Bill Clinton was called "our first black president". Now they’re gearing up to call Obama "our first woman president". Seriously, political analysis sucks these days…
What Does Seven-Of-Nine (Jeri Ryan) Have To Do With Obama?
Some say, if it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t have Obama: Back in 2004, Barack Obama was an Illinois state senator with some modest accomplishments on his resume. He spearheaded welfare reform in the Illinois statehouse, and took the lead in passing a law that required interrogations in murder cases to be videotaped. After unsuccessfully challenging strong Democratic incumbent Bobby … Read More
Ashamed Of My Gender
F***in’ idiot: SALEM, N.H. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was about to deliver a line that has become a centerpiece of her campaign since her loss in Iowa. “Everybody in this race is talking about change. But what does that mean?” “Iron my shirt!” yelled a man, who stood up in the middle of a jammed and stuffy auditorium at … Read More
From Our New Hampshire Correspondent
At last the big day is here! Obama is going to have a BIG victory but the question there is whether or not Edwards can beat out Clinton (probably not but it could happen). The interesting development is that a lot of the independent voters who were going to vote for McCain now are jumping on the Obama bandwagon so … Read More
Voices Of The Past
It’s an odd feeling for me to hop in my car here in Winston-Salem, turn on NPR, and hear voices from my childhood days. Old neighbors, friends of the family, etc. — they’re all being interviewed. "Oh, I remember her," I say to myself. "She still alive? I guess so." And then you hear about the places. Obama at my … Read More
The Dynastification of American Politics
Like many, one of my chief problems with Hillary isn’t Hillary per se, but the whole idea of politics in this country being headed by only two families in the past 20 years. Last night at Dartmouth, a student raised this issue with Bill Clinton: Moments later, Clinton — his voice hoarse, sometimes cracking — took arguably the toughest question … Read More
My Response To A Senile Old Man
First the senile old man: My response: Millard Fillmore? Polk? Taft? These are all silly names when you think about it. The reason, Andy, you can’t fathom a "President Huckabee" or a "President Obama" is because of your failure of imagination. I used to like your social commentary, but your ever-drying brain is just turning you into a sad pathetic … Read More
The Subtle Smearing Of Hillary
Honestly, this is ridiculous. After months and months of labelling Hillary Clinton has being too harsh and cold (or, as my mother would say, not very "womanly"), now they’re coming after Hillary from the other side. You see, according to reports, tears welled up in Hillary’s eyes at a campain stop this morning. Naturally, this begs the media to ask: … Read More
U2: The Choice Of Candidates
NPR: When Barack Obama took the stage in DeMoines to deliver his impassioned Iowa caucus victory speech, U2’s song "City of Blinding Lights" preceded him. On the same night, John Edwards’ address to his supporters was also paired with a U2 song, "In The Name of Love?" Since when has U2 become the band to sum up American sentiment? Or … Read More
Thinking About New Hampshire
Well, contrary to my predictions (I’m wrong a lot folks), Obama’s Iowa win did lead to an Obama surge in New Hampshire. He’s now 10-13 points above Hillary, according to some of the most recent polls: USA Today/Gallup: Obama 41%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 19% Zogby: Obama 39%, Clinton 29%, Edwards 19% ARG: Obama 39%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 22% CNN/WMUR/UNH: Obama … Read More
Rudy Still Finding Ways To Work “9/11” Into Everything He Says
You almost have to feel sorry for the guy: He flatlined in Iowa and he’s struggling in New Hampshire, but Rudy Giuliani shook off the early-state blues Thursday as only he can. “None of this worries me – Sept. 11, there were times I was worried,” Giuliani said. I get the sense that if you asked Rudy where he wanted … Read More
Obama’s Victory Speech
I put it up here not because it’s topical and of historical significance, but because it really is a good speech. It reminds me of why I was drawn to the guy in the first place. FYI — Here’s what I posted on June 14, 2004: President Obama Sounds like the leader of some distant "third-world" country, no? Nope. We … Read More
The Clinton Game Plan
Here it is: 1. Swarm the state with surrogates; she has a deeper network in New Hampshire than any other state. 2. Two rallies a day; lots of retail events; lots of television interviews. 3. Find some way to go negative against Obama. Some Clinton advisers and aides say that the campaign have a storehouse of opposition research — old … Read More
Election 2008 Analysis: Iowa
Well, since I blog about politics a lot, I guess I would be remiss in not throwing in my two cents on the Iowa results. Here then are my random disjointed thoughts: (1) Obama’s win and what it means. I wasn’t at all surprised by this, nor was I surprised by his margin of victory. (He didn’t trounce Edwards and … Read More
Obama and Huckabee
But I suppose you already knew that, and if you didn’t, you don’t care. Frankly, I think we should cut to the chase, and forget all this election analysis. Much easier, in my opinion, to simply ask Pat Robertson who won. Because — I am not make this up — God came to Pat and spilled the beans about who … Read More