Letters to the Editor
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Wow
I keep thinking that Salon is actually going to get it, and start posting articles that aren't thinly-disguised Clinton campaign memos.
But time and time again, it's another headline which could only have been written by a Clinton supporter, or a photo chosen by one. It's amazing how often those articles get the "headline" spot, and how long they seem to stay there.
When this campaign is over, you're going to be embarrassed by the sum total of your coverage.
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She was right to stay in
As Bert Lance once said, those pioneers they take all the arrows. So if Hillary goes down, she fought the good fight which is what its all about. She finished her course and made it possible that another woman vying for the Presidency years from now will have a little less hate, a lot less fear and and whole less anger to deal with.
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I think the whole protracted primary is totally awesome!
I totally agree with this article.
I'm an expatriate Alaskan Obama supporter living in Australia.
This whole process is great for the Democratic party.
We have been allowed to campaign in all the places we might ignore in a general election 6 months before it happens.
It has provided un-ending coffee break material.
And with three candidates I basically respect (although sorry John McCain - I have major, major issues with voting Republican after GWB - I don't think I could every think about voting for that crowd for the rest of my life! You should have gone with Kerry.) None of this lying awake at night waiting for the unthinkable to happen again.
How good is that.
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No..i'm pretty fatigued
Call me crazy, but maybe just once or twice before November I'd like John McCain to take a little heat, to have a meaningful attack hurled his way once or twice.
But no, this is more fun. Lets continue to draw out the nomination process so that the once-frontrunner can delay and delay and delay the inevitable in the hope that a picture of her opponent burning the flag while urinating on the constitution appears out of the wood work.
Why are the Republicans so good at lining up behind a candidate, even one they disagree with, while we Democrats tear each other apart because one candidate wants a mandate to buy health care while the other one does not.
The Democrats are throwing so much away by prolonging this. John McCain is the weakest Republican candidate since Dole, but he's in the sweetest position imaginable.
He's free to take shot after shot at the almost-certain Democratic nominee without fear of real retribution.
And even if Clinton does manage to wrangle the nomination away from Obama, he knows she has done much to weaken her support among younger voters, more liberal democrats, and black voters.
No Salon, I am very, very fatigued about all this. I'm tired of Democrats attacking each other. I want every day for the next seven months to be about the total failures of the Republicans to lead this country, not bickering over stupid comments or religious advisors.
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actually
I think this extended primary process has been enormously beneficial for Obama. It's kept the donors interested enough to finance unbelievable amounts of "getting to know you" advertising in places he'll need to win in November. Not to mention the excitement has brought hordes of folks out to see him when that clearly would not have been the case had the race not been close and ongoing. Good news for Obama and the democratic party.
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Perky in Pennsyvania
Shagged out in the rest of the 49. Get this shit over with.
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Oh no, there's no sexism in this campaign. Check out the top story on CNN right now
Wanted: Single women voters in Pennsylvania
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/21/unmarried.voters/index.html
Um, okay, this is a good start?...
Maria Wing is a lawyer in Philadelphia -- 28 years old, single and in debt. Until recently, single women like her were largely ignored by candidates and disengaged from the political process. But she and thousands of others could prove key in Tuesday's Democratic Pennsylvania primary and again in November.
28, single and in debt. Wait, is this a crisis somehow? What's the crisis? She's not a single mom. Her debt is law school debt, and her mortgage (both "good debt"). What's the problem?
Research by WVWV shows unmarried women with an average income of $30,000 or less, are the ultimate economy voters. They care about real-life economic needs such as healthcare, childcare, raising the minimum wage and equal pay.
Oh women, they only care about women's issues. And this has nothing to do with Maria Wing, a lawyer.
"We are on our own; [its] not like I have a husband or someone to augment my income should something happen with my job. I certainly can't ask my parents for anything," she said.
Wing is a first-time homeowner, with a very different take on the economy than many of her married girlfriends.
"My friends who are working and have their husbands, they're like, 'Oh, you know it'll shake out.' They worry about their 401k's, whether or not stocks are going up," said Wing. "I'm like, 'Dude, I'm worried that if the market keeps slipping' ... I can't help but think, 'Oh God, what if I lost my job?' "
Single women don't have husbands to rely on. Sound the alarm!
In Pennsylvania, according to United States Census data, 44 percent of unmarried women struggle with a household income of less than $30,000, compared to 14 percent of their married counterparts. Moreover, while 87 percent of married Pennsylvania women have private health care coverage; the number drops to 66 percent for unmarried women. Additionally, unmarried women make 56 cents on the dollar compared to men. Married women earn 77 cents on the dollar.
Oh these unmarried women! Why don't they just get married?!
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The voters are PUMPED?
Surely you are trafficking in hyperbole, Ms. Traister. And if you aren't could you tell me if they are pumped emotionally, physically, or any combination thereof. The last I checked, our MSM chose these pukes. Though, if may be frank for a moment, I would chose Obama as a piece of vomit that has been less processed than the rest of them. Hillary looks like a psycho and is beginning to really scare me and McCain looks like an grumpy old man who just had his pudding removed at the rest home.
I don't buy it. I think that we are living in Orwellian times, indeed. With that said, double plus good comrades and don't forget to vote.