What Stood Out This Week - 3/23-3/29

This will be the Decaf Edition of What Stood Out. We are currently without water in our apartment and therefore unable to make coffee, and I suspect that the lack of caffeine will make an enormous difference in What Stood Out This Week. Shall we see?

The Republicans

John McCain's out there raising money with Mitt Romney. Mitt now seems to be angling for the Vice President slot on the ticket. What will make a bigger difference -- Mitt's utter unlikability or his staggering wealth?

The Democrats

Hillary won't quit, even though Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy said she should. Many others are saying it, too. But Hillary's being strong in the face of adversity, the way she always is (or something like that, according to her campaign).

Obama got one major endorsement in Pennsylvania (from Senator Bob Casey), although the state's other politicos largely went to Hillary. I'm still not convinced that endorsements really mean anything, and we're still weeks from voting in PA.

Did I mention that Hillary refuses to quit?

Speaking of quitting, Mike Gravel still hasn't quit his run for the presidency. He has, however, quit the Democratic Party and made the shift to the Libertarians. His reasons for leaving the Democrats were all pretty sound, actually. But I'm pretty suspicious of the Libertarians. Live off the grid if you want, but don't force us all to.

Oh, and Bill refuses to quit, too.

Without coffee, that's pretty much all that Stood Out This Week. Huh. A much shorter, inherently more readable report. Maybe I'll try to do these on Saturdays or Sundays prior to coffee more often.