Posted in Clinton, Obama, tagged Hillary, Obama on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The tenor of current political discussion suggests that the masters our preparing us for the possibility of undoing Obama’s win:
The superdelegate freeze (why not decide this now and spare us the pain?); claims by Gov Rendell and others that party officials need not respect the pledged delegate count; superdelegate claims in a New York Times [...]
Posted in Clinton, Obama, tagged Clinton, Obama on March 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hang McCain around Clinton’s neck the way Bush will be hung around McCain’s. If she thinks that after her, McCain is the next best commander-in-chief, then she ought to bear the burden of that view. Run ads showing her and McCain together. Point out similarities in their voting records and views–especially on Iraq, Iran, and NAFTA. Call her McCain Light. Show her with Liebermann as well, just for texture.
Posted in Clinton, Obama on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latest from the Clinton campaign:
McCain and she are read to be commander in chief, Obama isn’t
“I won’t accept a caucus” in Florida (Hillary)–meaning, she would be comfortable seating delegates in a state where there was no campaigning (not to mention Michigan, where Obama was not on the ballot)
The Obama campaign’s request for Clinton to [...]
Posted in Clinton, Obama, tagged Clinton, Obama on March 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This will sound like sour grapes, but here goes.
It’s a measure of the delusion of the press that they treat Clinton’s comeback as a resurgence. That’s largely a function of a taste for drama, no matter what the realities–the desire to tell a story of ups and downs, wins and comebacks. It’s also a function [...]
Posted in Clinton, Obama, Of Interest on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is a word for all of these sighing Madam Bovaries of the political world, these political deconstructionists. They are nihilists. And because nihilism dominates our public discourse, Obama is incommensurable with it. He is a mystery. Here our the nihilistic premises that underly everything the political class in the United States has to say today:
* Nothing is significant beyond the question of whether it titillates us, whether it is fuel for our wankery. Everything is a matter of appearances, fashion, style. Nothing is about the signified, for there is no such thing as the signified. We skate lightly over the surface of things, and there is nothing underneath beyond self-interested motives.
* All is Will-to-Power. Therefore all motives are attributable not to sincere belief but to strategy. Everyone’s intentions are transparent. We live in a war of all against all. We are sophisticated because we are cynics who see that beneath the appearances to see that there is … nothing … except will-to-power.
* Yawn. When we are not stimulated by the appearances or by conflict, we quickly get bored.
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