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You Sir, Are No Barack Obama

Posted on January 28, 2008
I mentioned here Bill Clinton's highly questionable attempt to marginalize Barack Obama as the Jesse Jackson of 2008.One reason this is a misleading comparison is that Barack Obama isn't an outspoken anti-Semite, as Jesse Jackson is, or at least was in 1984...

Hillary's Florida Strategy

Posted on January 28, 2008
The major Democrats in the race agreed not to campaign in Florida.Why? So as not to upset party leadership and voters in the first four states. Iowa loves being the first caucus. New Hampshire loves being the first primary. Nevada loves being first in the west...

If You Thought Ted Kennedy Was Big

Posted on January 28, 2008
Ted Kennedy has decided to endorse Barack Obama. But if you thought that was big news, listen to this. Toni Morrison has ALSO decided to endorse Obama.Two things. 1. Obama clearly has the edge in the growing ethnic-literature lovers vote. Though often not an influential group because they're split amongst several irrelevant candidates, this year the bloc could give Obama as many as 20-30 votes nationwide...

Get a Pen and Mark this Down

Posted on January 28, 2008
McCain will pick Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, as his VP.With the recent endorsements of Mel Martinez and Crist, McCain has recaptured the lead in the Florida polls, however slightly, with only a day left to go. I think a win here will propel McCain to the nomination...

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You Obama-ed Them By How Much?

Posted on January 27, 2008
Final numbers in South Carolina yesterday were:Obama: 55Hillary: 27Edwards: 18I still think a trouncing like this is probably ok for Hillary, and certainly better than losing by a couple points. With the latter outcome, the focus would be on Bill, missteps Hillary made, race, exit polls, etc...

Obama Rescues ... Bill Clinton?

Posted on January 27, 2008
I linked to the video of Bill Clinton attempting to define Obama as the Jesse Jackson of 2008 here.When confronted with the video, Obama DEFENDS Bill Clinton. Not persuasively in my opinion, but still. What a magnanimous guy.Stephanopoulos told Obama: ?The implication is pretty clear: You?re the Jesse Jackson of 2008...

Bill Clinton Plays the Race Card

Posted on January 27, 2008
Until yesterday, there was a defensible argument that the Clintons had not played the race card. I posted here about one instance where I thought the Clintons were emphatically not playing the race card.But check out this video. Wow. Bill Clinton needed to respond to some question with a Jesse Jackson line...

Ready To Believe Again

Posted on January 26, 2008
[Swoon]

CNN Calls it at 6:59 Eastern

Posted on January 26, 2008
The minute before the polls closed.With nothing reporting.As in, based on exit polls.Florida in 2000. New Hampshire in 2008. You'd think the networks would wait until at least the polls close before calling the election.Dangerous.

Poor Obama

Posted on January 26, 2008
The problem with not being a ruthless politician is that you often get out-politicked by them.The Clintons attack, then Obama defends by saying the Clintons aren't telling the whole truth. But then Clinton attacks again. Trailhead describes the sad state of events for Obama:[Obama] seems to struggle with his irritation at having to engage in this at all and then sometimes seems afflicted with a wicked case of staircase wit, issuing comebacks a little late?--after he's thought of a good one?--even as the Clintons have moved on to calling for an elevated debate...

Can I Get That Without the Skin?

Posted on January 26, 2008
Mitt Romney had lunch at KFC today in Lakeland, Florida.But he took the skin off of his chicken!Mitt Romney, the John Kerry of the GOP. Goodbye, solid south.

Obama Wants SC Close

Posted on January 26, 2008
The latest average of South Carolina polls is here.Obama: 38.4Clinton: 26.8Edwards: 19.2That's a huge lead for Obama over Clinton, and a big lead for Clinton over Edwards.So winning isn't really in the cards for Hillary. But she could potentially make it a little bit closer if she wanted to...

This. Changes. Everything.

Posted on January 26, 2008
The Fresno Bee has endorsed John Edwards.Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' campaign for president offers a much-needed vision that recognizes the hope and promise of America. It's a view that includes solidifying the plight of working families and others in the middle class...

Romney Was Being Fed Answers?

Posted on January 26, 2008
Listen to the video here. There's a whisper of "raise taxes" right before Romney says he wouldn't "raise taxes." And then listen to the second clip. There's a second whisperer! Right before Romney says he wouldn't support new legislation relating to assault weapons, there's a whisper of "support" in the background...

Clinton Sabotages McCain

Posted on January 26, 2008
Real Clear Politics has McCain beating Hillary in several polls and at least competitive in the others.What about Romney? Clinton beats him by an average of 11.5 points.So if I'm Hillary Clinton, and I like the idea of facing Romney instead of McCain, what should I do? Emphasize how awesome McCain is (in the eyes of a Democrat) a few days before the Republican primary...

