Below The Beltway

The London Telegraph reports that unnamed senior Democrats are continuing to mull the fantasy that Al Gore will save the party from having to choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama:
Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by senior figures [...]

The latest Rasmussen poll shows John McCain with strong leads over both Democratic contenders in the Old Dominion:
Since wrapping up the Republican nomination, John McCain has gained ground on his two potential Democratic challengers in many states. Virginia is no exception. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Virginia voters found McCain ahead of Barack [...]

The season opens tomorrow night in Washington, so there’s no better time for this:

Of course, this one is my favorite version.

The political side of YouTube gets even stranger:

This strikes me as one of the dumbest ideas ever:
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in [...]

The latest Gallup tracking poll has Barack Obama with a significant lead over Hillary Clinton:
PRINCETON, NJ — Today’s Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama with an eight percentage point advantage over Hillary Clinton (50% to 42%), this gives him a statistically significant advantage for the first time since before the Rev. Jeremiah Wright [...]

DNC Chairman Howard Dean says that the superdelegates need to make their decision by July 1st:
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, hoping to avoid a divisive fight on the convention floor, weighed in on the Clinton-Obama battle Friday by calling on all party superdelegates to declare whom they support by July 1.
The 800 or so Democratic [...]

As the Olympic Torch makes it’s way around the world, it’s being shadowed by a group of protesters who will not be silenced:
The disruption of a Chinese official’s address during the Olympic torch lighting ceremonies in Greece last week was just the beginning of a string of protests planned to coincide with the torch’s trip [...]

The seventh, and apparently final, edition of Blackjack Fairgrounds, the Jericho Carnival, is up at Remote Access.
Go check it out.

With the Republican nomination fight over, John McCain is moving on the General Election while the Democrats continue feuding:

Pretty effective.