Ted Underwood
- : Champaign IL
- : 39
- : center-left
- : Democrat
Forget the primary. Help the DNC beat McCain.
The primary election is not over. The outcome is not in as much doubt as the media might like us to think, but there's still plenty of fighting to be done, and if you're going out to canvass for either...more »
Posted on April 27, 2008 7:19 PM
Don't let big donors strong-arm the DNC.
TPM reports that big Clinton donors are pressuring Howard Dean to seat delegates from the rule-breaking elections in Florida and Michigan:In an interview with Election Central, venture capitalist Alan Patricof, a member of Hillary's finance committee and one of the...more »
Posted on March 15, 2008 1:30 PM
My friends, I promise you, I am fired up and ready to go.
Who in god's name convinced John McCain to organize last night's speech around the theme of "hope," and then end it this way? "And my friends, I promise you, I am fired up and ready to go." ...more »
Posted on February 13, 2008 8:58 AM
Why hasn't this primary season sucked?
As a rule, primary season is a drag. Interesting candidates get weeded out early, and by the time the big states roll around, we're left with a choice between the protest vote, the guys who's going to win, Dick Gephardt.But...more »
Posted on February 10, 2008 3:45 PM
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Obama. Did you see SNL last night? Her cred is not running high.
Posted at May 11, 2008 3:44 PM in response to Carl Bernstein: Hillary to fight to get on Obama ticket
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Methinks Monica would know. I've never seen her and DF in the same room at the same time.
Posted at May 11, 2008 2:37 PM in response to I, Lieutenant Worf, Endorse Barack Obama For President in Your Year 2008
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I can't write haiku.
I just spew some rambling bile
That nobody reads.Posted at May 11, 2008 10:59 AM in response to Clinton broken heart haiku
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Sorry. Make that
A young girl's ideals,
Sold to feed her vanity
In New Hampshire snows.Posted at May 10, 2008 6:49 PM in response to Clinton broken heart haiku
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I'm with Alex. There's gotta be a broken heart in there somewhere, or it ain't a Clinton-broken-heart-haiku.
Discarded photo:
Proud, next to George McGovern
A wide smile, glasses.A young girl's ideals
Sold to feed her vanity
In November snows.Posted at May 10, 2008 6:47 PM in response to Clinton broken heart haiku
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Read and recommended. "Gotawife" is a great handle for you, Bill. But "goat-life" would actually work pretty well in your case as well.
Posted at May 4, 2008 10:30 PM in response to The Beginning of the End (Or How I Learned To Love The Math)
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Right. Sounds like the world is going to end in September. The up side of that, of course, is that we can stop worrying about swing voters in the goddam general election. Might as well do what we enjoy, and come out with our real agenda.
Socialized medicine! Gun control!
High-speed trains running from New York to Chicago!Posted at May 3, 2008 5:51 PM in response to Never mind the election, let's talk about GIANT LASERS
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And funny too.
Posted at May 3, 2008 3:44 PM in response to "Elaine" Slams WVWV, Endorses Obama
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Recommended. I am soooo sick of hearing about white voters and their racial anxieties.
Apparently the anxieties loom a lot larger for pundits than for the rest of us.
Posted at May 3, 2008 3:38 PM in response to We're Screwed - The Coalition is Shattered.
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Ben's right. There's no doubt about the nomination, and I'd give Obama a marked edge in the general as well.
Now, this isn't to say that we're ever going to get back to that moment in January when everyone seemed to realize that Obama stood for everything that was right and new and true, and we were all crying over the Black-Eyed Peas video.
Politics is about conflict; you don't play the game without getting tarnished and compromised. I think Obama is much better than the average politico, but he has his limitations (which include saying "ah" a lot). Once he becomes president, he will be caricatured as an aloof liberal, and he will make mistakes. If we just embrace those limitations now, the ups and downs of the next six months won't be so bad. Politics is not about perfection, it's about better-than-the-alternatives.
Posted at May 3, 2008 12:40 PM in response to What Was I Thinking?
