party leaders

Barack Obama throws his muscle behind a pro-war moderate in contested Democratic primary:

So bad that their Senate Majority, from a red state, is showing signs of electoral weakness:

Former Republican U.S. Senator Lincoln Chaffee says that Lamar Alexander has to save the GOP on the environment:

The GOP faces a potential blowout in November on a myriad of issues - Iraq, the economy, gas prices - and, certainly, its insensitivity to environmental issues.

Katie Allison Granju wonders whether Bill Hobbs is making a mess of things by mixing his roles as insurgent neoconservative blogger with that of of his day job — Communications Director of the Tennessee Republican Party:

Ilissa Gold signs on to what she sees as a good solution to tthe problem of how to seat delegates from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic Convention after they broke DNC rules by holding primaries early:

From the Wall Street Journal:

But many party leaders are angry that the Clinton camp is forcing the issue in this way. They fear it could antagonize other states and Obama supporters, and potentially split the party.