Posted in Politics, tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Primary, John Edwards, West Virginia on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Endorsement should come at 7pm tonight. Well, if you could add Edwards’ 7% from West Virginia last night with Obama’s 26%, Obama would’ve only lost by 34%. Baby steps…
Posted in Politics, tagged Don Cazayoux, Greg Davis, Louisiana, Mississippi, South, Thomas Schaller, Travis Childers on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In non-West Virginia election news tonight, Democrat Travis Childers defeated Greg Davis in a special election in one of the most conservative districts in the nation - Mississippi’s 1st district. The victory follows the May 3rd election of a Democrat (Don Cazayoux) to a Congressional seat in an ultra-conservative Louisiana district. Maybe Thomas [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Matthews, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, Keith Olbermann, Mike Huckabee, MSNBC, sermon on the mount, Terry McAulliffe, West Virginia, Winston Churchill on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Before Clinton’s speech, Terry McAulliffe predicted it would be “one of the greatest speeches in the history of the universe.” McAulliffe is certainly the master of hyperbole — the greatest hyperbolitarian of all time.
The MSNBC team had some fun with it:
Mike Huckabee (serving as an MSNBC analyst for the night) speculated that she would [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged 9 to 5, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, West Virginia on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Clinton (as expected) trounced Obama in West Virginia - like 2 -1 numbers. She just finished her victory speech, which wasn’t bad. She’s staying in the race, she knows Democrats will ultimately unite, she wants people to send money, Robert Byrd is a national treasure, etc…
Posted in Politics, tagged 1776, Che Guevara, Lyndon LaRouche, Republican convention, Richard Nixon, Ron Paul on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
What was it I wrote a while back about the comfort of old foes?
Better yet, how about that nugget of wisdom from Richard Nixon - the warning to the media following his defeat in the ‘62 California governor’s race that they wouldn’t “have Nixon to kick around anymore.”
Sure, there are always fun targets, things to [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Appalachia, Blue Dogs, DailyKos, DLC, elite, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Mark Penn, rednecks, William F. Buckley Jr, working class on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Let’s get one thing straight: the Democratic Leadership Council is not culturally conservative.
They’re pro-business, pro-free trade, anti-populist, and covet all that corporate money for Democrats. They’re spineless on national security issues, with the top leadership split pretty evenly between the hawks and the doves (the hawks usually win the DLC’s internal debate), and they’re [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Barack Obama, Jim Webb on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, what I might’ve lost with my North Carolina and Indiana picks, I gained back with this bit on the VP race by Will Thomas over at Huffington Post today:
Jim Webb
Webb is the closest thing to a frontrunner for Obama’s VP these days. A former Republican, he served as Secretary of the Navy for Ronald [...]
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Brit Hume, downscale, Fox News, Fred Barnes, lower class, middle class, Mort Kondracks, working class on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The only thing that could’ve made this more appropriate is if they had been sipping champagne during the segment…
Posted in Politics, tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Chris Matthews, Democratic Primary, Harold Ford Jr, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, Izod, Jeremiah Wright, John Edwards, MSNBC, Norah O'Donnell, North Carolina on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Ten Observations from another night watching the returns:
1. When Obama tries to “Edwards down” his speeches (basically adding in anecdotes about people he’s met and everyday problems), he sounds kinda bored. He wakes up quite a bit when he starts talking about changing the process.
2. Obama did add a nice bit of patriotism in his [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Primary, George McGovern, Hillary Clinton, superdelegates on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
There’s a very real possibility that last night was the final contested primary night of the 2008 election cycle. Obama has picked up at least four superdelegates today. George McGovern (not a superdelegate) has un-endoresed Clinton and endorsed Obama. News broke that the Hillary had loaned her campaign $6.4 million last month… this thing [...]
