Miscellaneous

Yes. We. Can. ... What?

On Super Tuesday, I ultimately followed through on my threat to toss my Hillary loyalty aside and vote for Obama (a lot of good it did), though not without a small amount of reservation. I still can't quite get past the notion that I might be relieved if Hillary ends up winning the nomination (I am, if anything, one of those obnoxious bastards that changes his mind from one day to the next).

JMW, a friend and writer over on Pajiba, writes frequently about his love of Obama and his distaste for Hillary on his own blog, frequently pointing out all of Hillary's flaws, while lauding Obama's positives. But, to my recollection, he hasn't really addressed Obama's perceived weaknesses, which I think James Wolcott summed up brilliantly:

Perhaps it?s my atheism at work but I found myself increasingly wary of and resistant to the salvational fervor of the Obama campaign, the idealistic zeal divorced from any particular policy or cause and chariot-driven by pure euphoria. I can picture President Hillary in the White House dealing with a recalcitrant Republican faction; I can?t picture President Obama in the same role because his summons to history and call to hope seems to transcend legislative maneuvers and horse-trading; his charisma is on a more ethereal plane, and I don?t look to politics for transcendence and self-certification.

So, JMW: What about that? The "Yes. We. Can." speech gave me as many goosebumps as the next guy, but I can't help but notice that he didn't say anything about health care or the economy in that speech.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).