What a complete and utter douche-bag.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
On Etch-a-Sketch Metaphors and Scott Norwood
A lot is being said about yesterday's gaffe from a Romney campaign spokesperson. It was definitely a bad moment for him. But a greater indictment is due his team.
Let us recall Scott Norwood in 1991, hooking that field goal attempt wide right, resulting in the Buffalo Bills's loss in Superbowl XXV to the New York Giants. Norwood became infamous, known far and wide as the guy who "lost" the game for the Bills. However, I'd like to point out that if the Bills team had played a decent game that day, the final moments never would have come down to that one kick -- if the Bills offense had showed up and played well, there would have been no need for an entire game to rest on a singular effort from one guy who had always been a consistent and high scorer for his team. Norwood was an excellent kicker who hoofed a rare dud. He did not deserve to be a scapegoat.
And in the case of what could end up being a defining moment in the Romney campaign, I'd like to point out that Eric Fehrnstrom's gaffe would not be as huge as it is if it weren't for one great vulnerability on the part of the Romney campaign: where the whole Bills team played a poor game on that day in 1991, Romney suffers from another problem, and that is that what Fehrnstrom said is true. If the metaphor didn't work so well, few people would have latched onto the comment. But it was perfect. It was true.
Yes, it was incredibly stupid for Fehrnstrom to tell the truth. That was a mistake, just as it was a failure on the part of Norwood to hook that kick to the right. But neither shortfall would have mattered if there weren't already some larger problem in the air.
One team's poor performance. One candidate's desperate willingness to say whatever he thinks will make people support him on a given day, whether or not he really believes it. And then along came the scapegoats: Scott Norwood with his one bad kick; and Eric Fehrnstrom, who picked the wrong day to be honest (well, that and he works for a soulless asshole).
Let us recall Scott Norwood in 1991, hooking that field goal attempt wide right, resulting in the Buffalo Bills's loss in Superbowl XXV to the New York Giants. Norwood became infamous, known far and wide as the guy who "lost" the game for the Bills. However, I'd like to point out that if the Bills team had played a decent game that day, the final moments never would have come down to that one kick -- if the Bills offense had showed up and played well, there would have been no need for an entire game to rest on a singular effort from one guy who had always been a consistent and high scorer for his team. Norwood was an excellent kicker who hoofed a rare dud. He did not deserve to be a scapegoat.
And in the case of what could end up being a defining moment in the Romney campaign, I'd like to point out that Eric Fehrnstrom's gaffe would not be as huge as it is if it weren't for one great vulnerability on the part of the Romney campaign: where the whole Bills team played a poor game on that day in 1991, Romney suffers from another problem, and that is that what Fehrnstrom said is true. If the metaphor didn't work so well, few people would have latched onto the comment. But it was perfect. It was true.
Yes, it was incredibly stupid for Fehrnstrom to tell the truth. That was a mistake, just as it was a failure on the part of Norwood to hook that kick to the right. But neither shortfall would have mattered if there weren't already some larger problem in the air.
One team's poor performance. One candidate's desperate willingness to say whatever he thinks will make people support him on a given day, whether or not he really believes it. And then along came the scapegoats: Scott Norwood with his one bad kick; and Eric Fehrnstrom, who picked the wrong day to be honest (well, that and he works for a soulless asshole).
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friday, September 4, 2009
Your links for the past week or so...
First, the Ted Kennedy stuff: The play-by-play, Obama's eulogy, Ted, Jr.'s eulogy, the Big Picture, and Eugene Robinson's "A Prince's Fate" (and one more: What Teddy would do).
Then there's health care (the Huckabee plan is already in place!):
Where's the efficiency in this system?!?
And the rest...
Oh, the fakery. The faces of coal are fake. The anti-marriage Mainers are fake. Which is all very sad and pathetic. But this fake Ronald McDonald is pretty much hilarious.
Big Egg.
The Man Who Walked Around the World.
Ta-Da! The gays save marriage!!!
