Rudy Giuliani is some special kind of stupid. Apparently not tired of having Joe Biden hand him his ass just about every time he speaks, he is now apparently trying to restart his campaign.

Obama's primary performance in West Virgina was by all accounts pretty pathetic. He didn't win anywhere (although he did only lose Jefferson County 49/46), and there has been a lot of discussion about his "problem" in that part of the country. Notwithstanding that, this story is heartening, so I bring it to you to brighten your day.

This is pretty stunning if true. There have been MULTIPLE reports, both on TV (above) and in print regarding Bill's...reluctance to get on  board the Obama train. But if this report is true, the rift may be impossible to repair.

Breaking news and it is very good. Obama has solid leads in four battle ground states.

CNN has a live video link.

MSNBC has the entire conference.

Breaking news, from ABC and CNN (via AC360).

This is just bizarre. In the wake of Obama's announcement to forego public financing, we got the predictable whining from McCain. Oh, but it doesn't stop there. Check below the jump for details.

It seems that Cindy McCain just can't help herself. Almost two months after getting caught lifting food recipes and calling them her own, Ms. McCain has gotten caught with her hand in the figurative cookie jar.

NBC's recent poll has gotten the pundits worked up over Obama's alleged problem with "suburban women." Although Obama leads among all women by whopping 19 points, NBC decided to dig real deep so they could find a problem for Obama. To prove the point, NBC points out that Obama is losing among this sub-group 44-38. The problem? The numbers are (1) misleading, and (2) wildly unreliable.

There is a lot of talk about Washington being merely a "lean Obama" state, even though most recent polls have given Obama a very solid lead. Now comes a Survey USA poll which simply says that McCain has no chance here.

Good for her. In the wake of the overwhelming pushback and criticism on what seemed to be a fairly brazen campaign to be the VP nominee, Hillary seems to have realized that (assuming she wants it) the campaign has backfired.

Absolutely stunning. On the heels of the news that Clinton is dropping out, comes news that her plea to her supporters to go to her site and tell he what she should do was a cynical power play.

On the heels of the 'Hard working white americans' nonsense from the Clinton, comes the lastest version of race-baiting from their campaign.

Bill Clinton has been spewing his nonsense about suspicious figures trying to push his wife out of the race, saying that no one asked Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson or Gary Hart to end their presidential campaigns early.

Clinton also spoke against bullying superdelegates to make up their minds, saying, "I cant believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out. 'Oh, this is so terrible: The people they want her. Oh, this is so terrible: She is winning the general election, and he is not. Oh my goodness, we have to cover this up.'"

Oh Bill...

The Field has the numbers.

We've now gone down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, and have settled in Bizarro World. Enough alternate-world cliches' for ya? Well, Bill's latest outburst will have you looking for the drugs so you can take a visit to wherever he is residing.

More absolute shamelessness from the Hillary campaign. On the heels of the CNN report that formal discussions about VP are underway (using sourcing from the Hillary camp), she is now blaming this news story on the Obama campaign. Shamelessness ahoy!

While the general election seems to be starting in earnest with Obama going after McCain/Bush, it has not gone unnoticed that Hillary has largely been left on the sidelines. In an interview with Glamour(!), McCain takes the opportunity to put the shiv in the side.