She's using the Republican formula. Pure and simple. This tells you everything you need to know about how deperate her situation is, and that she is willing to do almost anything to get what she wants.

Wow.

Posted at April 21, 2008 12:29 PM in response to New Hillary Ad Shows Bin Laden, Asks: "Who Do You Think Has What It Takes?"

This charge of elitism is truly ridiculous and reeks of desperation. Look at every political poll (presidential approval, congressional approval, etc.) or economic poll (consumer confidence, heading in right direction, etc.), and you see that overwhelming majorities are negative about where we are and where we are headed. It is not difficult to conclude that they are bitter about the situation.

Obama, in these remarks and throughout his other prepared and spontaneous remarks, demonstrates a thorough understanding of the plight of the middle class, and he has detailed policy prescriptions to match.

To assert that the candidate who grew up poor in a single-parent household and has worked extensively with communities that have been devastated by the changes in our economy is somehow elitist is the definition of intellectual dishonesty. This up-is-down logic reveals two candidates who are grasping at straws.

The fact that the Clinton campaign is emailing quotes from Grover Norquist and Ed Rollins to reporters (what a shock! hack Republican operatives denounce Obama's comments!) shows exactly how desperate her campaign has become. Pathetic.

Posted at April 12, 2008 12:29 PM in response to Hillary Hits Obama's Small Town Comments Again: "Elitist And Out Of Touch"

I believe that Yoo was involved in a systematic process to find "legal" justification to what all knew were illegal acts. He did not just establish a position; he worked with others to use that position to enable them to enact their radical agenda.

This is not a tough call.

Posted at April 11, 2008 5:07 PM in response to Berkeley Law Dean: Yoo Was Not The Decider

de spic a ble (adj.)

1. worthy of contempt for asking someone who has no path to the nomination that doesn't involve destroying one's party to drop out of the race

2. worthy of scorn for asking others to realize the simple arithmetical reality of a situation

As they say, denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Posted at March 30, 2008 8:11 PM in response to TPM Reader DS says...

Is this a parody? I had to check that this is not April 1.

I find it slow, creepy, and obtuse. They included footage of him being interviewed by his captors. Was that really one of his best moments? Shockingly weak.

I'm surprised that people get paid to create this drivel.

Posted at March 28, 2008 11:11 AM in response to New McCain Ad: "The American President Americans Have Been Waiting For"

Oceankat:

So, how do you think all of the Republicans feel in the states that have yet to hold their primaries? Do you think that they feel as if their vote for anyone but McCain will count for anything? Of course not.

If the Democratic race had already been decided, the same situation would hold for all the Democrats in all of the remaining states. Do you think that they should withhold their general election votes because their vote for Edwards or Richardson won't count?

I don't understand your line of thinking. Most years, voters from Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina determine the outcome of the primary. It's a horrible system that needs to be fixed, but to carry this frustration into the general election is childish and damaging to an outcome that will support your likely policy positions.

Voting is about achieving outcomes that affect peoples' lives, not about process or personality.

Posted at March 22, 2008 5:45 PM in response to DT's Plan B

Exactly right. The guy is (or at least was) awash in lobbyist money, lobbyist favors (corporate jets, etc.), and he appears to have been influenced by it. His campaign is chock full of lobbyists as well.

This is the real story. John McCain is a standard Washington politician who is far too immersed in the lobbying culture that has put us where we are today.

The contrast between McCain and Obama grows more stark with each passing day.

Posted at February 21, 2008 10:26 AM in response to What Does it All Mean?

The McCains' position is that he is a man of great integrity and would never do anything like this to disappoint his family or his country. His history, however, is completely inconsistent with that position. His role in the Keating Five and his affair with his current wife while still married to his first wife demonstrate that he is capable of everything that this story portrays.

Whay can't the press put this into context, look at his actual record (not the one he claims), and ask him the tough questions that logically follow?

Posted at February 21, 2008 10:04 AM in response to What Does it All Mean?