Mudcat Saunders: "I wouldn't put her on the ticket."

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Sunday May 25, 2008 · 12:19 PM PDT

2008/05/25 · 12:19

Hours of media time has been devoted to Mrs. Clinton's landslide wins in West Virgina and Kentucky and Mr. Obama's "problem" with white working class voters. Now David "Mudcat" Saunders, John Edwards campaign guru and expert on rural whites, weighs in. In today's The Sunday Telegraph Mr. Saunders urged the anticipated presumptive nominee against picking Mrs. Clinton for his running mate if he hoped to shore up his support with this critical demographic.

The 51 per cent of Americans that don’t like her, they don’t come from New York, they don’t come from California or Illinois or Massachusetts - the traditional Democratic states. They’re all in red (Republican) states and swing states. I wouldn’t put her on the ticket.

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 11:20 PM PDT

2008/05/10 · 23:20

I peruse the British newspapers since they often have news stories ignored by the U.S. COMs or sources willing to leak juicy items outside of the U.S. market. Tonight I came across this interesting article in The Sunday Telegraph which claims the Obama camp has lined up 120 super delegates and thus will easily reach the magic number of 2024.5 by the end of the primary season.

A senior Democrat strategist, familiar with discussions at the highest levels of the Obama camp, has revealed that Mr Obama is now confident of the support of around 120 of the remaining 260 undeclared superdelegates.

His aides believe he will only need between 70 and 80 to be sure of the nomination if he wins the Oregon, Montana and South Dakota primaries as expected later this month.

It gets better below the fold.

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Mudcat Saunders: "I wouldn't put her on the ticket."

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