Political Bloviation

Because I’m completely sick of the stupidity displayed by a press anxious to fluff up non-issue bullshit like this I’ve done my best to ignore it. I’m linking to this post because it shows there maybe hope for American politics after all, despite a dysfunctional press corp.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Gallup still shows [...]

So Michigan was “fair” even though Obama wasn’t even on the ballot because he was actually abiding by party rules?
Clinton and Obama Split Over Florida and Michigan - New York Times
“The results of those primaries were fair and should be honored,” she told the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce here.

You get more stupid:
Ferraro defends controversial comments on Barack Obama - The Daily Breeze
“Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused of being racist, so you have to shut up,” Ferraro said. “Racism works in [...]

If Obama gets the nomination, it looks like it’s going to be a nasty campaign:
Mutual Contempt
Though they differ in many ways, John McCain and Barack Obama have one thing in common: Each sees the other as a posturing phony. When McCain talks about Obama on the stump, he trades his typical graciousness for sarcasm and [...]

Clinton raises specter of a ‘dream ticket’ with Obama - The Carpetbagger Repot
I agree with the argument that it benefits Clinton more to have Obama at the bottom of the ticket, than it does Obama to have Clinton as his running mate. He brings new voters in that may stay home without him. Her strength [...]

The Clinton campaign has plans to take the nomination even if Obama has wins the delegate count. This has the potential to be more destructive than using super-delegates to steal the election. Perhaps this come up as the possibility of having enough super-delegates to make difference fades. It doesn’t really matter to me that party [...]

Who’s Singularly Lacking In Specifics? - THE NEW REPUBLIC
Jon Chait points out that Obama has made very specific policy recommendations and [...]

The Potomac primaries are a sweep for Obama. It gives him some momentum going into the final stretch. But Hillary still leads in the large states. Ohio and Texas still appear to be Clinton country. Obama has gained considerably in Texas since November when he was 34 points behind, which has been cut to 10% [...]

Lying about it must be congenital for republicans:
The Associated Press: McCain Seals GOP Nod As Romney Suspends
John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. “I must now stand aside, for our party and our country,” Romney prepared to tell conservatives.
“If I fight on [...]

The Clinton-Obama race is tied at 41% each. They report 14% undecided. Could it be possible that the democratic party can move past the moribund narrative of the Vietnam Era? I still have a sinking feeling that Hillary will manipulate the convention and try to steal the nomination using super-delegates and we get stuck with [...]

Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008
If Obama had another week before super Tuesday he might just lead the race.

Things are looking better for Obama:
Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008
Barack Obama has now cut the gap with Hillary Clinton to 6 percentage points among Democrats nationally in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking three-day average, and interviewing conducted Tuesday night shows the gap between the two candidates is within a few points. Obama’s position has been [...]

The democratic Reagan? I can’t parse out if that’s a bad thing or a good thing. I was never a fan of St. Ronnie of the Cons, and his “voodoo economics”.
Crunchy Con - Rod Dreher, Conservative blog, Beliefnet conservative politics and religion blog
If I were a Republican, I’d be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I [...]

Why were the polls so wrong about the primary results? To be fair they were mostly right in other respects but totally screwed the pooch on the Clinton vs Obama results. Here’s a quick round-up from a few of my regular stops in no particular order:
When a funny thing happens on the way to [...]

From Ezra Klein at The American Prospect:
When it comes to racism, I’ve been somewhat surprised to find that I was wrong. Very little of the narrative around Obama’s run has touched on race; very few of the attacks on him have been coded racism, and those that have — the occasional mention of his drug [...]

In listening to the back and forth in the new tactic from Hillary against Obama I’m struck by a few things. The main point seems to be the “words are not actions” as a means of staunching the hemorrhaging of her inevitability in the face of Barack’s eloquence. It’s truly a false dichotomy. Rhetoric is [...]

Harold Meyerson at TAP has a take on the meaning of a black man taking the lead in a 95% white state:
Iowa’s Verdict | The American Prospect
“Years from now,” he told his Iowa legions, and those in New Hampshire as well, “you’ll look back” at this memorable moment when America ceased to be” — [...]

It looks like Obama wins with 37% at the moment. Edwards and Hillary are in a dead heat for 2nd place with 30% each, despite Hillary out spending Edwards by more than two to one. The Huckster wins decisively with 34% on the GOP side frustrating Romney’s (25%) transparent attempt to buy the nomination [...]

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
I’d vote for Clinton against anyone in the GOP field, but she’d definitely not my first choice. I’d rather see Edwards win the primary and Obama is my second choice. Obama’s greatest weakness IMHO is his stance on health care reform. I don’t think he clearly gets what needs [...]