Political stories of the day
Former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan’s book has been the hot topic of the last 24 hours. It’s quickly jumped to No. 1 on amazon.com. It’s brought swift reaction from the White House, which is absolutely no surprise. Karl Rove’s comment that McClellan sounds like a “left wing blogger” was pretty funny. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post assesses the fallout. It’s been the lone topic on “Morning Joe” since 5:00 a.m.
And while all the hoopla around the book grows, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to fight for the Democratic Party’s nomination. On Saturday, the DNC Rules Committee meets to determine the outcome for the Florida and Michigan delegations. Taegan Goddard at Political Insider suggests that the committee will seat 50% of the delegates from both states and notes, “Although she will probably have succeeded in changing the “magic number” for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton will still likely be disappointed by the committee’s decision. The math doesn’t work for her now and won’t work for her after Saturday either.”
Puerto Rico votes on Sunday. According to an El Vocero/Univision poll, Clinton leads Obama 51% - 38%. CQ Politics answers five questions about the primary.
Okay, it’s not politics, but the Celtics took a 3-2 lead over the Pistons last night. We’re one game closer to an old school Celtics - Lakers final.