And finally, this is a jam-packed "New Rules" from Bill Maher, including these choice tidbits:
Then there's health care (the Huckabee plan is already in place!):
Where's the efficiency in this system?!?
And the rest...
Oh, the fakery. The faces of coal are fake. The anti-marriage Mainers are fake. Which is all very sad and pathetic. But this fake Ronald McDonald is pretty much hilarious.
Big Egg.
The Man Who Walked Around the World.
Ta-Da! The gays save marriage!!!
And finally, this is a jam-packed "New Rules" from Bill Maher, including these choice tidbits:
But, what did Obama actually say to make Karl Rove's head explode and the popcorn fly out? Well, cover your children's ears. When he was asked if he believed in American exceptionalism, he said he did the same way the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks in Greek exceptionalism. Yes, "President John F. Kenya" actually said that people in other countries might like their countries better.
Well, I was so shocked, I nearly dropped the Bible I was using to help me masturbate into my gun.
Sarah Palin, in her farewell speech kept telling us how she's wired. You know, I'm not a doctor--or an electrician--but, I suspect this is faulty wiring, this world view that, in her words, we should never apologize for our country. Really? Never? Not for slavery? Or Japanese internment camps? Or if we tortured the wrong guy at Guantanamo Bay? The Indians?! Nothin', Sarah? "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," maybe?
I mean, shouldn't John McCain apologize for…you?
Mitt Romney's new book is called No Apology: The Case for American Greatness. You can find it at Borders in the "Suck Up" section. It's such a perfect title for today's conservative, combining paranoia with arrogance. "No one has yet asked me to apologize, but if someone ever does, f*ck them."
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Is it Opposite Day?
Is anyone watching Mitt Romney? Is he on crack?
He complains about the liberals in Washington and says we should throw them out and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin!
Huh? Is he saying that George Bush and Dick Cheney are evil liberals?!? He also whines that "it’s time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!"
So, does Mittens know that for six of the past eight years, the Republicans have been in charge Washington? And that for all of the last eight years, it's been George Bush who's been running the country into the ground (and tapping Romney's phone?)?
What planet has Mittens been living on? I've been watching this convention since it began and so far, there have been no ideas floating around -- big or little. All I've heard is abortion, abortion, abortion liberals are evil USA USA USA!
He complains about the liberals in Washington and says we should throw them out and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin!
Huh? Is he saying that George Bush and Dick Cheney are evil liberals?!? He also whines that "it’s time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!"
So, does Mittens know that for six of the past eight years, the Republicans have been in charge Washington? And that for all of the last eight years, it's been George Bush who's been running the country into the ground (and tapping Romney's phone?)?
What planet has Mittens been living on? I've been watching this convention since it began and so far, there have been no ideas floating around -- big or little. All I've heard is abortion, abortion, abortion liberals are evil USA USA USA!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Senator O'Biden
I'm pretty pleased with Obama's choice for VP. During one of our long road trips this summer, G-Dog and I ran through a long list of possible VPs, trying to predict the nominees on both tickets (both who we wanted to see on the ticket, and who we thought would get the job). My choice (both for who will get picked and who should get picked) was Biden. He's got a great resumé, lots experience as chair of the foreign relations committee and member of the judiciary committee, a willingness to engage in debate, and the ability to think on his feet. For years now, G-Dog has referred to him as "Fightin' Joe Biden," and I think an attack dog is just what the Democrats need in this presidential race, after two presidential campaigns spent in retreat.
As far as Bush's stupid war goes, I wish Biden had not voted to go along with it, but in a city full of Chickenhawks, at least the Biden family has not shied away from making a personal investment in the war: Joe's son, Beau, is set to be deployed in Iraq starting in October.
Biden has a long and strong history with unions and blue collar voters. And unlike John McCain (and potential running mate, Mitt Romney), Joe Biden doesn't have any trouble counting his homes -- he has just one, in Wilmington, Delaware, where he's lived his whole career. He commutes to D.C. on the train every day (yay for being an Amtrak fan!), and doesn't even have the means for multiple homes, as his net worth is reportedly just $150,000. This man, from humble beginnings in Scranton, PA -- a guy who goes home every night and who spent years as a single parent -- knows the value of a hard day's work and understands the struggles of Americans who are losing ground in the Bush/McCain economy.
