Everyone's May 20 goals can be accomplished without Clinton continuing to pound on Obama. If she continues with the "he listens to experts, I listen to you" stuff, and her surrogates continue with the "he has no balls" stuff, then the benefits of avoiding that embarrassment are outweighed. Not to mention that she's spending real money to do this.

One other quibble: if by some chance she isn't aiming at a May 20 departure date, we can expect to hear two solid weeks of arguments that Obama isn't getting the pledged delegate lead on the 20th because his majority doesn't count MI and FL. To the extent these arguments gain traction, the handy excuse that Oregon will provide for fence sitters to jump will be put in doubt. The next concrete milestone would be June 3, when the last of the votes is finished.

I hope you're right, Fly. But I fear this goes to June, just as her campaign has promised.

Posted at May 7, 2008 4:26 PM in response to The Magic of May 20

I have admired Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, for many years, all the way back to when he used to appear on Youngbloods, a call-in political show on the now-defunct conservative network. This despite the fact that I think his political views are nutty.

He is one of those guys who has no respect for authority, no desire to be a player in the system, and thus no conflicting career or political agendas to get in the way of saying and doing what he thinks is right. He's my kind of guy, even though again, he's a pretty nutty right winger.

Lots of people in Washington come to believe that intellectual integrity and ethical consistency are luxuries that you can't afford if you want to accomplish anything. Fitton never bought into that, and that is why he attacks everyone in government regardless of their politics.

Posted at March 24, 2008 4:20 AM in response to Inside Story : What the Clinton's Don't Want the Super Delegate to Know! The Walls of Clintons Scandals are About to Come Crashing Down!

I'll defend Hillary: what she said was a metaphor. Sure, she didn't skip the ceremony and run for cover with her head down. But she was scared for her life.

If you look carefully at her pants in the video, you can see that she peed a little bit. And isn't the truth of pants-pissing fear more important than the difference between running for cover and listening to an 8-year-old's poem?

Posted at March 23, 2008 5:42 PM in response to Bosnia Question for Hillary Supporters....

You don't need to leave it blank. Just vote for Nader like the rest of the d-bag "liberals" who would rather see this country and the world spiral further down the drain due to immaturity and god knows what other kinds of mental problems.

Posted at March 17, 2008 7:40 PM in response to Breaking: Florida Will Not Hold Revote

Awesome insight again, Fly. It is particularly chilling to contemplate this indecisive quality in Sen. Clinton when reflecting on the warring factions between State/CIA and Pentagon/OVP that led us into disaster.

Posted at March 10, 2008 1:33 PM in response to The Perils of Indecision: How Clinton Cost Herself the Race

I gotta know, Sinbad: was Kosovo a different world from where you come from?

Posted at March 8, 2008 4:52 PM in response to SINBAD SPEAKS!!

It's funny that, no matter their political views, many people seem to think of the NYT as a powerful entity acting with purpose to achieve a goal. The liberal NYT is out to destroy McCain! The bloodthirsty NYT is pushing us into war! And so on.

Over the past decade or so, starting around the time of Wen Ho Lee, I have increasingly viewed the actions of the NYT through a different lens. Many people I've discussed this with think my view is oversimplified, reductionist, or flat-out false, but it explains almost everything that happens there. I invite you to consider:

The New York Times is a shitty newspaper. They have tremendous resources and a number of fantastic reporters, but on the whole the organization sucks.

Posted at February 22, 2008 1:34 AM in response to Parsing McCain

They must know something. With all the talk about WI being a possible opportunity for Clinton to halt Obama's momentum, if I were in her shoes I would stay and claw for every single vote. I'd be standing at the polling places shaking hands first thing in the morning to get one last hit of free press before taking off.

No matter what, though, she won't be able to spin this as a state where she didn't try.

Posted at February 16, 2008 6:32 PM in response to Clinton Revises WI Schedule - Leaving 24 hours early

Another great post. Somebody who is already paying needs to leak the Rasmussen crosstabs to you.

Posted at February 14, 2008 6:13 PM in response to Polling Analysis: Looking Ahead to Wisconsin and Ohio

BREAKING! We now have the letter Sen. Craig sent in response.

Dear Ethics Committee:

Blow me.

Sincerely,
Larry Craig

Posted at February 13, 2008 7:08 PM in response to Senate Ethics Committee Wags Finger at Larry Craig