McCaskill, Mars and Mary Tyler Moore: Open thread
Obama seeks support from Hillary Clinton’s donors, gets the cold shoulder (via TPM media).
And he takes heat from the netroots about his support of telecom immunity (via Huffington Post).
It doesn’t get much funnier: Karl Rove is spearheading an effort to label Obama “arrogant.” Pot meet kettle; takes one to know one; rubber and glue (via CNN).
Missourians in the news:
An Obama aide says “you can’t underestimate the importance of Claire McCaskill“ to the Obama campaign (also from Huffpo).
Journalists were among those paid to appear on Alhurra, a U.S. government-funded Arabic news channel. Also included was an aide to former Rep. Dick Gephardt (via Propublica).
Fun stuff:
Mars smackdown (via BBC).
The Mary Tyler Moore Show on the web. Finally. I used to stay up until the early morning hours to watch Nick at Nite reruns. One of the best sitcoms ever. Seasons one and two are available. No word on Rhoda. Sorry.
Lots of love for Bill Gates, who leaves Microsoft tomorrow. Here’s one example (from ABC).
What’s up?


Jamie Riley is the P-D letters editor and gatekeeper of the letters blog. Before joining the editorial page in May 2005, she was a reporter and page designer. Jamie lives in University City with her husband, Charles, daughter, Elise, and the world's best Jack Russell terrier, Logan, better known as Stinky.
Apparently it’s breaking news that Obama’s campaign wrote a check to Hillary for $20 million tonight to get her full support.