I think Obama and Biden will make a good team -- that both of them will work hard for the American people in the coming years. They are both intelligent, curious, learned people who have known hard times and have shown dogged determination to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. They did not get to ride on the coattails of their rich fathers or wives to get them ahead in the world, but rather, they figured out how to get there on their own. This is the kind of talent I want to see in the White House next year.
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BTW, there were two HUGE reasons that Hillary was never in the running:
1) Hillary was all too happy to go after a fellow democrat in the primary. If Biden provided fodder for the McCain campaign, Hillary would have given them an embarrassment of riches!
2) Bill. Bill refused to be vetted (he doesn't want to talk about his presidential library donors) and he proved to be an uncontrollable liability during the primary.
Also, I think it's worth pointing out this irony: if it weren't for the die-hard Hillary supporters (and their Joe-Lieberman-for-Connecticut-like attachment to a single person over a common goal), we might have ended up with a female on the ticket -- the first woman to ever have a serious shot at the VP job! But their scary insistence that Hillary was the only acceptable choice for either spot on the ticket might have created a fear of alienating already-angry voters even further, taking all other women out of serious consideration. What a sad situation! And what a sad state of affairs for feminism (does the elevation of a single woman to great heights and expectations -- to the exclusion of any other women -- even qualify as feminism?)!
As far as Bush's stupid war goes, I wish Biden had not voted to go along with it, but in a city full of Chickenhawks, at least the Biden family has not shied away from making a personal investment in the war: Joe's son, Beau, is set to be deployed in Iraq starting in October.
Biden has a long and strong history with unions and blue collar voters. And unlike John McCain (and potential running mate, Mitt Romney), Joe Biden doesn't have any trouble counting his homes -- he has just one, in Wilmington, Delaware, where he's lived his whole career. He commutes to D.C. on the train every day (yay for being an Amtrak fan!), and doesn't even have the means for multiple homes, as his net worth is reportedly just $150,000. This man, from humble beginnings in Scranton, PA -- a guy who goes home every night and who spent years as a single parent -- knows the value of a hard day's work and understands the struggles of Americans who are losing ground in the Bush/McCain economy.
I think Obama and Biden will make a good team -- that both of them will work hard for the American people in the coming years. They are both intelligent, curious, learned people who have known hard times and have shown dogged determination to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. They did not get to ride on the coattails of their rich fathers or wives to get them ahead in the world, but rather, they figured out how to get there on their own. This is the kind of talent I want to see in the White House next year.
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BTW, there were two HUGE reasons that Hillary was never in the running:
1) Hillary was all too happy to go after a fellow democrat in the primary. If Biden provided fodder for the McCain campaign, Hillary would have given them an embarrassment of riches!
2) Bill. Bill refused to be vetted (he doesn't want to talk about his presidential library donors) and he proved to be an uncontrollable liability during the primary.
Also, I think it's worth pointing out this irony: if it weren't for the die-hard Hillary supporters (and their Joe-Lieberman-for-Connecticut-like attachment to a single person over a common goal), we might have ended up with a female on the ticket -- the first woman to ever have a serious shot at the VP job! But their scary insistence that Hillary was the only acceptable choice for either spot on the ticket might have created a fear of alienating already-angry voters even further, taking all other women out of serious consideration. What a sad situation! And what a sad state of affairs for feminism (does the elevation of a single woman to great heights and expectations -- to the exclusion of any other women -- even qualify as feminism?)!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Saturday Stuff
Happy March, everyone! Here's the chatter from the internet in the past day or so...
Barack Obama: he reached out to the LGBT community this week, and then later took a step further, calling homophobia "unchristian."
