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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Posts

  • Ferraro's Out


    If there’s a lesson to be learned from Geraldine Ferraro’s fast-motion disintegration, it’s gotta be: Don’t fight it. After her initial slip-up —Ferraro said that Obama was a successful candidate only because he’s black—she could have apologized and walked Read More...
  • The Problem With the Popular Vote


    People have been talking about the popular vote as a possible trump card for Clinton. As in, Yes, Obama is going to win the pledged delegates. But what if Clinton wins the popular vote? The implication is that a popular vote win by Clinton could convince Read More...
  • Trippi: Don’t Expect an Edwards Endorsement


    On a Washington Post chat today, former John Edwards campaign manager Joe Trippi seems to hint that Edwards will not be endorsing: John Edwards led on every single issue and pushed both Clinton and Obama on everything from the war in Iraq to Poverty. Read More...
  • Your Daily Obamabilia


    A Rent -style song about Barack Obama. An Obama-themed online Ro-Sham-Bo game called Barack, Paper, Scissors . Read More...
  • Obama:Colbert::Clinton:SNL


    In a campaign full of bizarre, vaguely defensible analogies—Obama is a Mac, Clinton is a PC! Obama is Starbucks, Clinton is Dunkin Donuts!—here’s a new one to consider: Obama is The Colbert Report , Hillary is Saturday Night Live . Facile analogies aren’t Read More...
  • As If March 4 Never Happened


    Obscured in last night’s Mississippi results was the announcement by CNN that Obama won the Texas caucuses. The counting’s not done —we won’t have final results until March 29—but CNN still projected the likely delegate split: After a comprehensive review Read More...
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