Clinton Sees Many Reasons to Stay In - New York Times
Obama Takes Delegate Majority - Washington Post
Fears And Tears For Kennedy
- The Hill

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