Links of the Week 30 May 2008

Top Five
In No Particular Order
Hillary Clinton: It’s about Malia Ann and Sasha Obama. Barack is too classy to tell you: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/7848

Obama’s Puerto Rico Spanish Ad

Not bad I didn’t fall to the floor crying of laughter like the first time I heard Bush talk in Spanish. Oh for the translation of the ad go to: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/channel-08/2008/05/obama_en_espanol.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter

Alpha Kappa Alpha To Induct Outstanding Women into Sorority: http://www.blacknews.com/news/alpha_kappa_alpha501.shtml

R.Kelly’s Conviction Will Jingle Cash Registers Even Louder: http://www.blacknews.com/news/earl_hutchinson601.shtml

Class Dismissed: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/opinion/29mellman.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
A good op-ed talking about the “white working class” vote and why Democrats don’t have to worry about Obama not doing well with this group during the primaries.

Politics
Kennedy’s Feel Bobbyed: http://www.nypost.com/seven/05252008/news/nationalnews/kennedys_feel_bobby_socked_112469.htm

The Kennedy Family Reacts to HRC’s remarks about Robert Kennedy

Obama offers voters a fresh new approach: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080527/OPINION07/805270321/1004/OPINION

A proposed solution for Fla and Mich: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10614.html

Patterson Says Clinton Fustrated, Not Desperate: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/28/paterson-says-clinton-frustrated-not-desperate/

Previewing Saturday’s DNC Rules Committee Meeting: http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/2008/05/previewing-saturdays-dnc-rules.html

Florida Court throws out DNC suit: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/28/florida-court-throws-out-dnc-suit/

Clinton Getting Ad Help in Montana and Puerto Rico: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/channel-08/2008/05/clinton_getting_ad_help_in_mon.html

Obama Played Hardball in First Chicago Campaign: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/29/obamas.first.campaign/index.html?eref=rss_politics&iref=polticker

Who’s sexist now?: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-brooks29-2008may29,0,7367660.column

A Bronxite Political Hopeful’s Obama Odyssey: http://norwoodnews.org/story/?id=577&story=a+bronxite+political+hopeful%E2%80%99s+obama+odyssey

No Clear Map for Clinton’s Political Future: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052602006.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter

Economy
iReporters change lifestyles to dodge hefty gas bills: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/27/lifestyle.change.irpt/index.html

Making a good living, but still feeling strapped: http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/28/news/economy/feelingpoor/index.htm?cnn=yes

Nation’s Poorest 1% Now Controls Two-Thirds of Soda Can Wealth: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_poorest_1_now_controls_two

Presidential Candidates Should Address Looming Budget Deficits: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/0523_deficit_sawhill.aspx?emc=lm&m=215858&l=15&v=738390