When did Obama’s “Victory” become inevitable?

I have been trying to figure out how it is that one can legitimately declare oneself a winner without actually winning. Obama is prepared to do that tonight in Iowa because he is clearly too impatient to wait until June 3, let alone August, and yet every Democratic nominee in recent history has had to wait [...]

Obama Chooses Alexrod, Beyonce et al for White House Posts

Now that I have helped Obama pick his cabinet, I would like to help him with other problems he is going to face in his First Hundred Days. He needs the right press secretary and there are a lot of gay guys or guys on the down low vying for that job: Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, [...]

Obama: Will “Weak” be his middle name?

In my previous post, I mentioned that in political campaigns, one side will always try to tag the other with a moniker that will stick. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. People called George H.W. Bush “The Wimp.” Many have called Hillary Clinton a “Liar.” There have been monikers aimed at Senator Obama that have [...]

Will Ping Pong Grant Hurt Obama?

Here is one more reason that it is dangerous for Democrats to put forward an unvetted candidate. In today’s LA Times, an article appeared with information of a financial relationship in which an Obama campaign contributor in Illinois received state grants that might be insinuated as legal but questionable ”kick backs.” Not a thing has been proven, [...]

Clinton leading…

58% to 42% amongst gun owners? What gun owner would vote for Obama? Leading among church-goers, I totally get; she leads among them too. I think she leads well, which is why I am all for her and not for him.
I am predicting she gets him by 12% points just because I have a gambling [...]

Obama:McCain::McGovern:Nixon

It’s hard for me to remember those old analogy tests, but it goes like this: At this time in April, 1972, McGovern was tied with Richard Nixon in Gallups polls as to who would win the presidential race if McGovern were the candidate. Like Obama, McGovern was a grassroots candidate with a lot of young, [...]

Is Obama the McGovern of our era?

[Warning: this may take more than 30 seconds to read.] Might Barack Obama be the George McGovern of our era? I have a lot of respect for McGovern (he’s endorsed Clinton!) as a man who ran a clean campaign against one of the dirtiest candidates, Richard Nixon, in history. I was too young to vote [...]

Well, Hell, Hillary…

April 14, 2008 – Pennsylvania Democratic Primary Preference

Pennsylvania

Democrats
Mar
7-8
Mar
26-27
Apr
5-6
Apr
11-13

Clinton
52%
51%
45%
57%

Obama
41%
39%
45%
37%

Someone else
1%
2%
4%
2%

Undecided
6%
8%
6%
4%

Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 48% to 44% among men (45% of likely Democratic primary voters). Among women, Clinton leads 64% to 31%.
Clinton leads 64% to 29% among white [...]

Obama’s spine turns to jelly when he’s called a “liberal”

Obama’s campaign spokesman, Bill Burton, has told reporters in the past: “Obama isn’t rejecting liberalism so much as labeling. I think he’s been pretty clear on this, as he’s laid out from his ‘04 convention speech until now, that these attempts to divide Americans by these old labels are counterproductive. There may be people on [...]