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Don't Give Up Hillary

Posted on February 14, 2008
The first post-Potomac poll in Wisconsin shows her holding at -4 to Obama.Not bad considering you just lost 8 in a row. Five days to make up four points.In fact, if I were Hillary, I'd take a lot of comfort from this poll and keep digging in deeper. Stopping Obama by any measure would definitely be a success, even if she loses Hawaii the same day...

Do Not Talk About Pillow Fight Club

Posted on February 14, 2008
It's happening tonight, across the nation. Here's the SF invite.And here's the video from last year.Hat tip: SM

Edwards Thinks Obama is a Cat

Posted on February 14, 2008
Time Magazine's Mark Halperin used a dirty word to describe how John Edwards feels about Barack Obama:And I can tell you, [Edwards is] really skeptical of [Hillary's] ability to be the kind of president he wants. But, he kinda thinks Obama is ... he thinks Obama is kind of a pussy...

Maybe Adjourn the House for the Memorial

Posted on February 14, 2008
Whoops. Someone should probably be embarrassed.As I wrote here, Tom Lantos passed away on Monday.But during his memorial service today, it looks like Democrats rang the bell to put Congress back in session. Yikes.Here's Boehner's spokesman's statement:"This morning, during the memorial service for Tom Lantos ? a public servant beloved on both sides of the aisle ? the House Democratic leadership violated an agreement and called the House back into session," Steel said...

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Santorum + Jeffords = Chafee

Posted on February 14, 2008
Just before Super Tuesday, Rick Santorum simultaneously blasted McCain and endorsed for Mitt Romney. The kicker was that Santorum begged McCain to compaign for him during his ultimately unsuccessful 2006 reelection bid. I naturally shrugged it off as another instance of the far right biting the medium right in the ass...

Though We May Be Through With the Past

Posted on February 14, 2008
The past isn't through with us.No guarantees about what won't come up this fall during the presidential campaign.[I]n a general election, no candidates get a pass on the past. They only think they do.If John McCain gets the nomination, we are going to hear that he was turned into a ?Manchurian candidate? when he was a prisoner of war...

Josiah Leming Eliminated

Posted on February 14, 2008
The guy I was rooting for Tuesday night didn't even make the cut to the top 24. One of the biggest upsets of the night was the elimination of 18-year-old Josiah Leming, who seemed to be a judge favorite until his shaky rendition of "Stand By Me." I knew he had a shaky performance of "Stand By Me," but I didn't realize it was going to kill his chances so quickly...

Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

Posted on February 14, 2008
A website devoted to answering this question.Some people are getting a little scared of the phenomenon.The language used here is the language of evangelical Christianity ? the Obama volunteers speak of 'coming to Obama' in the same way born-again Christians talk about 'coming to Jesus...

Michigan/Florida Backlash Backlash

Posted on February 13, 2008
Good arguments:1. For counting Florida's delegates; and2. Counting both Michigan's and Florida's delegates.And guess who chimed in on the side of counting the delegates? The NAACP. Wow. This could be a nasty fight.

Hillary Only Down By 4 In Wisconsin

Posted on February 13, 2008
That seems like a close enough battle that you need to contest it, hard.What totally baffles me is why Hillary isn't going to Wisconsin until Saturday of this week.That doesn't give you a lot of time to make up those 4 points.

Tested. Ready. Now.

Posted on February 13, 2008
When people are already comparing your primary strategy to Rudy Giuliani's failed GOP strategy, don't start using his slogans.A veteran Rudy-watcher, though, was surprised to hear a Giuliani echo in Clinton's speech in El Paso last night."I'm tested. I'm ready...

American Idol Clip

Posted on February 13, 2008
This is the guy I'm rooting for. 18 years old, living out of a car. Singing this song.

Thompson Endorsed McCain a Long Time Ago

Posted on February 13, 2008
Last Friday Fred Thompson endorsed John McCain. Who knew?

The Ur-Quan Hierarchy Re-robes

Posted on February 13, 2008
I'm revealing my inner nerdiness (as if that wasn't apparent from being a commentator on a obsessive political blog) by stating that Star Control, first released in 1990, is one of the best sci-fi themed strategy/melee video games ever released.Where I am going with this?It would seem that Iranian propaganda regards the United States and Israel as a modern day Ur-Quan, painting a mural on the old United States Embassy, affectionately referred to as the U...

Sorry, Jason Rae

Posted on February 13, 2008
The other day I sent Jason Rae, the famous Super Delegate from Wisconsin, a Facebook message telling him not to commit until Scarlett Johanssen (an Obama supporter) called him.I didn't get a reply. And this might be part of the reason.Jason Rae, 21, is the nation's youngest superdelegate...

