@ carlmcq: This is troll nonsense. What contry are you from? Racism is real. Michelle Obama is not saying anything controversial. Go to hell, and post your wall of text there.

Posted at May 14, 2008 12:00 PM in response to Swift Boat Vet Operative Vows To "Attack Obama Viciously"

It makes a lot of sense for her and for the party to engineer a soft landing. We need for HRC-backers to vote Democratic in November, and the uglier the process by which Obama edges her out of the race, the more likely we forego the possibility of a united Democratic Party in the fall.

Posted at May 7, 2008 6:30 PM in response to More Calls For Hillary To Drop Out, But Some Congressional Backers Stand Firm

Cue the sad Sinatra! The moment we've been waiting for! This is better than when I saw the Red Sox beat the Yankees in Game Six of the 2004 ALCS from the front row at Yankee Stadium. Bye, Hillary!

Posted at May 7, 2008 1:10 AM in response to Hillary Reportedly Will Hold No Public Events Tomorrow

I'm not sure I see this as a problem. I only watched the 5 min. clip on TPM, so I can't speak with authority to the tone and tenor of the entire interview. But I know individuals who watch Fox, and who have been turned off of Obama by these bogus attacks. But prior to these attacks, they were willing to consider him as a candidate. Notwithstanding Fox's role in spreading the lies, Obama's canny appearance on Chris Wallace's show may well go far to rehabilitate him among Fox viewers. And it is Fox viewers who are going to be decisive in the general. "Liberal bloggers" on the other hand, require less courtship. Where the hell are they going to go in the general, except to the Democratic nominee?

I am almost tempted to say that there is a direct inverse relationship here: whatever it is these so-called "liberal bloggers" think is the right move for Obama is precisely what Obama should *not* do. How does not appearing on a network viewed by millions of potential voters "delegitmize" it? It doesn't; it delegitimizes Obama in the eyes of those millions of Fox viewers.

Posted at April 27, 2008 3:34 PM in response to Obama Doesn't "Take Fox On," After All

Not sure where you're pulling that from, but good lord, I hope you're wrong.

Posted at April 21, 2008 9:32 AM in response to Polls Show Possible Movement To Clinton In Pennsylvania

Lord. These people are simply too stupid for words. Too stupid to breathe. They're so stupid, I can't even breathe. I'm getting verclemped.

And this all fits into Hillary's argument, right? Since so many American diners are packed with these morons, and since morons are such a powerful political constituency, the Dems need to be sensitive to moron-ness (and racism) in who they nominate.

I have an idea for a new campaign slogan: "Hillary: the candidate for racist morons at Jimmy's Quick Lunch."

Posted at April 2, 2008 5:20 PM in response to Obama's Lama Problem

I don't see any reason why Congress can't seek Siegelman's testimony. Siegelman is not launching a collateral attack on his conviction. Rather, the Judiciary Committee of the House, exercising the authority of a coequal branch, is affirmatively telling an agency of the executive branch what it is going to do. There is no legal bar. Any resistance posed by the administration is pure politics.

Posted at March 27, 2008 1:30 PM in response to House Panel to Seek Hearing with Jailed Alabama Ex-Gov

Although I am not convinced re Spitzer (it's hard to argue that's not largely a self-inflicted wound - I mean, c'mon, the Republicans hardly had to do anything but look and see what he was up to), the Siegelman prosecution is another story entirely. The conflicts of interest on the prosecution team are staggering. Moreover, the the prosecutors tried three times to make the charges stick before a jury finally convicted. And this notwithstanding the fact that it was an "honest services" fraud case, one of the most capacious and broadly-defined "crimes" in Title 18 of the U.S. Code. Historically, the DOJ is a crown jewel of the federal government. Only after Bush leaves the White House will the public be able to fully assess the damage that his administration has done to this institution.

Posted at March 27, 2008 1:14 PM in response to House Panel to Seek Hearing with Jailed Alabama Ex-Gov

Indeed, why would McCain want to get involved? Then someone might ask him to explain some of the hideous things that Rod Parsley and John Hagee have said.

Posted at March 20, 2008 3:11 PM in response to McCain Aide Suspended For Pushing Racially-Charged Obama-Wright Video

I agree: time to go nuclear on Hillary. I am disgusted that she was willing to connive with McCain to use a leak from Stephen Harper's Canadian government to damage Obama. For me, that was the lightbulb over the haed moment when I realized that she will say and do anything to get the nomination, including working with the Republicans to damage a fellow Democrat and the party. She's poison. Time to go negative. Norman Hsu. Tax returns. Whatever.

Posted at March 5, 2008 10:17 AM in response to Brazile: Howard Dean And Other Party Leaders Should Be Prepared To Step In