John McCain: his campaign bus is filled with lobbyists and he's having all kinds of problems with those pesky campaign finance laws. And now he's making smoochie face with a scary, bigoted, catholic-hating wingnut and end-times kook (yeah he really is that charming), James Hagee, and he refuses to take it back (and he was warned about this!).
Tim Russert: has one set of rules for Democrats and another set for Republicans? But is anyone really surprised? There's a reason he's Cheney's favorite press patsy.
George W. Bush: incoherent as ever, garbled, out of touch, and not at all self-aware (did Bush really think it sent the wrong message when Reagan had summits with Gorbachev?!?).
Jack Kingston: refuses to wear a flag on his lapel! Why does he hate America?
Rush Holt: calls Bush a "miserable lying twit" -- and calls him on his disingenuous FISA theatrics.
Three Families of Privilege: the Windsors, the Romneys and the Bushes. (btw, how much do you think Harry hates Drudge?)
Prisons: More than 1% of Americans are incarcerated. I'm thinking we need to keep the violent offenders locked up, but a lot of those people could be supporting themselves, instead of being burdens to the taxpayer. I'm sure we could do better than we're doing now.
Autism and immunizations: another perspective.
Final thoughts: what people don't say on their deathbeds.
Barack Obama: he reached out to the LGBT community this week, and then later took a step further, calling homophobia "unchristian."
John McCain: his campaign bus is filled with lobbyists and he's having all kinds of problems with those pesky campaign finance laws. And now he's making smoochie face with a scary, bigoted, catholic-hating wingnut and end-times kook (yeah he really is that charming), James Hagee, and he refuses to take it back (and he was warned about this!).
Tim Russert: has one set of rules for Democrats and another set for Republicans? But is anyone really surprised? There's a reason he's Cheney's favorite press patsy.
George W. Bush: incoherent as ever, garbled, out of touch, and not at all self-aware (did Bush really think it sent the wrong message when Reagan had summits with Gorbachev?!?).
Jack Kingston: refuses to wear a flag on his lapel! Why does he hate America?
Rush Holt: calls Bush a "miserable lying twit" -- and calls him on his disingenuous FISA theatrics.
Three Families of Privilege: the Windsors, the Romneys and the Bushes. (btw, how much do you think Harry hates Drudge?)
Prisons: More than 1% of Americans are incarcerated. I'm thinking we need to keep the violent offenders locked up, but a lot of those people could be supporting themselves, instead of being burdens to the taxpayer. I'm sure we could do better than we're doing now.
Autism and immunizations: another perspective.
Final thoughts: what people don't say on their deathbeds.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Catch Up!
We've got a debate tonight (#20, and maybe the last one of the race)! I'm pretty excited, as anything might happen -- there will be no opening or closing statements, and no time limits. It'll be chaos! Whoo-hoo!
I've also got a backlog of news and links, since I took a day off, and it was a very newsy day! I'll be adding to his list as the evening wears on, so reload the page for more -- I'll probably keep at it until around midnight. I'm not planning to live- blog the debate, but who knows!?! If things get really wacky, I might have to make a comment or two!
Chris Dodd, the first of the Democratic presidential contenders to endorse, has stepped into Obama's camp. Will Richardson be next to pick a team? (Also, progressives note: Russ Feingold has endorsed Obama.)
People keep talking about how Barack Obama is at a higher risk for potential harm than other candidates/presidents might be, but I'm not worried. Our Secret Service has an awesome record. If they weren't so good at what they do, I'm sure someone would have taken W out by now. If they can keep that unbelievably incompetent, reviled idiot safe, they can protect Barack Obama from a few stupid racists.
Is Peggy Noonan drunk? Or off her meds?
Who is Hillary running against? Which Hillary will show up tonight? The one who hates speeches and rallies? She criticizes Obama for a lack of foreign policy experience, but I'm pretty sure Barack has more foreign policy cred (as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) than Bill Clinton had when he was running for president in 1992. Besides, look where her supposed experience got her. And while we're at it, which Clinton is running?
