Andrew Reiff

National

Summary- Clinton's donations surge after Pennsylvania victory

Hillary Clinton is on track to make over ten million dollars in the twenty-four hours after her win the the Pennsylvania primary. Clinton is taking advantage of eighty thousand new donors for the extra boost of cash. She needs it badly, however, as she is over ten million dollars in debt and has only nine million dollars cash on hand. Obama, by contrast, has only a 660 thousand dollar debt and over forty million dollars on hand. Another interesting thing about the race is that both Clinton and Obama are claiming the lead in the popular vote. Clinton, of course, is counting Florida and Michigan, two states that were not supposed to count and in which Obama was not on the ballot. Obama still has a moderate lead in delegates, enough that it is unlikely that Clinton will catch up by June 6. Obama, however, cannot acquire the 2025 delegates necessary to take the nomination. It is all up to the superdelegates.

Opinion-

Whoever came up with the idea for superdelegates anyways? It seems to me to be a dumb idea. Anyways, I think that if Barack Hussein Obama gets within a hundred votes of the nomination, enough superdelegates will swing to his side to procure the nomination for him. On the other hand, they could vote Al Gore in... Anyway the more the Democrats bicker and get nasty, the better for the Republicans. Just lay low McCain, and let the heavy artillery fire over your head until you can land a shot to the head that will knock him out.

Summary- Poll: Obama, Clinton running tight race in Indiana poll

The numbers:
Barack Obama, 48 percent
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 47 percent
Other polls:
A similar poll conducted March 31-April 2 found 49 percent support for Clinton, with Obama's support at 46 percent. The new poll asked which candidate had run the more negative campaign, with 48 percent saying Clinton, 23 percent Obama and 21 percent equal.
The WSBT-South Bend Tribune poll was conducted by telephone April 23-24 by Research 2000. It included interviews with 400 voters who expect to vote in the May 6 Democratic primary. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 5 percentage points.

Opinion-

Five percentage points eh? So it really could be Obama ahead by 53 percent to 42 percent, that's a pretty big swing. I think that the sampling of only 400 voters is a bit small. I heard of this law the other day, forget the name, that said that the larger the number of tests, the closer the final percentages will be closer to 50-50, as well as having a smaller margin of error. Anyways the point is that I think this poll was not very well done. As to the numbers, I think that Pennsylvania was Clinton's last gasp. She is done. Obama will most likely get the nomination, and he will be crushed by McCain.

Extra Credit

Summary- School team hit for 66 runs in two innings

A Japanese high school pleaded for a regional game to be abandoned after surrendering 66 runs in less than two innings, local media reported on Thursday.
The coach of Kawamoto technical high school threw in the towel to spare his pitcher's arm with his team losing 66-0 with just one batter out in the bottom of the second.
The hapless hurler had already sent down over 250 pitches, allowing 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before Kawamoto asked for mercy.
"At that pace the pitcher would have thrown around 500 pitches in four innings," Kawamoto's coach was quoted as saying. "There was a danger he could get injured."
Opponents Shunshukan were officially credited with a 9-0 victory, giving the scoreline a tinge of respectability for the luckless Kawamoto school.

Opinion-

Well it sounds to me like this coach should shoot his pitcher instead of giving him the night off. Come on man, sixty-six runs? I have heard of our baseball team winning like 24-3 but that's insane. Who was playing first base, Gary Coleman? Oh man, this is a sad, sad story. I guess they didn't have a backup pitcher for this guy. And I wonder what the fans of the other team were thinking, "Yay another home run, wow this is getting boring." It turned out that everyone in the bleachers was cheering for the losing team, but just to give up. That's nice of the other coach to allow it to go down in the books as a nine to zero victory.