Disclosure: I voted for Obama in the primary and strongly prefer him as our next president over Clinton. I was not around to witness the Jack and Bobby era first-hand, but before this latest wave of JFK comparisons I felt that in Obama I … [Read more...]
How we choose…
In my opinion, however, it appears that Barack Obama has resolved his struggle around his identity as a bi-racial black person in a white world (In his self-reflective book "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance") in … [Read more...]
3 Questions About Yesterday’s Numbers: A Deval Correlation, High Dem Turnout, and Exit Polls
Question 2: Barack Obama was trounced by Clinton in MA by 196,000 votes, yet second-place Dem Obama still beat first-place Repub Romney. In fact, with 511,887 votes, more people voted for second-place Obama in MA than all republican votes … [Read more...]
So Who’s Going To Broker Our Brokered Convention?
Tomorrow morning, barring an unforeseen but slightly possible Obama landslide, our top two candidates will, more than likely, wake up essentially tied. As I was working on this, my friend Chris Bowers wrote this - it is a long copy block to … [Read more...]
Hillary Clinton proves that she really is a Yankee fan
Clinton has gotten a rap for being a flip-flopping fairweather Yankee fan. But, today, after the Super Bowl, she proved her critics wrong. There is no doubt she is a Yankees fan. Because she can gloat like one. Clinton made the hubristic … [Read more...]
What is the enforcement mechanism?
... Hillary Clinton says she favors mandates, but isn't sure there should be a penalty for noncompliance. Barack Obama favors an immediate mandate for children, but doesn't include one for adults. He says he's willing to revisit the issue … [Read more...]
Failing at our expense-how Hillary Clinton gains experience
Clinton supporters have yet to address a fundamental problem with their candidate: why should Democrats again nominate a candidate who voted the wrong way as George W. Bush prepared to launch his catastrophic war in Iraq? Some of … [Read more...]
Top Ten Cloves: Ways To Liven Up The Democrats’ Debate This Evening
10. Set new rules - Since the debate is in Hollywood, make Hillary and Obama give their answers in David Mamet dialogue 9. Announce ahead of time to the audience, a secret word and then, when Hillary or Obama says it, a … [Read more...]
Hillary and cynicism
An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions. The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America"; were … [Read more...]
The Bob Dole For The New Millennium
The prediction, according to the babbling talking heads last evening, is that the GOP will, slowly, begin to stand in line behind Johnnie Boy, for he, with his war heroism, deep Senatorial experience, and, by gosh, his Come-Back-Kid … [Read more...]
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