TALKLEFT: There is no nominee. Kinda has a Sarah-Connorish ring to it . . . .

MICKEY KAUS: "Dave Weigel of Reason describes the confident union push for 'card check' legislation in the next Democratic administration. This is a much more significant issue than the manufactured debate over a gas tax holiday (sorry, Jon!). It's a permanent structural change in the economy. With "card check," unions wouldn't have to win the right to represent workers in a regular secret ballot election. They'd merely have to collect cards from a majority of workers."

DON'T TUG ON SUPERMAN'S CAPE.

HERE'S A LINK to the results from that special Congressional election in Mississippi. No clear leader yet.

UPDATE: Still close, but with 82% in, Childers (the Democrat) is projected the winner. The GOP Congressional delegation didn't learn its lesson in 2006, and they're paying the price now.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Tom Brosz blames a last-minute dirty trick by Democrats. But the GOP keeps losing these races they shouldn't lose.

CURRENTLY SHOWING HILLARY 62, OBAMA 31, with 18% of the vote in. Don't know if that'll hold, but if it does a 2-1 margin, or something close to it, ain't hay. Still, the Democrats who matter seem to have decided that Obama should get the nomination.

UPDATE: With 31% in, it's Hillary over Obama, 64 to 29.

ANOTHER UPDATE: It's now 65 to 28, with 42% of the vote in. Whether this election "matters" or not, that's a clobberin'.

DAVE WEIGEL: "If he had lost Indiana by a landslide and North Carolina by a little, West Virginia's primary would be getting more attention than it is. And even the little attention it's getting is focusing on Obama's crippling weakness with a certain segment of white voters."

A WEST VIRGINIA ROUNDUP.

UPDATE: More from Salena Zito.

THE MUDVILLE GAZETTE: OBAMA TELEGRAPHS HIS FIRST PUNCH. "In response, McCain and other Republicans are busy creating 'kick me' signs to wear throughout the upcoming political season."

SINCE COOKWARE IS A FREQUENT TOPIC AROUND HERE, I should note that they're having a 50% off sale over at Amazon. I guess, post-Mother's Day, they're trying to clear stuff out. (Bumped, because it's a good sale, and no, I don't know why the formerly-pricey Calphalon is suddenly so cheap. Probably a sign of the Apolcalypse.)

UPDATE: Susanna Cornett emails: "Glenn - Thank you for the link to the cookware deal at Amazon. I ordered several things, and then found out at checkout that they were eligible for a 4-for-3 deal! So I got one of them free, saving another $18. I didn't just get Calphalon, so I don't think it's connected to a specific brand. I checked back, and found that the ones eligible for 4-for-3 say so on their individual specs page. You may want to bump that post up one more time!"

Consider it done!

MCCLATCHY: Clinton scores big win in W.Va., but does it matter?

LOOKING AT Obama's Appalachian problem.

UPDATE: TalkLeft: "West Virginia is not an anomaly. Obama's white working class problem is EAST of the Mississippi. It is not just Appalachia. It MUST be addressed. Calling West Virginia names is not going to solve the problem."

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