links for 2008-05-30

• The great Barack Obama insurrection / Hillary was ready. Hillary was unstoppable. Hillary was, by all accounts, a lock. What the hell happened?Mark Morford asks what happened to Hillary Clinton on her way to the Democratic presidential nomination, and he says that Barack Obama represents a once in lifetime political moment. Source: SFGate(tags: BarackObama Democrats HillaryClinton)
• Clinton falls behind Obama in state, poll saysPolls show Hillary Clinton trailing Barack Obama in California, 51 to 38, and Obama does as well as Clinton in a matchup against John McCain. Source: SFGate(tags: barackobama california hillaryclinton)
• Obama used party rules to foil Clinton - washingtonpost.com"Obama's campaign mastered some of the most arcane rules in politics, and then used them to foil a front-runner who seemed to have every advantage." Source: AP(tags: barackobama democrats hillaryclinton)
• Healing the wounds of Democrats' sexism - The Boston GlobeGeraldine Ferraro says: "racism and sexism on the campaign have resulted in a split within the Democratic Party that will not be easy to heal before election day." Source: Boston Globe(tags: Democrats racism sexism)
• Truthdig - Reports - Clinton and the Rage of WomenEJ Dionne "How much anger is there among women about how Hillary Clinton has been treated during this campaign? ...quite a lot." Source: Washington Post and truthdig(tags: hillaryclinton sexism women)