A possible break in the uncommitted superdelegate dam toward Barack Obama has bloggers buzzing going into the weekend. Speculation over which Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee broke ranks on a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) vote as well as news that Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) may resign in the next 72 hours is also driving conversation.

So far this Friday the superdelegate scorecard is 7-0 in favor of Obama, First Read reports. Obama is

Barack Obama is getting praised from the left for seizing the power of the Internet but blasted by the right for his tax policy. John McCain faces more questions over who he voted for in 2000 and whether he really opposes lobbyists. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is taken to task for delaying money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Matthew Yglesias celebrates Obama

The latest exchange between John McCain and Barack Obama over the "Hamas smear" has bloggers in general election mode Friday. Supporters for both candidates are taking issue with Hillary Clinton's statement about white voters while liberal bloggers have high hopes for a red-state Senate race.

Obama chastised McCain for pointing out a Hamas official's statement that the organization would support the Illinois Democrat

Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) is finding little sympathy from bloggers after admitting he fathered an out-of-wedlock child. Same goes for Cindy McCain for vowing not to make public her tax returns and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

Hillary Clinton has crossed the line by touting her support from whites, bloggers are saying today, while others think Clinton

Now that pundits are declaring Barack Obama the nominee, bloggers are wondering what it will take to get Hillary Clinton out of the race. They also look ahead to the foreign and domestic policy debates between Obama and John McCain and the members of Congress that will face tough races in November.

Since Clinton is a "reasonable person," she will drop out by June 15, according to a "senior campaign official" who talks to The Huffington Post's Lawrence O'Donnell. If she leaves the race immediately, she could get Obama to pay her campaign debt, a powerful Senate post and an opportunity to heal the rift she created with the African-American community, writes Thomas B. Edsall, also at The Huffington Post. One unlikely option for her is to take the vice presidential slot, according to Josh Marshall, who thinks the position is beneath her, and Hot Air's Ed Morrissey, who concludes that Clinton either wants to win or wants more power in the Senate.

But Clinton's presidential campaign may not be over yet, according to her supporters and McCain's backers. Clinton, after all, won Indiana despite having the media narrative working against her, writes MyDD's Jerome Armstrong. By staying in, she could prolong the race, especially with Michigan and Florida's delegates still undecided, writes Clinton backer Todd Beeton and McCain supporter Erick Erickson.

The odds, however, favor an Obama-McCain matchup, which is already heating up. McCain's argument that he's stronger than Obama because of experience is inconsistent with his previous support for George W. Bush in the 2000 general election and his criticism of 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry, according to smintheus at Daily Kos. McCain, however, is poised to score among working-class voters, who favored McCain's proposal for a gas tax holiday that Obama opposed, according to new polls, notes John Hinderaker.

Amid all the presidential hubbub, many Congress members face competitive races. Democrat Kay Hagan, the opponent for Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), could be the Jim Webb of 2008, the candidate who starts behind in polls but ends up catching the favored Republican incumbent in November, according to Daily Kos's brownsox. And "liberal Republicans" need to watch out, as conservative activists like Pat Toomey at the Club For Growth are targeting them with more conservative GOP candidates, notes Townhall's Matt Lewis.

FROM THE BLOGS:
Hillary Will Drop Out By June 15 - Lawrence O'Donnell, HuffPo
Big Awards Await If She Ends Campaign Now - T. Edsall, HuffPo
Clinton Really Want the V.P. Slot? - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
Hillary Hanging Out For V.P. Slot, Or Payday? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
More On What Happened In Ind. - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
Oper. Chaos Can Still Cause More Chaos - Erick Erickson, RedState
'National Security Experience' - smintheus, Daily Kos
Good News For Conservatives - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Second Rate - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
House And Senate Races Roundup - brownsox, Daily Kos
Pat Toomey On Hunting RINO - Matt Lewis, Townhall.com
Pelosi: 'Veto And Drill!' - Victor Davis Hanson, The Corner

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Backs Turn On Clinton - The Hill
Obama's Got A New Confident Strategy - Los Angeles Times
Clinton Makes Case For Staying In - USA Today
Support For Clinton Wanes As Obama Sees Finish Line - NYT

With Hillary Clinton perhaps the only one still convinced she can win, bloggers are dismissing the idea of the New York senator being picked as Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton

The Democratic race is all but over, bloggers declare. Barack Obama will become the nominee, and Hillary Clinton must now decide what's next for her, they write.

Though Clinton supporter Todd Beeton at MyDD sees his candidate leaving the race this week, he's at peace with the outcome, since primary voters in Indiana and North Carolina made a clear decision. Obama supporter Andrew Sullivan finds the demise of the Clintons at the hands of black voters "poignant" due to the Clinton's "long-running exploitation and reliance on minority votes." Even the Clinton backers at TalkLeft are resigned; Big Tent Democrat writes that though Clinton has won the right to exit the race on her terms, she shouldn't attack Obama anymore.

A few conservative bloggers believe Clinton won't willingly leave soon. Clinton comes from a family that doesn't give up a claims to power easily, according to Pejman Yousefzadeh. Though her slender hopes now rest on an Obama catastrophe, Clinton doesn't lose anything by staying in aside from time and money, writes Ed Morrissey.

But most bloggers are looking ahead to an Obama-John McCain matchup. The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn and Power Line's Paul Mirengoff see Obama with the advantage. He's the candidate of hope, much like Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were, while McCain's the candidate of pessimism, Cohn writes. And Obama's "fundamentals" -- the economy, the war and an unpopular president -- work in his favor, Mirengoff notes.

A few bloggers looking outside of the presidential race write about the Democrats who won Tuesday's other primary races and the latest investigation of a federal agency. Daily Kos's brownsox has high hopes for state Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) after she easily won the right to face Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), who is below 50 percent in general election polls. And Morrissey notes that federal investigators Tuesday raided the Office of Special Counsel, which oversees whistleblowers, and interrogated its chief, Scott Bloch, who has come under scrutiny for questionable spending of public funds.

FROM THE BLOGS:
The Tie Has Been Broken - Todd Beeton, MyDD
Black Voters Did It - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
What Clinton Should Do - Big Tent Dem, TalkLeft
Primary Night - Pejman Yousefzadeh, RedState
Why Couldn't Hillary Close The Deal? - R.J. Eskow, Huffington Post
How Long Before Hillary Admits Defeat? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
'Yes We Can' Vs. 'No We Can't' - Jonathan Cohn, The Plank
'Biggest Fairy Tale' About To Come True - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line
McCain Nails It On Judges - Paul Mirengoff, Power Line
The Obama Rally, From Two Angles - Mary Katharine Ham, Townhall
Hagan Wins In N.C. Sen., Ind. Gov. Deadlocked - brownsox, DKos
Office Of Special Counsel Chief Needs Lawyer - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama Is Decisive N.C. Winner; Clinton Ekes Out Ind. Victory - WaPo
Options Dwindling For Clinton - New York Times
Clinton Fails To Get Needed Game-Changer - Associated Press
What McCain Expects From Federal Judges - LA Times