Thanks Obama for voting for your cousin's energy bill.

Who the hell actually listens to robocalls?

Hillary goes for Obama. BAM!!

Obama hits her back with a resounding punch to her jaw. BAM!!

Hillary rebounds, while laughing and getting up again. BAM!!!

Obama sticks his elitist finger out, and pokes her. BAM!!

Hillary tries to get up and brush her shoulder off.

Only the audience gets tired.

Robocalls are, in fact, the most irritating, counterproductive form of political communication known to man, but then I'm biased from only having gotten them from some of the most knuckle-dragging Republican mouth breathers in NC.

But they are cheap, which is a concern if you're finances are creaky.

Did he do that annoying little 'heh,heh' at the end? It grates on my nerves.

Peculiar star...that's who you are.

Do you have to win?

Robocalls did help McCain defeat Mitt Romney.

All I can say is, I feel sorry for the people of Pennsylvania-- they have got to be so sick of all the ads, calls, mailers, etc.

I am hoping for a single-digit Clinton win and that the media doesn't get snowed by a ridiculous "comeback kid"/only Hillary can get the bowlers to vote for her narrative.

First Read today looks at the internals of the latest PA poll and it actually has a "bowlers" segment (along with gun owners, natch; no word on whether they categorize by level of bitterness). Have things really sunk this low? Yes they have.

Good for Hillary!

Hillary falls further behind in the delegate count.

Slate now has the count at Obama 1701 to Hillary's 1537.

Desperate Hillary's sees her dream to be Queen slip sliding away. It won't be long till it's crying time again for Madam Tuzla Mistakes.

http://www.slate.com/id/2185278/

Slate's Delegate CalculatorWith revotes unlikely in Michigan and Florida, Hillary Clinton's hope is fading.
By Chadwick Matlin and Chris Wilson
Updated Sunday, April 20, 2008, at 7:20 AM ET
Illustration by Mark Alan Stamaty. Click image to expand.

Since the last time we talked in this corner of the Internet, Mississippi and Texas have refined their delegate allocations—and Barack Obama has widened his delegate advantage by six. First off, Mississippi added a delegate to Obama's tally and took one away from Hillary Clinton after party officials realized they'd miscalculated the original delegate distribution. In Texas, meanwhile, the caucus results were finally certified, giving Obama a five-delegate margin overall when the caucus- and primary-delegate allocations were combined—a gain of two from our previous estimates.

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Maybe I am just a cranky old lady but I hate recorded phone calls. Who likes to run to the phone only to find that it is a recording. It is insulting that people think your time is so unimportant. I hang up the minute I realize there is not a person on the other end. Do these payoff? I would think they offend more people than they reach.

Actually, I think that robocalls timed to end on voice messaging machines are at least as effective as door hangers or slim mailers. The message and the messenger are important, if creatively done many people will listen and it can be effective to plant ideas and associations - negative or positive. Its here to stay and so is political texting. What is more evil and unfortunately effective is the fake polling that Bush employed against McCain in South Carolina years ago asking question about a fictional bi-racial child and the like.

The $900 claim is a truly amazing leap of logic -- one part fact, ninety-nine parts invention. See >Clinton Campaign Fibs about Obama's Healthcare Plan