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ABC News, yesterday.  Read this: "I am trying to make sure that his statements by him are answered. Don’t you think that’s important?" Obama shot back, while walking away. When Zeleny yelled a follow up question suggesting the Illinois senator had not answered the question, Obama fired back angrily, "Don’t try cheap stunts like that." Obama then walked away and … Read More

No surprise. In fact, I doubt his heart was ever in it. UPDATED THOUGHTS:  This strikes me as odd timing.  Sure, he hasn’t done well so far, but he’s got some delegates in his column (see sidebar at right) — more than Giuliani and Ron Paul.  He’s also got some money.  Maybe he’s just disappointed that he didn’t do well … Read More

On the sidebar at the right, I’ve brought back the "2008 Election Market" information, showing where the candidates are currently trading in the "prediction market" (Intrade). I’ve also added, courtesy of MyDD, the current delegate count for each party’s race.  This is rather complicated, as many delegates are uncommitted.  And then you have the countroversy regarding the Michigan delegates — … Read More

From Vanity Fair’s James Wolcott, a precisely correct assessment of the disappearing-via-incompetence act more popularly known as the Giuliani campaign.  Think about it: Rudy Gulliani was the national frontrunner a year ago in many, many polls. He led virtually all of his Republican opponents, and several of the top Democratic candidates as well. Today, he has been drubbed in every … Read More

Interesting chart from the Pew Center: A couple of things that strike me: (1)  Voters (on average, of course) are slightly to the conservative side of moderate.  However, when you look at party breakdown, Republicans generally see themselves as being much further from moderate than Democrats.  In other words, the average Democratic voter is closer to "moderate" than to "liberal", … Read More

John Edwards is trying to raise $7 million dollars today. I hope he succeeds (and I’ve helped a tad).  I haven’t commited to Edwards; in fact, I’m still undecided.  But I think it important that he stay in the race, keep the media-annointed "frontrunners" (Obama and Clinton) to the left, and raise the issues that he so passionately raises, especially … Read More

Very funny (wait for the chorus):

Arkansas governor, now: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told South Carolina voters Thursday that the government had no business making decisions over the Confederate flag. "You don’t like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag," Huckabee said at a Myrtle Beach campaign event. "In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas and … Read More

Well, Romney won, as many Democrats had hoped.  Dems hoped for a Romney win, because they would rather face Romney in the general, as opposed to McCain.  (The "best of all worlds" Republican nominee would be Huckabee, but that ain’t gonna happen). The Romney win means that the Republicans will continue in a clusterfuck kind of fashion.  Thompson is far … Read More

From My Damn Channel, a look at Katie Couric when the camera is rolling, but she’s not on the air: There’s nothing particularly controversial about it — in fact, Katie comes off as normal, engaged and personable.  It’s just kinda weird to hear her say, "Oh shit oh shit oh shit"

Yesterday:

Shit like this. For those not clicking the link, it’s a Washington Post editorial which points out that Obama — no, not Obama — er, Obama’s minister — no, no, wrong again — ahem — Obama’s minister’s daughter runs a magazine which last year recognized the "achievements" of Louis Farrakhan, a man widely known for his anti-semitic views. Even though … Read More

In addition to getting rid of the word "change" in this 2008 campaign, can we also get rid of the phrase "race card"?