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Hulk Hogan “endorses.”

This leads me to imagine what a Greenspan endorsement would do.

And the CA poll was taken before Edwards dropped out! From Slate.com’s Election Scorecard.

From Wired.com.

The Associated Press reports.

UPDATE: Earlier hed read: “Obama Campaign Raises $32 in January.” While technically true, it also raised $31,999,968 more. Apologies.

David Broder makes the argument that, among other reasons, the longer the race goes on, the more Barack Obama will benefit because of his ability to match up better with John McCain. From The Washington Post op-ed page.

Collins gives the campaign props for being potentially great, but takes candidates to task at the same time.

Two minutes to midnight, West Coast time, and nothing from the New Mexico governor. I’ll add Barbara Boxer and John Edwards to the list, too.

A friend down there who voted for Bush in both elections told me today he’s voting for Barack Obama in his state’s March 4 primary. He’s no party Republican, but he has been on the more conservative side of things for some time now. He’s just one example of Obama’s broad appeal.

And Lorna Brett Howard has a YouTube testimonial telling the world why:

A dubious distinction. But still …

And suddenly the campaign looks really good.

Florida: Decisive once again.

Don’t get me started on the New York chapter of NOW. And the so-called snub? I don’t care enough about the incident to form an opinion. As the once-candidate John Edwards might say, discussion of personal relations between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama isn’t going to bring the troops home or get a single person affordable health care. It won’t repair the damage done to the reputation of the United States.

I’m just glad Rudy and Edwards finally read their own vital signs. And I get a kick out of the fact that Ron Paul and Mike Gravel are still in it.

Seriously though, McCain is the GOP nominee. The strongest candidate was quickly distilled to the top. And head-to-head polls still show that Obama has a slight advantage over Clinton in a matchup with the Arizona senator.

Oh, and yes, it looks like we’ll have a former senator in the White House after all.

Right here.

If John McCain becomes the GOP candidate for president (as this writer believes he will), it will be the first time since Richard Nixon was elected that a former U.S. senator became president. And Nixon was the third in a row: LBJ and JFK had both served in the U.S. Senate.

It’s been mostly governors since Nixon. Ford’s brief two-year term (1974-1977) and George H.W. Bush’s four years (1989-1993) are the only instances since 1974 that a former governor hasn’t been in the White House.