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Obama should thank Hillary
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Hillary Clinton's relentless push for the nomination may have strengthened Barack Obama, not weakened him. The lengthy American presidential campaign does not proceed in straight lines but in waves, with dramatic ups and downs. This is not necessarily a natural phenomenon but usually a media-driven mania. Reporters frequently build up candidates, then knock them down or build them up after knocking them down.

McCain's 7 Steps for Beating Obama
TIME - USA
Such is the case when it comes to John McCain's general election strategy for defeating Barack Obama. For weeks now, the Arizona senator's campaign has been laying its cards on the table, spelling out a strategy for November. Here's a look at seven of their key strategies. 1. Paint Obama as a False Messiah
The big debut for this message came on the night of the Virginia and Maryland primaries…..

Obama-McCain fight takes shape on eve of W. Virginia primary
AFP -
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A general election contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain took shape Monday, even though Hillary Clinton showed no inclination of abandoning the Democratic presidential nomination race. "If Barack Obama wants Hillary Clinton out of this race, beat her," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said Sunday. "Beat her in West Virginia, beat her in Puerto Rico, beat her in Kentucky."

Don't push her! Clinton's campaign chair warns fellow Democrats
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
It's a good time for her campaign to make that argument because, if you believe some state polls, Clinton is poised to crush Barack Obama in West Virginia in Tuesday's primary voting there, some suggest by as much as a two-to-one margin. Once a solidly Democratic state, it's gone to the GOP two straight times now. And if the superdelegates are smart, McAuliffe suggested, they'll resist the Obama bandwagon effect, hold out and not do anything that might turn off the many....

Chicago students seek Obama's haircut, speedy spud, Weird Al
The Associated Press -
... trek dubbed the world's largest scavenger hunt after trying to find Barack Obama's haircut and a car horn that plays "La Cucaracha," among other things. The list of 269 items includes having "a Nobel Prize winner or 'Weird Al' Yankovic witness your organ donor registration" and trying to get "Obama's haircut at Obama's barbershop." Teams get points for the items they bring back to campus, tasks they complete or questions they answer correctly. The scavenger hunt, in its 22nd year, includes a road trip as far as 1,000 miles from Chicago.