Archive for the '2008 democratic primary' Category
The Usual Gang Of Idiots
Posted on August 11, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, Howard Wolfson, John Edwards | Leave a Comment
A lot of people say a lot of dumb things when a politician is confronted with having had an affair. Top Hillary Clinton campaign official Howard Wolfson has officially topped them all.
If reporters had nabbed former presidential candidate John Edwards lying about his extramarital affair, Hillary Clinton would have captured the Democratic presidential nomination, her [...]
I’m Back And The Primary Is Over
Posted on June 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, meta | Leave a Comment
I’m home after 4+ days in Charm City The City that (B)Reads The Greatest City in America Believe1 Bawlmer. Great trip, great wedding. Congrats again, guys.
Anyway, I just got around to watching HRC’s concession speech. It was exactly what I had hoped to see on Tuesday and, really, nearly perfect. Better late than never, right? [...]
Obama’s Speech
Posted on June 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, meta | Leave a Comment
You know what? I don’t want to blog this one. I just want to enjoy it.
Yes, we can!
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Heads-up: I’ll be out of town tomorrow through Sunday. I may or may not have time to check in while I’m away; either way, the site won’t be particularly active between now and Monday.
Congratulations to Sean and Laura.
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Clinton’s Speech
Posted on June 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton | 1 Comment
This is a good speech. It sounds honest and hopeful. Unfortunately, it’s leaning more towards “I’ll keep fighting,” than “Well done, Senator Obama.” Will there be anything resembling a concession? It could really go either way.
Still no mention of Barack Obama. She needs to acknowledge him in some way even if she isn’t quite ready [...]
McCain’s Speech
Posted on June 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain | Leave a Comment
Obviously I have my biases here, but it honestly feels as thought Senator McCain is more concerned with defining himself as what he is not than with defining himself as what he is. I’m not complaining because he’s attacking Barack Obama; nothing he’s said has been below the belt. I’m merely saying that his message [...]
PSA: Suffer Through Some Cable News Tonight
Posted on June 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton | 1 Comment
I just wanted to take a moment to encourage anyone reading this to watch the two candidates’ speeches tonight. (They will presumably air not long after the networks have called the voting in South Dakota and Montana.) I have a feeling that we’re going to see some of the best political speeches we’ve seen in [...]
Wesley Clark Is On The Sebelius Train
Posted on June 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Kathleen Sebelius, Wesley Clark, running mates | Leave a Comment
I’ve never thought much of General Wesley Clark as a presidential or vice presidential nominee. With no disrespect intended towards the man’s military career, he simply doesn’t have enough experience in electoral politics and demonstrated significantly less than the necessary aptitude for campaigning in 2004.
That said, he certainly has a significant following consisting of many [...]
The Clock Ticks Down
Posted on June 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, Tom Vilsack | Leave a Comment
Messages from the Clinton campaign are mixed. Hillary might continue to fight for superdelegates after tomorrow’s primaries or she might soon concede defeat; no one is entirely certain. However, for some of Clinton’s key supporters the choice is clear:
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, one of Hillary Clinton’s most ardent supporters, said Sunday it’s time for [...]
Things I STILL Don’t Care About
Posted on May 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Geraldine Ferraro, Things I Don't Care About, gender, race | Leave a Comment
(Part seventeen in an ongoing series)
Geraldine Ferraro.
“It’s not racism that is driving them, it’s racial resentment.” Seriously? Are you sure you wouldn’t be better suited to working on a Republican’s campaign in some backwater in the South?
How could someone so irrelevant to everything be annoying me so much? Why won’t she go away?
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Elections Are Arbitrary
Posted on May 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, voting systems | 1 Comment
A new poll in California raises an excellent point in relation to all of the whining about caucus states, Florida and Michigan, and the Democrats’ proportional delegate system.
Even though Sen. Barack Obama lost the California primary to Sen. Hillary Clinton by 18 percentage points, he is now favored among Democratic voters, 51% to 38%, according [...]
Apropos Of Nothing In Particular…
Posted on May 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary | Leave a Comment
Because I’ve been obsessing about stupid shit all day, allow me to throw this out there.
What, exactly, do Hillary Clinton’s remaining supporters believe will happen should she win the nomination now?
I keep reading in pro-Hillary areas of the intertubes angry denunciations of Barack Obama and his supporters, many of which include threats not to vote [...]
Live In The Now!
Posted on May 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 1996 presidential election, 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton | Leave a Comment
Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to the superdelegates asking them to support her candidacy. It’s long, boring, and largely irrelevant, so I didn’t bother to read it. But then the conclusion of the letter caught my eye, and I couldn’t help but chuckle:
But at this point, neither of us has crossed the finish line. I [...]
Special Comment
Posted on May 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, Robert F. Kennedy | Leave a Comment
Go away now, please.
Ready To Lead From Day One (Or Whenever The Black Guy Gets Shot)
Posted on May 23, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 1968 Democratic primary, 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, Robert F. Kennedy | Leave a Comment
The latest from Hillary (via Swampland):
“My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it,” she said, dismissing calls to drop out.
For historical accuracy’s sake, in 1968 [...]
In Which I Point Out The Many Flaws In A Simplistic Slogan
Posted on May 23, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, democracy | Leave a Comment
Jerome Armstrong links to a Philly Inquirer op/ed that breaks down the likelihood of Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote in the nomination battle (very high once Puerto Rico votes, in the view of the writer). What Armstrong fails to note is that the op/ed also inadvertently betrays the nonsensical nature of this line of [...]
Magic Numbers
Posted on May 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Florida/Michigan delegates, Hillary Clinton, Howard Wolfson | Leave a Comment
TalkLeft, home to some of the more prominent Clinton die-hard bloggers, is liveblogging a conference call being held by the Clinton campaign on the subject of the Florida and Michigan delegations. Here’s the part I thought was worth noting:
[Reporter Andrea] Mitchell asks about whether Clinton will go to the convention if Michigan and Florida is [...]
Way Over The Line
Posted on May 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Florida/Michigan delegates, Hillary Clinton | Leave a Comment
A month or two ago (this campaign has been so long…), a Hillary-supporting friend expressed bewilderment at the poll results showing supporters of one of the two Democrats unwilling to vote for the other Democrat in the general election should their candidate lose. I explained to him that I was actually quite sympathetic to those [...]
So Close To Over
Posted on May 21, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary | Leave a Comment
Taegan Goddard has a useful round-up of the various delegate counts:
NBC: Obama 1,954, Clinton 1,783
ABC: Obama 1,956, Clinton 1,766
CNN: Obama 1,953, Clinton 1,770
CBS: Obama 1,953, Clinton 1,770
AP: Obama 1,956, Clinton 1,776
All five major sources are within three of one another on Obama and within thirteen of one another on Clinton, so I think we can [...]
Things I Don’t Care About
Posted on May 19, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Geraldine Ferraro, Things I Don't Care About | Leave a Comment
(Part fourteen in an ongoing series)
Geraldine Ferraro’s intentions in the voting booth.
Why does this icon continue to embarrass herself and tarnish her historical legacy by making herself the story in a campaign that shouldn’t in any way be focused upon her?
And yes, a lot of sexism has come out in this campaign. But calling Obama [...]
Must… Give… Marvel… Ten More Dollars…
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Iron Man, Pete Stark, movies | Leave a Comment
The headline “Stark endorses Obama” appeared in my RSS reader and I honestly thought that either the character of Iron Man would be endorsing Obama in an upcoming comic book or that Robert Downey, Jr., was appearing at a real-life event. This wouldn’t be so terrible if I didn’t know perfectly well that a Democratic [...]