Taking a play from the Rambo III playbook

Posted on January 25, 2008
McCain has released a new video trumping his head-to-head poll numbers with the Democrats and highlighting their general anxiety in facing him in the general election.In the spot, the sound bites of "John McCain" are lifted from the most recent Democratic debate - it would be interesting, perhaps novel, to be able to say that the winner of the South Carolina debate was a member of the opposing party who has yet to secure his own nomination...

Win a Date With Chelsea

Posted on January 25, 2008
Contribute to Hillary's campaign and you could win a date with Chelsea to watch a debate in LA on January 31."I've been campaigning with [my mom] across the country -- and I'm definitely planning on being at the next debate. Would you like to join me? The campaign is picking an online supporter to watch the January 31 debate in Los Angeles with me and to meet my mom...

NYT Endorses Clinton, McCain

Posted on January 25, 2008
The McCain endorsement is to be expected. I was actually a little surprised that he met with the editorial board though; he was the only GOP candidate to do so, and it's not like he needed to do so to get the endorsement. Plus he's taking heat for it in the debate...

Stallone v. Chuck Norris

Posted on January 25, 2008
McCain is threatening to send Sylvester Stallone after Chuck Norris. Uh, that seems like a bad idea."Now that Sylvestor Stallone has endorsed me, I'm sending him over to take care of Chuck Norris right away."Wow, John. They guy who pretended to be a boxer against the black belt martial artist...

Cindy McCain Stands Alone

Posted on January 25, 2008
In the race for attractive candidate's wife, Elizabeth Kucinich joins Jeri Thompson in departing the race. In an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Mr. Kucinich said he plans to hold a news conference Friday afternoon where he will announce that he is ?transitioning out of the presidential campaign...

Obama on Letterman

Posted on January 25, 2008
Apparently Obama is doing Letterman's Top 10 List tonight, the only part of the show potentially worth watching. The NYT has the lead on the show.If elected, Barack Obama will name Oprah Winfrey his vice president and appoint Mitt Romney the ?secretary of lookin? good...

McCain Wins Secret Primary

Posted on January 24, 2008
I didn't see this covered by any mainstream news organization yesterday, but there was a caucus/primary in Louisiana on Tuesday where delegates were at stake.Like Michigan, where "Uncommitted" was an option, plenty of voters decided not to state a preference for whom to support...

Winning the Gold Medal in Semantics Gymnastics

Posted on January 24, 2008
I know it's old news, but I felt compelled to comment.On January 17th, in Columbia, South Carolina, Mitt Romney had a testy exchange with Glen Johnson, a reporter with the Associated Press. Johnson basically interrupted Romney, mid sentence, expressing his incredulity as to Romney?s statement "I do not have lobbyists running my campaign...

Bill Clinton is Smoother Than Mike Huckabee

Posted on January 23, 2008
If there's any bias to my posts, it's not left-right, but the fact that I swoon for smooth politicians. See my Huckabee post here.But Clinton is smoother than him. Watch this video.Basically:1. Obama is the one going negative.2. There was voter suppression in Nevada...

Tyra Banks is John Edwards's New Campaign Advisor

Posted on January 23, 2008
John Edwards is apparently doing the talk show circuit. And by that I mean the Tyra Banks show, which is like 2 steps below doing the Chevy Chase show. What? That's been cancelled??What does that feel like to be a minority, to be a white male?? Tyra Banks asked John Edwards on her show...

The Democrat's Bizarre Strategies To Win

Posted on January 23, 2008
If yesterday's political word of the day was "Credibility," rather Ron Paul's lack thereof, today's must be Magnanimity.Who has it and does it work?Short Answer: Obama, not Hillary Clinton, and I don't know.Obama's recent Reagan comments were mild and clearly an attempt to link his candidacy's potential and excitement to what many consider the greatest statesman in recent memory...

Obama Had a Poor Debate, Hillary is the Devil

Posted on January 23, 2008
A good article from Lawrence Lessig.Let's start with the disappointment: debates are not Obama's forte. If he were running for Prime Minister, I'd have second thoughts. I can't understand why he isn't better prepared for the obvious exchange that was going to happen...

The Coming Battle

Posted on January 23, 2008
With Jeri Thompson gone, the big debate in Washington right now is which candidate's spouse is most attractive. The debate mostly comes down to Cindy McCain and Elizabeth Kucinich.Vote in the comments.

The Democratic Party is Effed

Posted on January 23, 2008
If Clinton wins this thing, Obama supporters will cry foul.If Obama wins this thing, establishment Democrats are going to be pissed that an upstart took down the most experienced candidate with the deepest fundraising ties.Watch this video. Can you see either one of these people endorsing the other? I guess McCain endorsed Bush in 2000 after lots of attacks; but those were surrogates' attacks, not straight from Bush...

Obama is Winning Blah Blah

Posted on January 23, 2008
Another story about how Obama is winning. Obama is ahead on all convention-bound delegates awarded thus far in primaries and caucuses. That's because each state has its own, often eccentric, method of converting votes cast into the awarding of pledged delegates...

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