Oh, Mark Penn. You're so ugly. But who are you really rooting for? Are you really in this primary race?
Dear John McCain... it's the lobbyists, stupid! Oh, and that pesky law that you wrote! Hypocrisy does not become you (and btw, John, the surge didn't work).
Dear Ron Paul supporters... you won't get anywhere if you don't vote!
The SCLM is at it again. Will they get away with it (Rachel's on it!)? There's a poll here. (And btw, why does CNN suck so much these days?)
One of Romney's valiant warrior sons says that Mitt may flip flop himself back into the race! Maybe he needs to get rid of some more of that pesky money...
... and in non-presidential politics, Chattanooga still has the worst mayor ever! How's this for a hamfisted and stupid attempt at humor?
I've also got a backlog of news and links, since I took a day off, and it was a very newsy day! I'll be adding to his list as the evening wears on, so reload the page for more -- I'll probably keep at it until around midnight. I'm not planning to live- blog the debate, but who knows!?! If things get really wacky, I might have to make a comment or two!
Chris Dodd, the first of the Democratic presidential contenders to endorse, has stepped into Obama's camp. Will Richardson be next to pick a team? (Also, progressives note: Russ Feingold has endorsed Obama.)
People keep talking about how Barack Obama is at a higher risk for potential harm than other candidates/presidents might be, but I'm not worried. Our Secret Service has an awesome record. If they weren't so good at what they do, I'm sure someone would have taken W out by now. If they can keep that unbelievably incompetent, reviled idiot safe, they can protect Barack Obama from a few stupid racists.
Is Peggy Noonan drunk? Or off her meds?
Who is Hillary running against? Which Hillary will show up tonight? The one who hates speeches and rallies? She criticizes Obama for a lack of foreign policy experience, but I'm pretty sure Barack has more foreign policy cred (as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) than Bill Clinton had when he was running for president in 1992. Besides, look where her supposed experience got her. And while we're at it, which Clinton is running?
Oh, Mark Penn. You're so ugly. But who are you really rooting for? Are you really in this primary race?
Dear John McCain... it's the lobbyists, stupid! Oh, and that pesky law that you wrote! Hypocrisy does not become you (and btw, John, the surge didn't work).
Dear Ron Paul supporters... you won't get anywhere if you don't vote!
The SCLM is at it again. Will they get away with it (Rachel's on it!)? There's a poll here. (And btw, why does CNN suck so much these days?)
One of Romney's valiant warrior sons says that Mitt may flip flop himself back into the race! Maybe he needs to get rid of some more of that pesky money...
... and in non-presidential politics, Chattanooga still has the worst mayor ever! How's this for a hamfisted and stupid attempt at humor?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Endorsements are flowing!
Mitt Romney is endorsing John McCain.
No big surprise there.
In other endorsement news, Republican Lincoln Chafee has endorsed Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton has picked up the endorsement of John Glenn, and Bill Clinton's former campaign manager, David Wilhelm is supporting Barack Obama.
No big surprise there.
In other endorsement news, Republican Lincoln Chafee has endorsed Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton has picked up the endorsement of John Glenn, and Bill Clinton's former campaign manager, David Wilhelm is supporting Barack Obama.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Coming Up...
Whew. Super Tuesday had a little something for each of the candidates. McCain collected his "front runner" statuette, Clinton defied the last-minute polling, Obama came out with the most delegates, Huckabee won some surprises in the South, Paul reminded people that he is still in this race, and Romney... well, Romney still has lots of money to spend. So on we go, and here's the rest of the schedule:
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Here we go...
