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Week of March 2, 2008 - March 8, 2008

Obama and Clinton Supporters Must Drop Out of the Race


I think one thing is clear this far into the Democratic primary race: Both Obama's and Clinton's supporters must now drop out of the race.

Hillary Clinton's supporters have gotten incredibly annoying, with their chants of "Yes She Can," and charges of cultism and their desperate yelps of schadenfreude every time Clinton looks like she might actually be "recapturing the lead" that she never had.

And Obama's supporters, yes, you too are incredibly annoying, with your accusations of Clintonian Republicanism and your whiny little cries about how you're going to take your ball and run home if your candidate doesn't win the primary.

Supporters of both candidates, please listen closely. For the good of the Party -- no, for the good of the Nation! -- the time has come for you to leave this race.

No more late nights in front of MSNBC. No more blogging. No more reading TPM. No more arguing at the watercooler, or at the happy hour after work at TGIF's.

Find a hobby -- knitting is really getting popular these days!

Anything, anything but your insistent and continual droning on and on about how perfect your candidate is.

Remember -- the future of this Republic is at stake.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.


Treated The Same


I think Greg Sargent's got completely the wrong take on that poll he cited.

Give or take a few percentage points here and there (the 48% number isn't that much different from the 43% number), most people in that poll think Obama and Clinton are being treated about the same.

Once again, the thing that bloggers need to remember is that, unlike the vast majority of people in this country, they sit in front of a computer and read the minutia of politics all day long. In additional, bloggers are completely caught up and invested (over-invested, perhaps...) in their candidate.

Most people just aren't like that. It's not a bad thing; in fact, it's great that people are so enthused about politics.

But it can also create a mismatch between the view from the blog and the view from the rest of the populous. And it's the latter that really matters when it comes down to the election.
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