Tonight On The Randi Rhodes Show
DELEGATES
Pledged Delegates up for grabs
Obama now has 1,590 pledged delegates. Hillary now has ,1426 pledged delegates
SUPER DELEGATES
Obama has 282 as of this morning. Hillary has 271 according to USA Today
AUDIO - And look at this! Our ‘old buddy’ Jaz McKay leads the charge.
What to watch for in West Virginia
Obama’s campaign assumes that he will lose in West Virginia on Tuesday and split a pair of May 20 contests, losing in Kentucky and winning in Oregon. The three primaries, strategists say, will give him a firm majority of pledged delegates, excluding Michigan and Florida, and the right to declare victory.
MCCAIN’S TAX PLAN
An analysis from the Center for American Progress Action Fund finds that John McCain’s massive corporate tax cut would save America’s ten largest electrical utility companies AND ten largest energy companies over $2.8 billion. (This is in addition to the $4 billion tax break for America’s five largest oil companies.)
The new Republican Slogan “The change you deserve” is borrowed from anti-depressant slogan – IRONIC?!?!
Ron Paul supporters are going to stage um SOMETHING at the Republican National Convention.
Bob Barr hurting McCain’s campaign
Barr campaign spending history – who is he supporting with his wallet?
CAMPAIGN POLLS
ECONOMY
The federal deficit ballooned to $152 billion, 88% higher than the same period last fiscal year.
New gas price record: $3.72/gallon
WAR
AUDIO – Dem Policy Committee hearing yesterday on Iraq – information being spun by Ambassador Crocker – misleading Congress and the American people.
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