| ALAB | Obama | 56% | Clinton | 42% | .. | Huckabee | 41% | McCain | 37% | Romney | 18% |
| ALAS | Obama | 74% | Clinton | 25% | .. | Romney | 44% | Huckabee | 22% | Paul | 17% |
| ARIZ | Clinton | 50% | Obama | 42% | .. | McCain | 47% | Romney | 34% | Huckabee | 9% |
| ARK | Clinton | 70% | Obama | 26% | .. | Huckabee | 60% | McCain | 20% | Romney | 13% |
| CALIF | Clinton | 52% | Obama | 42% | .. | McCain | 42% | Romney | 34% | Huckabee | 12% |
| COLO | Obama | 67% | Clinton | 32% | .. | Romney | 59% | McCain | 19% | Huckabee | 13% |
| CT | Obama | 51% | Clinton | 47% | .. | McCain | 52% | Romney | 33% | Huckabee | 7% |
| DEL | Obama | 53% | Clinton | 42% | .. | McCain | 45% | Romney | 33% | Huckabee | 15% |
| GA | Obama | 66% | Clinton | 31% | .. | Huckabee | 34% | McCain | 32% | Romney | 30% |
| IDAHO | Obama | 80% | Clinton | 17% | .. | (May 27) | |||||
| ILL | Obama | 65% | Clinton | 33% | .. | McCain | 47% | Romney | 29% | Huckabee | 16% |
| KAN | Obama | 74% | Clinton | 26% | .. | (Feb 9th) | |||||
| MASS | Clinton | 56% | Obama | 41% | .. | Romney | 51% | McCain | 41% | Huckabee | 4% |
| MINN | Obama | 66% | Clinton | 32% | .. | Huckabee | 41% | Romney | 22% | McCain | 20% |
| MISSO | Obama | 49% | Clinton | 48% | .. | McCain | 33% | Huckabee | 32% | Romney | 29% |
| MONT | (June3) | .. | Romney | 38% | Paul | 25% | McCain | 22% | |||
| NJ | Clinton | 54% | Obama | 44% | .. | McCain | 55% | Romney | 28% | Huckabee | 8% |
| NM | Clinton | 49% | Obama | 48% | .. | (June 3) | |||||
| NY | Clinton | 57% | Obama | 40% | .. | McCain | 51% | Romney | 28% | Huckabee | 11% |
| NDAK | Obama | 61% | Clinton | 37% | .. | Romney | 36% | McCain | 23% | Paul | 21% |
| OK | Clinton | 55% | Obama | 31% | .. | McCain | 37% | Huckabee/p> | 33% | Romney | 25% |
| TN | Clinton | 54% | Obama | 41% | .. | McCain | 34% | Huckabee | 32% | Romney | 24% |
| UT | Obama | 57% | Clinton | 39% | .. | Romney | 90% | McCain | 5% | Paul | 3% |
| WV | (May 13) | .. | Huckabee | 52% | Romney | 47% | McCain | 1% | |||
| Hamilton County Tenn | Obama | 52% | Clinton | 44% | .. | Huckabee | 39% | McCain | 30% | Romney | 21% |
| Delegate Count | Obama | 838 | Clinton | 834 | .. | McCain | 730 | Mitt Romney | 256 | Mike Huckabee | 194 |
| Delegates needed: 2025 | .. | Delegates needed: 1191 | |||||||||
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Florida, again.
This is another weird year in Florida. The Republicans are only getting half their delegates, and the Democrats get none.* John McCain 36%
* Mitt Romney 31%
* Rudy Giuliani 15%
* Mike Huckabee 13%
* Ron Paul 3%
* Hillary Clinton 50%
* Barack Obama 33%
* John Edwards 14%
The Dem candidates all agreed ahead of time not to campaign in Florida after the Florida Democratic Party stripped the party of all their delegates as punishment for having an early primary (the same thing happened in Michigan). Clinton is the only candidate who pursued votes in Florida, although technically, she did not campaign there. The blogosphere is responding with both praise and ire (will this issue split the party?), and I'm sure we're just at the very beginning of this story.
On the Republican side, I think this was a very decisive victory for McCain. Not only did he get a good five points on Romney, but he also got the endorsement of Giuliani (as he cuts his losses, preserves his speaking fee rates, and finally bows out of the race).
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Checking in with the candidates...
