Great work everyone. Now let’s finish the job.
I guess my blogging has been more of a sprint than a marathon, but in my defense I have been preoccupied with a number of non campaign related responsibilities like life, income, and planning the next 4 or 5 years.
But also, I will freely admit that fatigue took its toll as well, particularly as this […]
TIME:
Clinton believes Obama’s support is largely a mirage–a bunch of true believers whose passion might help him cinch the nomination, but that may prove an insufficient bedrock for winning a general election when the spell might be broken by tough questions about national-security credentials, economic-policy plans and rich experience. She can’t stop from shaking her […]
Been stuck on some projects and will be posting again soon
Especially with some thoughts on what I thought was an extraordinary week last week…
In the meantime, as far as I can tell, this is exactly why you have kids:
I won’t pretend to have a lot of readers. In fact I have absolutely no idea how many readers this thing has… save the daily page views which honestly I little idea how to interpret. I have gotten all of maybe 4 or 5 comments total on all the 300+ posts I have made to […]
According to witnesses, a loud black man approached a crowd of some 4,000 strangers in downtown Chicago Tuesday and made repeated demands for change.
Black Guy Asks Nation For Change
Todd Gitlin, of Columbia University
First, Obama took the high road, which is also the long and demanding road. He refused to "move on" with a cursory acknowledgment that "mistakes were made." He did not acknowledge. He preached and he reasoned. The law professor was in the pulpit. He refused to settle for sprinkling what have […]
Sullivan:
Alas, I cannot give a more considered response right now as I have to get on the road. But I do want to say that this searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, and deeply, deeply Christian speech is the most honest speech on race in America in my adult lifetime. It is a speech we have all […]
I have a multitude of thoughts on this, but they are still formulating at this hour. I will say, that it is the most coherent and frank explanation of the status quo of race in this country that I have probably ever heard. His honesty and demeanor were powerful and sobering - and although it […]
The next 24 hours feels like a playoff game suddenly, as much as any big state primary. A week of tension has been building, and the campaign has addressed it with increasing frequency, and frankly I don’t think they’ve done all that bad - but obviously Obama or someone close to him thought it was […]
I am not a religious man, but I understand the way that one’s pastor, or rabbi, or priest, or anything - can become a part of your family. And I can understand being selective in what you agree or disagree with regarding the advice they give - the same way I understand how to listen […]
That I’ll have to think about some more, in the meantime - help yourself, to the argument against "Rankism"
Rankism distorts personal relationships, erodes the will to learn, taxes economic productivity, and stokes international enmities. The effects on its victims are like those of racism and sexism on minorities and women. But, unlike these better-known isms, […]
And one last thing. What I saw that ugly week with Tex/Ohio, was a woman yelling, shrieking, mocking, changing her strategy every day. I can understand the desperation, but I can’t understand smart women mistaking that for strength. When she said shame on you, I was ashamed. Does that make me a sexist? Since I […]
Someone has to stand between the Clintons and this strategy. Who… Us? Edwards/Gore? Someone must or this whole think could just explode….
Via Chait Via Sullivan:
[Clinton] needs to convince the remaining uncommitted superdelegates to split for her by about a 2-to-1 margin. The only way she can get a split like that is if she can […]
Can you be off message - if you’re the one that shapes the message?
"We believe that [the Pennsylvania primary result] will show that Hillary is ready to win, and that Senator Obama really can’t win the general election."
Penn: Obama "really can’t win the general"
Ok, fine - I’ll cave and post this.
Not making fun. Cause I really don’t even have to.
Common sense…. imagine that!? From a presidential candidate?
I mean what we want is a opportunity for the Florida and Michigan delegates to participate in the convention, to be seated, but, well, but what we don’t think makes sense is for example, the Michigan delegation to be seated when my name wasn’t on the ballot. I […]
Hillary Clinton deserves everything that is coming to her. My god the incredulousness of this politician is beyond belief. My brain almost explodes when I hear crap like this…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88165077
Who on Earth can support this kind of person? How do you do that? Is whatever Obama’s downside is really that bad? - that you could listen […]
Tonight’s Special Comment, A Must Watch….
Nice to see a little outrage over Clintonism at it’s peak right now. I think Keith can be both good and bad at what he does, but his first special comments arrived just in the nick of time on the national media stage, and that he became the reasonable and […]