This is going to be a short diary, but I think it's worth it to see what our nominee is doing in the wake of the tragic weather events in the Midwest.

Barack Obama's website has on it's front page a call to action to help the people in Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois suffering after the floods and tornadoes of the past week. The link on the website is to the American Red Cross

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community /post/amandascott/gG5GgJ

Coming home from a field shoot in Manhattan yesterday, I was on the subway where I engaged in a conversation with a guy, about my age, who was working as a Democratic operative in the New York area canvassing for the party.

In the forty minutes that we talked on the A train from Broadway/Nassau Street to Rockaway Blvd, we discussed this year's campaign, from the Iraq war, to healthcare, to the eocnomy, gas prices, Congressional elections, Mississippi-01, Louisiana-06, and so on. What we never really touched, was the primary fight. Not one argument ensured over Hillary vs. Obama. It was just taken by my new friend that the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, will win.

As I got off the train at Rockaway Blvd, I asked him what he thought of the primary fight. I asked him what he thought of the people on the blogs who say they won't vote for Obama if Hillary doesn't win. His response made me think;

Coming on the heels of Rasmussen's shocking Kentucky Senate poll the other day, Ras now shows strength in Mississippi, showing the Travis Childers' win earlier this month, and my personal believe that Mississippi is a blue state in waiting, unlike it's neighboring states, is not a fluke.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/politics/election_20082/2008_sena te_elections/mississippi/election_2008_m ississippi_senate

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/politics/election_20082/2008_sena te_elections/mississippi/mississippi_sen ate_musgrove_d_47_wicker_r_46

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/politics/election_20082/2008_pres idential_election/mississippi/election_2 008_mississippi_presidential_election

A week or so ago I blogged about a Mississippi Senate internal poll that showed the race competitive, with Ronnie Musgrove, the Democrat, leading Republican Roger Wicker.

Now comes this Rasmussen poll out of Kentucky that shows Democrat Bruce Lunsford AHEAD of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

You heard that right!

Marc Ambinder reports;

A rule of sorts for this blog: don't cite partisan polls. I'm going to make an exception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's latest survey of Mississippi voters. They give former governor Ronnie Musgrove (D) an eight point lead over Republican incumbent Roger Wicker. Even if the DSCC were inclined to fudge the poll (or their pollster was) -- no evidence that they have or will, but I'm just saying -- they wouldn't show their candidate in the lead by that much. Expectations are raised -- and if future polls consistently show Musgrove behind Wicker, we'll know that (a) the DSCC poll was misleading or (b) Wicker has regained a lead. The DSCC poll is consistent with Democratic energy in the state, with Republican pessimism, and with Musgrove's broad popularity.

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/arch ives/2008/05/ms_sen_dscc_poll_shows_musg rov.php

I had to quit DailyKos. I held out as long as I could.

First off, sorry Clinton folk, I'm an Obama supporter, through and through. I like Hillary, I'll vote for her if she's the nominee, I won't like it, but I will, but right now, I strongly prefer Obama.

However, DailyKos has just become so disgusting recently (and don't think this place is that much better FWIW) that I had to quit or risk having them turn me against my candidate

Rasmussen's latest survey came out, stating the voters, although leaning Democratic on issues like Iraq and the economy, trust McCain more than either Democrat on almost every issue.

I can understand how a primary can cause problems, but how the hell can THIS MANY people still support McCain over EITHER Democrat?

Despite having won the primary with an outright majority, a new EPIC-MRA poll says Clinton would win Michigan against John McCain, while Obama would win.