Daily Polichicks: Tuesday

Campaign '08:

Mississippi voters say eenie meenie miney mo in Democratic primary today. 33 delegates are up for grabs there. [CNN]

Hillary Clinton may be in second place, but that didn't stop her from offering frontrunner Barack Obama the veep consolation prize. Perplexed?  So was Obama: "First of all, with all due respect, I've won twice as many states as Senator Clinton. I've won more of the popular vote than Senator Clinton. I have more delegates than Senator Clinton. So, I don't know how somebody who's in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who's in first place." [The Washington Post]

Hillary Clinton's campaign is plagued by catfights and brawls. [The New York Times]

Actor Alec Baldwin opines on what experience should tell us about the presidential candidates.  It tells us to vote for Barack Obama, he says. [Huffington Post]

U.S. News:

Oh dear.  Another politician has been caught with his pants down.  New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a prostitution ring.  Well, he did promise in his campaign commercials to "bring passion back to Albany." [The New York Times]

New York Lt. Governor David A. Patterson could make history as New York's first African American governor and the nation's first legally blind governor if Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns. [Reuters]

World News:

Just when you think you're being good, you get screwed by a rules change. The Vatican updated its list of sins. Better check the new rules to see what thou shalt not do now. [AP via AOL]