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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
and Obamas success in Iowa gave me back the believe in the
American people
Look, in 2004 the Democrats did precisely that with Kerry.
A war hero who was strictly middle of the road and largely innoffensive, Kerry even shot for that unifier label with people talking about him having echoes of Mandela going for him.
He got crushed pretty thoroughly by a president who had managed to land America in two wars, failed to stop the worst terrorist attack in history and who by that time had a name for being borderline retarded.
Don't vote for the guy you think will win, vote for the person you think will lead America best.
Part of the reason Kerry lost is that the Republicans defined his campaign for him.
The Democratic party is ready for McCain.
Anyone who sees Super Tuesday as a big win for Clinton is downright delusional. The situation is clearly quite the reverse. In fact - given the history of Clinton's long national lead - anything short of a big win for Clinton is clearly a loss - since it proves that Obama has all of the momentum (Really, Rebecca, what are you up to here? Casting Clinton as the one who was supposed to lose - so that when she ties it looks like SHE has the momentum? Pretty transparent politicking on your part, if you ask me).
And as it looks now, the final delgate count may well even favour Obama for Tuesday - which would be a complete disaster for Clinton.
Here is why - all of the pending primaries (Nebraska, Louisiana, and Washington - February 9) (DC, Maryland, and Virginia - February 12) - all favour Obama - and will favour him all the more given this big night. Then - there is a strong liklihood that momentum gained in these states will finally push him ahead in the final holdouts, Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (that is, if he doesn't pull ahead after yesterday).
Your list is fantasy. No one anywhere who has studied Obama's "legislative" feats echo you. There was a NY Times piece recently that showed Obama makes claims about his record that are not true. One is that he got through legislation to check leaks at reactor sites -- and it turns out to be a false claim. The legislation got so watered down, it is now toothless. Yet he has gone on the stump claiming he has turned around the way nuclear reactor sites are monitored.
No, the reason why we lost in 2004 was because the party was in shambles and couldn't make up its mind as to what it wanted to represent. Kerry was the choice of a party that didn't know to sell itself.
Why are you treating the "person who can win" and "the person who will lead America best" as two separate entities? Who in their right mind would vote for someone they really believed was a loser?!
Hey, if a dumbass can get elected twice, why not someone who's actually more competent, with more experience than anyone else in the field, and who enjoys good relations with many Dems? All I'm saying is that beating McCain will not be a walk in the park. I wish it wasn't so, but I'm not fooling myself.
Obama's not some young punk upstart anymore. He's someone who's actually winning over voters who normally lean Republican. Coastal victories do not a president make!
From Slate:
Tonight's results crushed that argument. Even if you don't count Obama's caucus victories in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, and North Dakota, he shattered his previous white-vote ceiling in 11 other states. In eight states, he crossed the 40 percent threshold. In Connecticut, he tied Clinton among whites. In California, he beat her. In Utah and Illinois, he won commanding majorities.
I don't mean to oversell what Obama accomplished tonight. It's easier to ascend from the 20 percents to the 40 percents when you've got only one opponent left. It's easier to climb from 30 percent to 40 percent than from 40 percent to 50 percent. And it's easier to win support from white Democrats than from white Republicans. But when you look at Obama's numbers tonight and compare them to Jackson's numbers 20 years ago, you're looking at a sea change. This is not a diversity-training exercise. It's a nationwide primary to choose the next president of the United States. The American color barrier, at its highest level, is collapsing.
The thing that made me the happiest about last night's results is that in our celebrity drenched culture glitzy endorsements did not hold sway. I remember a survey that came out in the fall that said when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up young girls said " famous". It made me want to weep!If nothing else maybe Hillary's grit,determination and work ethic will demonstate to them that some things matter more than celebrity.
As to the polls and pundits what a complete turn off they all are.How miserably tired and disreputable.Here's hoping that a great side effect will be the discrediting of opinionators on both sides of the political divide.
Is that you, dude?
I will vote for Clinton in the general election if she is elected, but it will be with a heavy heart after the way she has conducted herself on the campaign trail. It seems to me that those voting for her do want the good ole times to come back--yet I'm not sure that that will happen.
I don't see the two Clintons in the same way that I did. I now see them as a couple of creepy clowns. I'll vote for them for their policies alone, but I don't see Hillary as a woman who represents me or average women. I see her probably very much the way the right wing sees her--as a crony serving dysfunctional phony. Who happens to call herself a Democrat.
Yes the Democratic Party may come together again if she wins the nomination, but for myself at least, it won't be the same. The damage is done.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
