Primary Predictions: Prepared for the Worst
I’m fully prepared for the highly likely possibility that Clinton wins both OH and TX tonight, albeit narrowly, and if so, will rightfully declare that her campaign will continue through Pennsylvania’s 4/22 primary. The “comeback kid” spin will be dizzying, again, for the next 24 hours, despite the reality being that she won’t actually have managed to put much of a dent in the overall
About that 3am phone call
It’s 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone in the White House, and it’s ringing. The mother of one of the nearly 4,000 soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq is on the other end of the line. Who do you want to answer that call?
Scorched Earth Politics
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4JnWQsxKw] Because in the end, it’s all about getting a Democrat Clinton back in the White House, right? I’m not terribly confident that this thing is going to end tomorrow night, but I’m more and more confident that the Democrats are going to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yet
Clinton Endorses Obama
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZW0m2nWB_M] Obama needs to work this into every one of his speeches between now and Tuesday! A Keith Olbermann flashback offers some background:
The War in Iraq Summed Up
In last night’s debate, Obama put it this way: “The question is who’s making the decision initially to drive the bus into the ditch. The fact is that Senator Clinton often says that she is ready on day one, but in fact she was ready to give in to George Bush on day one on
About the Farrakhan moment
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=nJkU1e-_r3w] The lowlight of tonight’s debate was, without question I think, when Tim Russert referenced Louis Farrakhan’s “endorsement” of Barack Obama this past weekend, asking if he accepted his support, and after Obama clearly and completely denounced Farrakhan’s past statements about Jews and Judaism as “unacceptable and reprehensible” and defended his own record on Jewish issues and U.S.-Israel relations,
Radio Silence & Recommended Reading
I’m flying down to Virginia tomorrow morning for a long weekend and will be avoiding certain parts of the internet (guess which?) as much as possible while I’m there. Here’s some several-times-daily sites I’ll be missing out on that I highly recommend you bookmark and check regularly: Andrew Sullivan: My favorite blog of them all, hands-down, Sullivan
I Love Keith Olbermann
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=NGPwXYAmZzQ] “If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it. There is a dictionary definition; one word that describes that toxic blend. You’re a fascist! Get them to print you a t-shirt with ‘Fascist’ on it!” Keith Olbermann’s latest Special Comment nails President Bush to the wall,
Not just empty words, not just false hope
Not all Obama supporters are being driven solely by emotion and recent articles about the “cult-like” aura surrounding his campaign seem to suggest there’s a not-unexpected backlash brewing in the media. The most overt instance of this was probably the FOX News stunt with one of Frank Luntz’ post-debate “focus groups” where several Obama supporters were asked to name
Like Hope, But Different
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs] (Warning: Put down any hot beverages you may be drinking before pressing play.) On a more serious note, via The Atlantic‘s excellent Andrew Sullivan, comes Kaboom: A Soldier’s War Journal and a post, “Wisdom from the Homefront“, about some of the mail soliders in Iraq receive from American schoolchildren: …my favorite portion of the miscellaneous stack