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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Burkeman

Thursday miscellany: Praying for Hillary

The most amusing moment in today's Obama puff piece (from Ladies Home Journal) comes when the couple is asked "Did you ever have a 'can this marriage be saved?' moment?" "Sure," Barack replies. Michelle interrupts: "We did?" Barack: "No, no. No, no, no, no." [Ladies Home Journal]

The Straight Talk Express collides with a minivan driven by a disabled person. Also, somebody sneaks an Obama bumper sticker onto John McCain's bus. [DailyKos]

Hillary Clinton partisans will just love this event, organised by an Obama supporter, which involves "pray[ing] for HRC and her supporters... We can't wait for HRC to see the light on her own, we need to begin praying for her and her supporters now." [BarackObama.com, via Ben Smith]

Guess who thinks John McCain should "elevate his arguments" and "make a principled case," instead of all these cheap shots and negative attacks? Karl Rove, that's who. [Wall Street Journal]

Controversy rages -- rages, I tell you! -- over whether or not Paris Hilton used a teleprompter in her retort to John McCain. [MSNBC]

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