I just saw on CNN’s Situation Room that John McCain is actually slightly ahead of Barack Obama in a new L.A. Times/Bloomberg poll–by two points, definitely within the margin of error.

First off, this is the first time I’ve seen McCain ahead of Obama in an eternity. But that isn’t the point.

The point is that McCain likely has a few advantages in this poll. For all intents and purposes, McCain is the GOP nominee. Obama is not quite there yet on the Democratic side. Additionally, Democratic-to-Republican turnout has been at least 2-to-1 so far during the primary season. Did this poll take that into account? I doubt it. I, for one, am certain Dems are fired up to vote come this November. Yes, much more fired up than Republicans. Also, most voters still know McCain better. That will change.

Because of the aforementioned factors, I’m not the slightest bit worried about this latest poll.

I’m not lying either. Two in-laws got into it over Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The fiasco resulted in a stabbing. Guess who was the stabber and who was the victim? Yep, the Clinton supporter stabbed the Obama supporter. To me, it’s an uncanny representation of how the two campaigns have been run. It gets better, too–the stabber is a Republican! Hope he’s ready for prison on “day one.”

(hat tip: CBS3.com)

Since it is looking more and more like Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee (don’t worry — we won’t stop our fight against the Clintons until they are done), I wanted to toss the idea of a Barack Obama-Bill Richardson ticket out there. Bill Richardson has a girth of experience, and would help Obama foriegn policy-wise and with Latinos in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Texas.

Yes, I understand that it is a Black-Hispanic pairing, but I think that they both transcend race. I also think that our country has moved past color when it comes to politics in most parts of the country. Both men were born here and are great Americans who have dedicated their lives to serving this country. I honestly think that they will not only be the right ticket for the country during these desperate times, but also for the rest of the world.

What does everyone else think about an Obama-Richardson ticket?

(hat tip: Barack and Bill)

I’m liking this one. Not only is it a rebuttal to Hillary’s ad in Wisconsin, but it also has a populous message that will play will there.

One of my favorite images of all time, compliments of the good people over at Pinko Magazine:

By now, everyone has heard the comparisons being used to depict the Democratic presidential nomination race. There seem to be thousands of them.

• Hillary Clinton is Dunkin’ Donuts. Barack Obama is Starbucks.
• Hillary is a PC. Obama is a Mac.
• Hillary is prose. Obama is poetry.
• Hillary is analog, Obama is digital. (Which doesn’t work because analog records still definitely sound good and have their place)

Those comparisons only tell part of the story.

A more effective comparison is that Hillary Clinton is VHS, while Barack Obama is DVD.

VHS definitely had it’s day. It beat out all its competitors (like Betamax), and stayed on top of the game for some time. It got the job done during its day. Not too long after its inception, however, we knew that bigger and better things would eventually come along. We knew someday we would outgrow the format. Someday relatively soon… at least many of us hoped.

Then DVD comes along. After a couple failed attempts (ahem, Laser Disc), people thought that the format was too good to be true. It sounded better. It looked better. Everything about it seemed to make it a vastly superior product. Despite the legitimacy of DVD, people remained skeptical. While some consumers took the DVD plunge and reaped the benefits, others stuck by the tried and true dinosaur format of VHS.

The skeptics haters said things like:

• “I’ve invested so much in tapes, and they’ve always been dependable. I think I’ll just stick with these tapes for a few more years. No need to change yet.”
• “Why should I go for change? Could VHS be better? Sure, but it’s always worked for me. I think I’ll play it safe for now.”
• “DVD looks and sounds pretty, but does it actually work? How can one little disc accomplish all that stuff? There’s no way it can do all that.”

It took some time, but after a while the entire nation realized that we had outgrown VHS and its limited abilities. We moved on to DVD and never looked back.

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Disregard what CNN — the Clinton News Network — promotes, because the truth is that Barack Obama now leads Hillary Clinton in total delegates. Yes, even with super delegates factored in. I’m not sure what numbers CNN uses, but you’d really have to completely fabricate them in order to give Clinton a lead at this point. Look at CBS News‘ count, for instance…

I STILL can’t believe the Clinton campaign paid for this garbage. At least McCain didn’t pay for the video that made him look like a tool. Like young people are going to see this clip and just flock to the polls for HRC…

(hat tip: Daily Kos)