Let's check in with the campaigns real quick as they emerge from the holiday weekend. I'll list them in order of their Vegas odds:
[even] Hillary Clinton - Her biggest problem at this point is Bill. When he can manage to stay awake, he's being quite the bitch, party unity and the Clinton legacy be damned. He needs to tone down the frantic mud-slinging.
UPDATE: I'm not alone.
[5/2] Barack Obama - for his part, Obama is starting to get a little dirty himself, though he did get the best laugh at last night's debate. He did some work over the weekend to mend fences with the gay community, but for the most part, his back-and-forth with the Clintons (which one is the candidate?) has been a distraction. Hopefully both candidates will return to substantive topics soon.
[7/2] John McCain -- more and more, he is starting to look like the Republican party's front runner. If he beats Giuliani in Florida, he'll definitely become the guy to beat on Feb. 5th. He's not the establishment's top choice, but independents (and neocons?) love him. Will conservatives warm up? He's gotten the nod from D'Amato, who along with Fred himself, has abandoned the Thompson campaign.
[10/1] Mitt Romney -- the dimwitted establishment candidate -- who was (maybe) punk'd by his own kid -- keeps plugging along.
[12/1] Rudy Giuliani - well, 9iu11iani will always have 9/11. But New York City's pugilist is trailing in his home state and stuck in 6th everywhere else. That 12/1 is pretty generous. February 5th might indeed be Goodbye Rudy Tuesday.
[25/1] Mike Huckabee -- is having financial woes, so the press and his staff are on their own. In the meantime, his bestest buddy, Chuck Norris, thinks McCain is too old to be president. But the Ron Paul folks disagree. I think Huck's peaked, and it's just going to be downhill from here. Between that stupid theocracy slip and a hamfisted racist appeal in South Carolina, he's jumped the shark.
[75/1] John Edwards - is starting to seem like the reasonable Democrat as Obama and Clinton snipe at each other. He's picked up the support of Martin Luther King III. We'll see if he can pick up some speed in South Carolina.
[OFF] Ron Paul - He's got the most dedicated supporters in the race and has enjoyed a few good showings, but he's got his offensive side, is maybe a racist and maybe kind of nuts, and his numbers are falling, so the only question here is when does he go indie, and once he goes, will he draw more votes from the Dems or the Reps?
[OFF] Dennis Kucinich - Oh, this poor guy. Even his wife gets more press than he does. 'Nuff said.
[even] Hillary Clinton - Her biggest problem at this point is Bill. When he can manage to stay awake, he's being quite the bitch, party unity and the Clinton legacy be damned. He needs to tone down the frantic mud-slinging.
UPDATE: I'm not alone.
[5/2] Barack Obama - for his part, Obama is starting to get a little dirty himself, though he did get the best laugh at last night's debate. He did some work over the weekend to mend fences with the gay community, but for the most part, his back-and-forth with the Clintons (which one is the candidate?) has been a distraction. Hopefully both candidates will return to substantive topics soon.
[7/2] John McCain -- more and more, he is starting to look like the Republican party's front runner. If he beats Giuliani in Florida, he'll definitely become the guy to beat on Feb. 5th. He's not the establishment's top choice, but independents (and neocons?) love him. Will conservatives warm up? He's gotten the nod from D'Amato, who along with Fred himself, has abandoned the Thompson campaign.
[10/1] Mitt Romney -- the dimwitted establishment candidate -- who was (maybe) punk'd by his own kid -- keeps plugging along.
[12/1] Rudy Giuliani - well, 9iu11iani will always have 9/11. But New York City's pugilist is trailing in his home state and stuck in 6th everywhere else. That 12/1 is pretty generous. February 5th might indeed be Goodbye Rudy Tuesday.
[25/1] Mike Huckabee -- is having financial woes, so the press and his staff are on their own. In the meantime, his bestest buddy, Chuck Norris, thinks McCain is too old to be president. But the Ron Paul folks disagree. I think Huck's peaked, and it's just going to be downhill from here. Between that stupid theocracy slip and a hamfisted racist appeal in South Carolina, he's jumped the shark.
