Barack Obama raised a staggering $134 million in the first quarter of this year, including more than $40 million in March. The Clinton campaign won’t release its totals yet, which has the DailyKos speculating that the campaign “is financially screwed.” The blog said: “There is no plausible explanation for why the campaign would refuse to release their fundraising totals except that the news is dreadful.” Clinton’s communications director repeated the campaign’s mantra: “We will have the resources that we need to compete and be successful in the upcoming primary states.”
Check out “Merci McCain,” a sassy YouTube video from the Campaign for America’s Future, that acts as a French “thank you” card to a beret-wearing John McCain for the Airbus tanker deal. “It’s a great day for France,” it declares in French (and subtitles).
Interesting to see Chelsea Clinton, once off-limits for the media, take such a starring role in her mom’s campaign, even telling a Pennsylvania crowd that “she’ll be a better president” than Bill Clinton was. But shouldn’t the former first daughter be ready by now to deal with questions about the Monica Lewinsky mess? One Indianapolis student wanted her opinion of the criticism that how Hillary Clinton “handled the Lewinsky scandal might be a sign of weakness and she might not be a strong enough candidate to be president.” Chelsea said, “I do not think that is any of your business.” She answered similarly Monday in North Carolina, where she also said, “I’m really proud of what my father did in the ’90s, but I don’t think you should vote for or against my mother based on my father.”
A lot of John McCain’s interview Tuesday on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman” was serious. The monologue wasn’t:
“Do you folks like John McCain? He looks like the guy at the hardware store who makes the keys. He looks like the guy who can’t stop talking about how well his tomatoes are doing. He looks like the guy who goes into town for turpentine. He looks like the guy who’s always got wiry hair growing out of new places. He looks like the guy who points out the spots they missed at the car wash,” Letterman said.
“You think that stuff’s pretty funny, don’t you?” McCain interrupted. “Well, you look like a guy whose laptop would be seized by the authorities. You look like a guy caught smuggling reptiles in his pants. You look like the guy who the neighbors later say, ‘He mostly kept to himself.’ You look like the night manager of a creepy motel. And you look like the guy who enjoys getting into a hot tub and watching his swim trunks inflate.”
Maybe, if nothing else, the Democratic debacle over the Michigan and Florida primaries will stoke the fire to reform the whole way the nation picks presidents. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., called last week for six rotating regional presidential primaries, a system that Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh and his colleagues have long advocated. Nelson also wants to abolish the Electoral College, disallow electronic voting machines that lack a paper trail, and establish early voting nationwide. “As to our right to vote, and have that vote count, there can be no debate,” Nelson said in a speech to the Florida Senate. “The goal is simple: One person, one vote.”
No doubt most people are prepared to do whatever it takes to help someone who has collapsed and is not breathing, including administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
But it’s also no secret that many people have qualms about performing CPR, fearing germs or just the “ick” factor.
That’s why it’s good to learn that hands-only CPR works just as well in most cases of cardiac arrest, according to the American Heart Association. One notable exception is drowning victims, who may still need air blown into their lungs.
Because more people are likely to use the hands-only approach, more lives will be saved each year. It’s also easier to do: Simply press deeply on the victim’s chest, about 100 times a minute, until paramedics arrive with a defibrillator.
Barack Obama raised a staggering $134 million in the first quarter of this year, including more than $40 million in March. The Clinton campaign won’t release its totals yet, which has the DailyKos speculating that the campaign “is financially screwed.” The blog said: “There is no plausible explanation for why the campaign would refuse to release their fundraising totals except that the news is dreadful.” Clinton’s communications director repeated the campaign’s mantra: “We will have the resources that we need to compete and be successful in the upcoming primary states.”
