Kerry = Gore: Reloaded
Don’t let anyone spin it otherwise. Raw numbers aside, John Kerry – the presumptive nominee that by all ‘indicators’ should have won in a landslide – lost tonight’s Wisconsin primary and the next 7 days will determine whether or not John Edwards can capitalize on that fact and snag the nomination outright. I think he
Lift Every Voice
I’m just saying… ‘Send Them a Message’ Voting from The Nation, by John Nichols, 02/09/2004 Name the Democratic presidential candidates who scored unexpectedly strong showings in Democratic presidential caucuses over the weekend?A pair of candidates who are seldom accused of being serious competitors for the nomination, but whose candidacies offer primary and caucus goers opportunities
Defending Sharpton
This happens a lot, where I become a defender of someone I don’t particularly care for but think is getting an unfair shake. Recently, I’ve found myself defending Al Sharpton, someone I don’t always agree with but whose presence in the Democratic primaries I think is important. Like Kucinich, it’s not so much because I
Here’s one for the conspiracy theorists: Bin Laden was captured (or at least located) a while ago and the Bushies are just waiting for the Democratic nominee to become official before trotting him out before the cameras a la Hussein and kneecapping their “failed war on terror” angle. They’re already painting Kerry as another Dukakis-style
Notes on Mini-Super Tuesday
1. Joe-mentum has officially run out of gas. Credit his supporters – as far off the mark as Kucinich’s – for having the courage of their convictions and voting for him anyway instead of jumping on the misguided “electability” bandwagon. The fact that he’ll have a voice at the convention and Kucinich may not really
Give me a talk show!
I really should have my own talk show. Radio or TV, I don’t care which! I first mentioned the following possibility on December 10, 2003: The real New Hampshire winner is a former New York mayor Politically speaking, a Bush-Giuliani ticket would solve a lot of problems…Assume John Kerry and John Edwards make up the
Notes on New Hampshire Other than it being painfully obvious that Joe Lieberman is totally out of touch with the Democratic Party, there was no clear message coming out of little New Hampshire beyond this: it’s still wide open. Remember, the Democratic primaries award proportionate delegates, unlike the Republican’s and the general election’s winner-take-all format.
Wow! Thanks for all of the feedback. Didn’t expect this much of a response, especially over the weekend. Keep it coming. Non-poetry books: The only one so far that I’ve already read is Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea, though that was a long time ago. I went through my Hemingway phase somewhere in the
Playing it safe
The most unfortunate victim of the Iowa caucuses was last night’s lackluster debate in New Hampshire as everyone decided to play it safe with cautious, uninspiring performances that were unlikely to change anyone’s minds or spur the undecideds in any particular direction. It actually made me feel sorry for Howard Dean as the way-over-the-top criticism
Presidential Match
Found another Presidential Match site that has you rate various issues and, in a nice twist, at the end it lets you rank the general categories (ie: Social Issues, Security and International Policy, etc.) by personal importance. It then lists the candidates by how closely they match what you’re looking for: 1 Kucinich Score: 100%2