Donkey Dish strives to whet your appetite for political punditry, be it with our own rants or turning our attention to what’s being written and spoken elsewhere on the issues you care about most. Here are some of today’s top stories …

Kentucky and Oregon Primaries

• Despite seemingly trying to have it both ways with her arguments, and facing difficult odds as Sen. Barack Obama nears a majority of pledged delegates with 103 in play today, Sen. Hillary Clinton is campaigning hard in Kentucky and shows every sign of soldiering on.

Obama vs. McCain

• While Clinton goes full tilt in the primary, Obama is shifting slowly to general election mode, going after Sen. John McCain and Iran as their foreign policy squabble continues. Today he drew the ire of McCain once again. As far the idea of an Obama-Clinton “dream ticket” taking on McCain in the fall, his advisers are apparently not keen on it.

Iraq, Iran and Israel

• As troops push into Sadr City, Obama says McCain’s claim that U.S. forces will be out of Iraq by 2013 is like George Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” absurdity. Are the Republicans’ efforts to tarnish Obama regarding Iran just scare tactics or is he weak on security? The Jerusalem Post offers an interesting examination of Obama’s “appeasement” style.

California Ruling

• Having overturned the state’s gay marriage ban last week, the California Supreme Court has sparked massive debate. Some feel it’s a decision that could radically shift paradigms in the decades to come, and in the short term, it’s clearly John McCain’s least favorite talking point …