WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS

Yesterday, in Portland, Oregon: the biggest crowd ever.

Two leading Pennsylvania newspapers go for Obama.

The (Scranton) Times Tribune endorses Obama:

For Pennsylvania Democrats, the best answer in the April 22 primary is Barack Obama.

The (Allentown) Morning Call says:

Sen. Obama offers that vision to a nation that, like President Lincoln’s, is divided.

It is not about to set out on a literal civil war, but Republican and Democrat, young and old, conservative and liberal have much to fight about and are at each other’s throats with little provocation.

Finding common ground is the key, and Sen. Obama is better able to do that than Sen. Clinton.

She has become a polarizing figure, an image that stems in part from the bitter partisanship of Washington during President Bill Clinton’s administration.

It was not for nothing that the journalist James B. Stewart called his book about the politics of those years ”Blood Sport.”

That rancor was not primarily Hillary Clinton’s fault, but it is real, it persists, and her campaign so far has not dealt effectively with quelling it.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A Washington reader’s comment about the attacks of Hillary Clinton and John McCain against “elitist” Obama:

“How many regular people had the Emir of Dubai give them $15 million through a partnership in the Cayman Islands last year?

How many regular people were the spoiled rotten brat of a Navy Admiral, getting a brand new Corvette Sting-Ray for his 16th birthday?

That these two can criticize as elitist the son of a humble single mother is amazing!”

In the picture, Barack Obama with his grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham.

Right now, Bush is having breakfast in his private dining room at the White House with Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, and U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, plus three special guests: Republican John McCain and Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

What a breakfast!

We need to know about the conversations.

Not about the donuts.

But about the real meat.

UPDATE: Well, this is not real, but it would make a lot of sense.

They need to sit down together.

A war is more important than a presidential race.

Unfortunately, there will be no breakfast, no lunch, no dinner, no conversations.

Too bad.