[75/1] John Edwards - is starting to seem like the reasonable Democrat as Obama and Clinton snipe at each other. He's picked up the support of Martin Luther King III. We'll see if he can pick up some speed in South Carolina.
[OFF] Ron Paul - He's got the most dedicated supporters in the race and has enjoyed a few good showings, but he's got his offensive side, is maybe a racist and maybe kind of nuts, and his numbers are falling, so the only question here is when does he go indie, and once he goes, will he draw more votes from the Dems or the Reps?
[OFF] Dennis Kucinich - Oh, this poor guy. Even his wife gets more press than he does. 'Nuff said.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Michigan Results Already!
That was quick!
A few thoughts:
1. Rudy had really better do well in Florida.
2. Stick a fork in Fred. He's done.
3. For that matter, time for Ron Paul to go indy.
4. I'm pleased to see Huckabee have such a poor showing. I hope it is directly attributable to his incredible admission at a campaign appearance yesterday.
 | Mitt Romney | 39% | John McCain | 30% | Mike Huckabee | 16% |
| Ron Paul | 6% | Fred Thompson | 4% | Rudy Giuliani | 3% |
A few thoughts:
1. Rudy had really better do well in Florida.
2. Stick a fork in Fred. He's done.
3. For that matter, time for Ron Paul to go indy.
4. I'm pleased to see Huckabee have such a poor showing. I hope it is directly attributable to his incredible admission at a campaign appearance yesterday.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Fun in Michigan
(from Andy Cobb, via AMERICAblog, inspired by kos
because the Democratic primary in Michigan is meaningless)
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Onward!
Well, New Hampshire was a wild ride last night. The good news is that whoever the Democratic nominee is, I'll be happy, because it's a good field. The Democrats are all smart people and any of them would blow the idiots in the current administration out of the water. My favorites are Edwards and Obama, but I have to admit, it will be fun to watch the right-wingers go nuts if Hillary ends up as our candidate.
Further, I think it's good to see the race go beyond these early states, so that the rest of the country has a chance to weigh in on this important decision (and encourage the candidates to continue to hash out the issues). However, while I suspect Obama, Edwards and Clinton are all in it for the long haul, I'm afraid a few Republicans won't be able to keep their campaigns going without some significant early victories -- Mitt can always write himself a check, but I think he's in a unique position. Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani will be in trouble soon if they don't pick up a few early gold medals (to use Romney's parlance) -- and the pressure is on Rudy in particular after he sat out Iowa and New Hampshire, opting instead to put a lot of eggs in the Florida basket.
While we're waiting for the next round, here's the latest candidate/issues quiz to snake its way around the Internets (I took the candidates who are no longer in the race out of my results):
Further, I think it's good to see the race go beyond these early states, so that the rest of the country has a chance to weigh in on this important decision (and encourage the candidates to continue to hash out the issues). However, while I suspect Obama, Edwards and Clinton are all in it for the long haul, I'm afraid a few Republicans won't be able to keep their campaigns going without some significant early victories -- Mitt can always write himself a check, but I think he's in a unique position. Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani will be in trouble soon if they don't pick up a few early gold medals (to use Romney's parlance) -- and the pressure is on Rudy in particular after he sat out Iowa and New Hampshire, opting instead to put a lot of eggs in the Florida basket.
While we're waiting for the next round, here's the latest candidate/issues quiz to snake its way around the Internets (I took the candidates who are no longer in the race out of my results):
| 83% Barack Obama 82% John Edwards 80% Hillary Clinton 73% Bill Richardson 35% Rudy Giuliani | 26% Ron Paul 20% John McCain 14% Mike Huckabee 13% Mitt Romney 5% Fred Thompson |
| 2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz | |
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
New Hampshire Results
Because I know you guys love these things, here's a look back at previous New Hampshire primary results -- with tonight's rankings appended as well! In short, I think there were some big winners (Clinton and McCain), but no big losers (some early response from the left).
UPDATE: Amen to this!
UPDATE: Amen to this!
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