The Best Super Delegates Database Out There

Posted on February 12, 2008
Bookmark this. You'll need it as the primary season comes to an end. It looks like there are 351.5 uncommitted Democratic Super delegates. That's probably enough to blunt the advantage of either candidate in the pledged-delegate total. Assuming, of course, they don't all change their minds...

*Another* Che Flag?

Posted on February 12, 2008
Are you kidding me?Hey, Barack -- remember what I said about paying close attention to the kind of people you attract.This would be two instances where you have sort of failed to do that.

D.C. Mayor Loves Obama

Posted on February 12, 2008
Slate's Josh Levin went to vote in D.C. today, where Mayor Adrian Fenty accosted him within the no-electioneering zone and told him to vote for Obama.When Levin called the campaign, he talked to Fenty's press secretary. I love her reaction:Fenty?s press secretary, Dena Iverson, told me that the mayor would be out all day today encouraging District residents to vote for Obama...

Potomac Primary Predictions

Posted on February 12, 2008
Just about perfectly in line with Captain Ed.Predictions look easy for today. I'll predict sweeps by both McCain and Obama. For McCain, I'd guess that he wins Virginia by nine, with Huckabee's mini-surge falling a bit short. Maryland will go to McCain by twenty points, meaning McCain will take at least 23 of the state's 37 delegates...

Obama's Flag Response

Posted on February 12, 2008
I appreciate that Senator Obama took the time to reply to my blog post from yesterday.The office is not yet filled with paid staffers. These were volunteers just opening the office.Two points:1) That's not the point. No one thought Obama decorated the office...

Wisconsin Next Tuesday

Posted on February 12, 2008
A lot of old and unreliable polls say that Hillary is winning big in Wisconsin.Notice that the most recent of them was taken December 9, 2007.So you have very little info to go on if you're Hillary's campaign. And you're stuck in a dilemma. How hard do you try to win?If you try really hard, and then lose, you risk spending a lot of your limited cash resources before going into several weeks where you need to be campaigning hard -- in Texas and Ohio...

No. No We Cannot.

Posted on February 11, 2008
The inspirational video I posted here has gotten over half a million hits on youtube and plenty of play on the web.Here's the McCain version. Not nearly as inspirational.Iraq Withdrawal, 12008.

Hey Dude. It's Bill Clinton.

Posted on February 11, 2008
Not all Superdelegates are party elites:It could all come down to the preference of Jason Rae, a Marquette University student who has never even voted in a presidential election.Or Melissa Schroeder, a party activist from Wausau.Or Awais Khaleel, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...

Sore Loserman

Posted on February 11, 2008
In 2000, Al Gore challenged the initial results of the Florida presidential vote.He was accused then, by Republicans, of being a Sore Loserman.I'm pretty sure that's an ineffective charge. And it makes it that much harder to complain about legitimate irregularities that don't favor the GOP (and not all of them will, FYI)...

Anti-Obama Talking Point Number 2

Posted on February 11, 2008
I mentioned Number 1 here. Obama is the most liberal Senator, ala John Kerry in 2004.Number 2 is that one of his Texas office chapters has, on display, a huge Cuban flag with Che Guevara's picture superimposed on it.Last time I checked, supporting a communist government hostile to the United States is a bad way to show your commitment to the United States...

My Congressman Passed Away

Posted on February 11, 2008
Rest in Peace, Tom Lantos.From his Wikipedia entry:Lantos was part of a resistance movement against the Nazis during the German occupation of Hungary. In his floor speeches, he sometimes referred to himself as one of the few living members of Congress who fought against fascism...

Super Delegates Waiting?

Posted on February 10, 2008
Tad Devine, Mondale's "delegate counter" in 1984, writes this op-ed suggesting that Clinton and Obama should stop trying to get Super Delegates to pledge themselves either way.Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama, and their campaigns, are pressuring superdelegates to pledge support to them before Democratic voters in the remaining primaries and caucuses have made their decisions...

Elephant in the Room

Posted on February 10, 2008
I love this picture.

Another Win For Obama

Posted on February 10, 2008
No, not Maine. Though he's winning there too.Obama won a Grammy. Over none other than Bill Clinton.This guy is having what I like to call a "good" week.

Another Strange Endorsement

Posted on February 10, 2008
We heard about Whoopi's weird endorsement here.Now British Nobel Laureate Dorris Lessing is apparently coming out in favor of Hillary Clinton, because she's less likely to be assassinated than Obama.Obama, who is vying to become the first black president in US history, "would certainly not last long, a black man in the position of president...

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