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Wednesday, May 14, 2008


I've been pretty quiet about Clinton for months now because the whole spectacle is a little sad. I've found over the years that I'm only a Hillary fan when she's getting unfairly attacked, which has happened quite a bit over the course of her political life. I've always thought she was less than inspiring but often worth defending against the talk radio flying monkeys. I expected to vote for her, but I'm frankly relieved I won't have to.

So I don't post this picture out of malice, but because I'm mesmerized by it. Did a supporter really think "Until the Last Dog Dies" was a stirring campaign sign? There's a sad, mean fatalism here dressed up as cheer. I'm just going to assume it's a supporter and not someone playing a joke. Should someone sneak into Clinton rallies with a sign saying "Time to Kill the Last Dog"? I don't type this as just an animal-lover. Obviously, dog is a metaphor for campaign workers, money, Democratic voters and political capital. Shouldn't they be pledging some kind of success with these things rather than death.

"What do we want?"

"To be left frozen and starving on a lonely tundra!!"

"When do we want it?"

"As soon as the sun goes down and the winds pick up!!"

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Obama read Letterman's Top Ten list. Is there nothing he can't do? (Except bowl.)

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

I alluded to the Clinton tendency to fight things out. Even with Obama's recent 8 for 8 string of victories, even if Hillary doesn't take both Ohio and Texas, I fully expect her to be in it. If you are hoping for a orderly conclusion to the Democratic primaries, you should read this post at Ghost in the Machine. In order to avoid some ugliness, Obama needs a knockout. Hillary will fight to turn this thing on the unrecognized delegates of Florida (Obama hasn't won a major state), on the superdelegates (The mature leaders of the party have an obligation) or on P.R. (They're picking on me again) She didn't lend herself five million (try it, it's fun!) just to concede.

Here's hoping the voters do their bit and/or Howard Dean earns his pay.

Fortunately, upcoming Romney harmony aside, I expect a bit of mess among the GOP as well.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Daniel Negreanu, poker player, Obama supporter. Possibly also Canadian, so don't expect him to do all the voting work.

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Sunday, February 03, 2008

Something Happening Here
When Rep. Rosa DeLauro endorsed Barack Obama for President, she did it in front of her house that has an entrance hall filled with pictures of Bill and Hillary Clinton. DeLauro's husband is Stanley Greenberg, Bill Clinton's longtime pollster. I don't read more into DeLauro's endorsement than what she says,

"We all were challenged to engage and serve our country by John Kennedy. That is my starting point," DeLauro said. She believes Obama is now the charismatic figure inspiring the young to register for the first time. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and I felt compelled to join."


Still, she travels quite a bit of personal distance to reach that conclusion.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Knows When to Hold 'Em James McManus on Barack Obama's poker history. Obama took up the game in the Illinois legislature apparently as a way to make connections. This is the third time or so I've heard he's a decent player, which makes me more inclined to vote for him. (I plan to drop this info at my next home game, which has members that lean too far rightward. That Obama's poker playing may switch votes says a lot about the fanaticism my group has for poker or the utter lack of enthusiasm many republicans have for their field.) McManus wrote Positively Fifth Street, about covering and playing in the 2000 World Series of Poker and the Binion murder trial. It's a decent book and he's supposedly at work on a book about the history of poker, which might be even better since the parts of Fifth Street that I didn't like were mostly autobiographical. (Link via Ghost in the Machine, which has become a nice clearinghouse for all things Obama.)

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