Brave New Films just released a new ad in their The Real McCain series, focused on John McCain’s ties to Big Oil:

How a presidential candidate won’t require Big Oil companies to pursue alternative energy plans is beyond me.

You’d think that with the national gas average at $4.07 now, highest than its ever been before, the signal would go out to presidential candidates that something needs to be done. (And I don’t just mean temporarily closing the Strategic Oil Reserve, President Bush!)

The United States needs long-term goals, including alternative energy plans, to be able to combat our energy crisis.

MoveOn.org released this ad (complete with retro TV theme song music!) comparing John McCain with President Bush:

There point is obvious — that many of Sen. McCain’s policies closely follow those of the Bush Administration. MoveOn accomplished that with a little bit of humor.

Too bad the video wasn’t put together better. Showing video of McCain and Bush acting silly and including only one clip of each of them saying the same thing can easily be picked apart by Republicans. There were many other instances of both of them speaking from the same mouth that could have been included.

Maybe the ad isn’t so much an argument for their similarities as it is a way to get people to check out the Bush-McCain Challenge, a quiz where you try to tell the difference between the two Republican politicians.

Barack Obama narrowed Hillary Clinton’s superdelegate lead, which was previously 200-something, to just 1, virtually locking him into the Democratic nomination. Too bad no one’s told Hillary yet:

Obama closed to within one superdelegate of Clinton, picking up the support of four party leaders after a flurry of new endorsements over the past two days. Clinton, meanwhile, picked up the votes of two superdelegates but lost one to Obama.

That brings Clinton’s superdelegate total to 273 and Obama’s to 272. At the beginning of the year, Clinton led the superdelegate race by more than 100. […]

Obama holds a commanding lead in the number of pledged delegates awarded from primaries and caucuses: 1,592 to Clinton’s 1,424.

Its been an interesting nomination process that has been drawn out way too long. But enough is enough. Its time to take on McCain and take back the White House.

Saturday Night Live had it right in their opening sketch featuring Amy Pohler as Hillary Clinton. Clinton is holding on when no other candidate would have. She’s a sore loser and her time is over. Drop out, Hillary, drop out!

Maybe you heard Sen. John McCain laughing and singing “Bomb Iran” as a cover of a Beach Boys song several months ago.

Or maybe you heard his “maybe 100 years” quote on the campaign trail in reference to a question about staying in Iraq open-endedly.

Well, either way, you haven’t seen this — let’s call it a musical tribute by McCain — brought to you by Brave New Films:

Now that’s a hit! Can’t wait for him to lose in November… Does he really think he can win by campaigning on extending the Iraq War? Geez.

Barack Obama overtook Hillary Clinton’s delegate lead with three more wins (now eight in a row) and John McCain got his momentum back after winning the Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland primaries:

Obama’s wins in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia primaries propelled him past Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates. […]

Obama had led in pledged delegates, but Clinton had held the lead when superdelegates were factored in.

The Illinois senator has now won eight consecutive contests.

Despite regaining the delegate lead, the race on the Democratic side is far from over and may actually come down to a decision by the close to 800 superdelegates at the convention in August.

In the Republican primaries, John McCain rebounded after three losses last week to win against Mike Huckabee:

Huckabee continued to reemphasize his vow to stay in the race until a candidate reaches the required number of delegates to become the nominee.

This article was originally posted at ElectionSquad.com.

Rudy Giuliani abandoned his White House bid Wednesday and endorsed John McCain after a lackluster showing in the Florida primary:

Rudy Giuliani, who sought to make the leap from New York mayor to the White House, bowed out of the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and endorsed front-runner and longtime friend John McCain.

“John McCain is the most qualified candidate to be the next commander in chief of the United States,” Giuliani said. “He’s an American hero.” […]

The endorsement joined two Republicans who had campaigned on similar themes that highlighted their national security credentials — McCain’s status as a Vietnam POW, war hero and a Senate voice on defense matters, and Giuliani as a stalwart New York mayor during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Giuliani, who was once considered the front-runner on the Republican side, skipped several early primary states and made Florida his make-or-break state, campaigning there for several weeks. His endorsement should be helpful to McCain.

This article was originally posted on ElectionSquad.com.

John Edwards decided to drop out of the Presidential race Wednesday, announcing a commitment to end poverty from both of his fellow Democratic presidential contenders:

Former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., surrounded by his wife Elizabeth and his children, announced Wednesday his presidential bid has come to an end.

“It’s time for me to step aside so that history can blaze it’s path,” Edwards said, making his announcement against the backdrop of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans on the site of a Habitat for Humanity home-building project.

“I began my presidential campaign here to remind the country that we, as citizens, and as a government have a moral responsibility to each other,” he said. “We must do better if we want to live up to the great promise of this country that we all love so much.”

Edwards’ withdrawal from the race means that the delegates he has won thus far are up for grabs. And many political experts expect that his supporters and delegates will largely move to support Barack Obama, and not Hillary Clinton.

Edwards did not endorse any candidate in his withdrawal speech, although he has reportedly spoken to both camps regarding an endorsement.

This article was originally posted at ElectionSquad.com.