OH, so now because Clinton couldn't win the party has to be reformed? Can you show us ONE quote from before this process started when Clinton said she was against caucuses because they are not transparent?

You are really willing to vote for more war in Iraq, torture, wiretapping, and Republican health care and economic policy because your choice didn't get elected?

Really?

And you call Obama people cultists?

Posted at June 8, 2008 1:13 AM in response to An Open Letter To HillaryIs44

Are you seriously asking that?

How 'bout McCain has thirty years of experience and all he has is a speech?

Posted at June 2, 2008 8:58 PM in response to Hope For Obama!

This was a really stupid post, though some of the commentary was good.

Of COURSE Clinton was race-baiting: he was trying to paint Obama black, knowing that if people started to see him as a color or a race, racist voters in other states would vote against him.

For Obama to compare Clinton to Jackson has no racial element to it at all.

Posted at May 29, 2008 9:05 PM in response to Obama's Race Baiting Speaks for Itself, as Josh Marshall Would Say

Wilh,

It is over.

Even she knows it. She is staying in in hopes that Obama will be assassinated. Is that your hope as well?

Posted at May 26, 2008 9:15 PM in response to How I became Hillary Hater

This is all excellent advice.

I agree completely with the advice about being seen more with Bush, having another affair with a much younger woman, possibly in the campaign or his Senate office, and using "my friends" a lot. Possibly stop using the lifts in the shoes--5'3" is plenty tall--taller than Medvedev--and who cares if Obama is 11" taller than you are in those unmoderated town hall meetings.

Oh--but don't forget to stress, not just 100 years in Iraq, "staying the Bush course", but also your real strength: fewer jobs, and more wars. Those jobs aren't coming back--and there are going to be other wars. Good points all.

Posted at May 17, 2008 9:52 PM in response to A couple more news cycles like that, and I'll stop donating to Obama.

You are quite right--he was actually hampered in the contest against Clinton because he has human decency, ethical standards, and concern for the future of the party and winning in November--even though he was up against a candidate who didn't care about any of those things.

Against the real opponent he's going to be a lot tougher.

Obama '08!

Posted at May 17, 2008 9:42 PM in response to Oh 'Bama O'Bama

OK. This is not "gloating". Or at least--this kind of "gloating" is not going to hurt him.

Posted at May 14, 2008 8:27 PM in response to GOP To Continue Using Obama To Bash Down-Ticket Dems

Gretz--I understand that it can sound patronizing, and even a bit like Republican tokenism to think that a female VP candidate would make up for the loss of Clinton.

However, I know from actually talking to Clinton supporters like my Mom, that another female would go a long way toward assuaging the negative feelings they have about the campaign. Especially if it turned out to be someone really impressive.

Plus, I don't agree with your assessment that Clinton would help much with the townhall or faux news crowd. Mostly what I know is that those people hate Clinton with a holy passion not even to be exceeded by the "tpm crowd". They've just muted it in order to enjoy her putting Obama through his paces. I worry that for every Clinton lover brought back into the fold, we'd lose independents and republicans, and actually activate republicans who don't really like McCain all that much and don't care that much about winning this one.

Posted at May 14, 2008 12:26 AM in response to It's Obama-Clinton

MJ, are there any numbers on how much of the base bringing in Clinton would help versus how many independents and Obamacans we would lose?

Don't you think Sibelius could win back most of the women? I thought she was a bit wooden on the SOTU response, but her speech was really well written, and I think she'd appeal to a lot of the Clinton voters while not energizing the Clinton-haters.

Posted at May 13, 2008 11:53 PM in response to It's Obama-Clinton

the White House mess may not have anyone who is called a food taster--but they sure approach the work that way.

Posted at May 13, 2008 11:48 PM in response to It's Obama-Clinton