Poll Update

CNN / USA Today / Gallup new poll out this evening. Hillary +22%. (48% support...)

RCP average: Clinton +17.4

Obama camp has put out this humiliating missive reassuring supporters that their candidate is still relevant.

GOP numbers: Guiliani rebounding nationally. (Romney still seems to lead by a good amount in IA and NH.)

NASCAR.com: Kyle Busch to Gibbs

According to a source cited on NASCAR.com, Kyle Busch is headed to Gibbs where he will unseat J.J. Yeley in the historic #18 Interstate Batteries car.


Article here.

UPDATE: It's (seemingly) official. Kyle Busch informed Ray Evernham and Richard Childress today that he is indeed going to Joe Gibbs Racing. Two other interesting likely changes are noted in this Jayski post:

1. Joe Gibbs Racing is apparently probably trading in their Chevys for Toyotas. That's huge.
2. The current driver of the #18, J.J. Yeley, is going to the #21 Little Debbie or (whatever it is now) car owned by the Woods Bros.

Reaction to Busch's Pocono Win

USA Today's wrap of the Pennsylvania 500.

Sports Illustrated

Yahoo! Sports

Jeff Gordon has nice things to say.

Unseats Earnhardt in chase standings. Magic shock, my ass. More like "magic unexplained debris caution." Right when Jr. needed it. How convenient...

Monday Wrap

Interesting details about the evolution of the Clinton / Obama relationship. From the New York Times. Apparently, she doesn't "very much like Barack."

New week, another new high for Hillary in the Rasmussen tracking poll. Rasmussen analysis: Hillary will almost certainly be the Democratic nominee.

More on the controversy about Hillary's poor choice of words vis-a-vis lobbyists at the Yearly Kos convention. From My DD. Her point is well taken, but it did seem like she was defending lobbyists. However, overall, her reception at Yearly Kos, while chilly, was not as bad as it could have been. For a group of liberal bloggers not to throw rotten vegetables at Hillary! as she enters a room is a good day for her.

The Fix's wrap on the GOP's Iowa debate yesterday. I think that Romney is a little nutty, but his "Dr. Strangelove / Jane Fonda" comment about Obama was particularly cutting. Even a stopped clock is right once in a while...

KURT BUSCH WINS PENNSYLVANIA 500 WITH DOMINANT RUN

Kurt Busch had the most successful run in Pocono Speedway history today, leading a track-high 175 laps out of 200 possible. His car was absolutely dominant. Kurt won the race with a 4 second + margin. His teammate, Ryan Newman, placed 7th.

Busch edged Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of the Chase, with 5 races to go. Junior did place an unexpectedly high 2nd, so the margin between Busch at 12th and Junior at 13th is only 8 points. A mid-race shock issue threatened to turn the race into a watershed that left Junior many points behind Busch, but a good pit move under caution vaulted the weaker 8 car back into contention. Also running in the top ten were Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin, and Casey Mears.


Busch dominant at Pocono, overtakes Junior in points - NASCAR.com



Kurt Busch dominates

Full Pennsylvania 500 Results

Standing as of Pocono

Congratulations to Kurt Busch, the #2 team, and to Penske Racing South for their tremendous win at Long Pond, Pennsylvania!

Robby Gordon is a lunatic

So, Robby Gordon disagrees with his restart position, ignores a black flag for four laps and then does burnouts simulataneously with Kevin Harvick, claiming victory. Reminiscent of how George Bush behaved following the 2000 elections.

Robby Gordon is patently crazy.

The FISA Hall of Shame

The Senate has extended Bush and Gonzoles' authority in executing the probably unconstitutional domestic wiretapping bill. It passed last night with 60 votes in the Democratic Senate. SHAME on these Democrats for capitulating. E-mail them to express your disappointment in their lack of respect for little things like, you know, the 4th amendment to the U.S. Constitution....

Links to the webites of the Democrats in question:

Evan Bayh (IN) Amy Klobuchar (MN) Mark Pryor (AR)
Bob Casey (PA) Mary Landrieu (LA) Ken Salazar (CO)
Tom Carper (DE) Blanche Lincoln (AR) Jim Webb (VA)
Kent Conrad (ND) Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Dianne Feinstein (CA) Ben Nelson (NE)
Daniel Inouye (HI) Bill Nelson (FL)

UPDATE: Closer House vote, but still lots of Democrats that make me ashamed.