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This morning, the Associated Press wrote that Hillary would concede the delegate race to Barack Obama tonight, which is very nearly the same thing as “conceding the race.” The Clinton campaign then called this story 100% false and said Hillary won’t be concedin’ nothin’ tonight. And since Hillary’s rabid loyalists are already peeved with the media’s coverage of the campaign, the AP’s little “gambit” here has set off quite a storm on Hillary Clinton’s official “blog,” in the comments. An arbitrary selection of the best comments, after the jump. MORE »

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According to deep background sources (our commenter “Serolf Divad”), the printing-press laborer who wrote that terrific op-ed about Obama being a Muslim Fundamentalist who will piss on the graves of Ground Zero might really be NYT star Bill Kristol. Think about it.

WE’RE SORRY; HAVE SOME HOPE LIKE WHAT’S HIS NAME! There’s something wrong with the comments. Technical people are thinking about this problem right now, and possibly “fixing code” or whatever. Hang in there! We know it’s Friday and you’ve got so much to say to us, instead of your boring co-workers.

Iowa commenter ChairCrusher breaks important news from the Barry Hussein Obama campaign:

And the caucus food? My Obama Precinct Captain is making giant batches of baklava, only he’s calling it … wait for it … “Baracklava.” It just doesn’t get any dorkier (or more delicious!) than that.

Catering at the Caucuses? [MyDD]

BY MANCHUCANDIDATE: “In 2007 a crack mercenary company was forced to testify in a senate hearing for a crime they did commit. These men promptly escaped from minimal harsh questioning to their NC compound. Today, still paid by the government, they thrive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find the dough to pay for them, maybe you can hire Blackwater.” [Comments]

Oh, hi everybody. A lot of comments have been fun & good & whatever, but a lot of comments have also been painful to read, lately. We need to cull the herd, as it were, and we need your help. Please nominate commenters you want removed from the gene pool, which is closed for cleaning. Thanks and sorry!

I just got back to town. I’ve barely been following the news since Friday morning and I haven’t been reading my email. Please use the comments below to tell me what I’ve missed.

Commenter Hockeymom with an exclusive Bridgegate ‘08 report: I’m just back from the bridge. Worked for one of our esteemed national networks, doing live shots till 2am. Here’s my personal Wonkette report.

This thing is a mess.

The gov of Minnesota just vetoed a transportation bill that would have funded infrastructure repairs to bridges just like this one. This bridge would have still fallen down, but the money in the bill would have gone to repair other bridges around the state. And the roads/bridges in Minnesota are in bad shape. So expect a lot of fingerpointing.

In other news, I’ve found that “Minnesota Nice” is more than just a phrase. The drunks in the background of our 2am liveshots were completely polite and delightful!

We saw this in another thread about “the youth vote” and decided it needed an entire post just to bum out the maximum number of people: MORE »