"... her campaign's remaining carbon neutral ..."

Oh please! Carbon offsets are a scam to make poseurs feel good:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080110-investigating-carbon-offsets-the-real-deal-or-greenwashing.html

http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2069

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0110/p13s02-sten.html

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-03-02-offsets-usat_x.htm

It's exactly the sort of useless hype that I've sadly come to expect from Clinton and her campaign.

Posted at March 1, 2008 2:42 PM in response to New Hillary Mailer: "American Families Can't Afford Barack Obama"

I will NOT vote for McCain! He's a warmonger!

I will NOT vote for Clinton! She's a warmonger!

Posted at March 1, 2008 1:19 PM in response to Make your predictions for March 4th, if you dare.

Kensdad, as an Obama supporter, I value hearing defenses of HRC, because I want to be sure I'm supporting the best candidate. This particular defense only confirms my feeling that HRC is a follower, not a leader. She followed GWB, she followed the polls, she followed public hysteria.

Not what I want in a President, sorry.

Posted at February 29, 2008 11:27 PM in response to Obama Campaign Hits Back Hard Against Hillary's "Security Mom" Ad

Oh, for heaven(or some atheistic substitute concept)'s sake! How many tens of millions of bright young people are there in this country?? Can't we let someone other than a Bush or a Clinton have a turn???

I heard about some guy named Osama or something. What about him?

Posted at February 29, 2008 12:19 AM in response to New Hillary Ads Feature Ohio Gov. Strickland

It's not the media who makes Obama look good, it's Obama (in this case with some help from Hillary). I was cringing as he initially refused to reject Farrakahn's support. He was going to end it that way, which would have been bad for him. Hillary would have done best to just stay out of it, but no! She has to step in and try to show how much better she is; she *rejected* the support of antisemites. So then Obama comes back with a nifty jujitsu move that (1) elimnates the bad taste left by his initial refusal to reject, and (2) makes Hillary look petty. A brilliant recovery.

Posted at February 27, 2008 3:03 AM in response to Inane Question Of The Night! And Hillary Says Obama Didn't Denounce Farrakhan Forcefully Enough...

Excellent post. A key point is that unrestrained 527 spending really undercuts the whole notion of public financing. As much as I would like to see it happen, there seems to be no way to restrict spending money by "independent" groups on "free speech" that would pass muster with SCOTUS. Obama needs to emphasize this when he rejects public financing.

Posted at February 26, 2008 8:24 PM in response to Why Obama Should Reject Spending Limits

Oops. that was supposed to be a reply to Greg about 20 posts up ... just trying to teach a little math to y'all.

Speaking of which, the pollster.com trend lines appear to be human guesswork, not any sort of actual regression ... anyone delved into their minutiae deeply enough to know if this is right?

Posted at February 25, 2008 5:24 PM in response to Rasmussen: Texas Primary A Dead Heat

... the first derivative of his slope ...

The first derivative is the slope:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope

Posted at February 25, 2008 5:15 PM in response to Rasmussen: Texas Primary A Dead Heat

Face it, every time the Clinton campaign does anything that smacks of, you know, campaigning, Obama's supporters get the vapors, and everything's "slimy" and "Rovian."

It seems to me that Hillary's "Shame on you, Barack Obama" smacked of something a bit more egregious than "campaigning".

And it was Hillary who accused Obama of Rovian tactics, not the other way around.

Posted at February 25, 2008 11:44 AM in response to Hillary Mocks Obama At Campaign Rally

Great post. Thank you for reminding us of what Obama actually says. It's a bracing antidote to Hillary's pathetic and insipid attacks.

Posted at February 24, 2008 10:51 PM in response to Hillary Mocks Obama At Campaign Rally