I don't even like this stuff being publicized on cable. There are too many wackos out there who might think it's funny to take Huckabee up on his "joke."

Posted at May 16, 2008 5:12 PM in response to Edwards Secured Private Commitment From Obama That He'd Go On Poverty Tour As Nominee

Why wouldn't he honor it? It's not like the message is against his principles.

That said, this is another reason Edwards won't be on the ticket. He's more interested in his own agenda than in Obama's. There's nothing wrong with that, it's the right thing for Edwards. But it's not what VPs do.

Posted at May 16, 2008 5:10 PM in response to Edwards Secured Private Commitment From Obama That He'd Go On Poverty Tour As Nominee

This strategy actually worked well for Gray Davis way-back-when. He pummeled the Republican candidate he didn't want to run against in the primary and then took the general election in a walk. (Only to be run out of office two years later...).

Posted at May 15, 2008 2:05 PM in response to New GOP Attack Ad Suggests Republican Incumbent Senator Is Vulnerable

Shouldn't someone invoke Godwin's law?

Posted at May 15, 2008 10:27 AM in response to Obama Camp Hits Back At Bush's Claim That Dems Favor "Appeasement"

Well, it would have been helpful before WV, but I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. At least it's another sign that the party is coming together.

And maybe it was Obama's idea to hold until the day after WV, since he didn't have a chance there anyway. Changes the storyline.

('course, we've heard about Edwards's "imminent" endorsement more than once...)

Posted at May 14, 2008 4:14 PM in response to NARAL Endorses Obama -- Hillary Spokesperson Is "Surprised"

EMILY, unsurprisingly, goes off the rails again because of the endorsement. And Jennifer Skalka from Hotline Journal has a pretty blunt assessment of such a strategy (entitled, They're Eating their Young):

"Dividing the Dems on the choice issue for the sake of Clinton's doomed candidacy is terribly dangerous. Women voters deserve the truth about Obama's views on choice and his record. Muddying that conversation and sparking an intra-party feud at just the moment the two camps need to unite women, in particular, for the sake of the party come November can only be described as startlingly myopic, a Kamikaze mission."

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/05/and_theyre_eati.html

Posted at May 14, 2008 4:09 PM in response to NARAL Endorses Obama -- Hillary Spokesperson Is "Surprised"

EMILY, unsurprisingly, goes off the rails again because of the endorsement. And Jennifer Skalka from Hotline Journal has a pretty blunt assessment of such a strategy (entitled, They're Eating their Young):

"Dividing the Dems on the choice issue for the sake of Clinton's doomed candidacy is terribly dangerous. Women voters deserve the truth about Obama's views on choice and his record. Muddying that conversation and sparking an intra-party feud at just the moment the two camps need to unite women, in particular, for the sake of the party come November can only be described as startlingly myopic, a Kamikaze mission."

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/05/and_theyre_eati.html

Posted at May 14, 2008 4:06 PM in response to NARAL Endorses Obama -- Hillary Spokesperson Is "Surprised"

Perhaps inspired by Newt, he's telling it like it is: They better get their sh*t together in the next 6 months or they are toast.

Posted at May 13, 2008 11:17 PM in response to NRCC Head At A Loss For Spin On Mississippi Race

That is hysterical, thanks for posting. I particularly love this passage:

2:57 p.m., Yeager Airport, Charleston, W.Va.: A steep descent brings Clinton's plane to Charleston's hilltop airport. After an appropriate wait, she steps from the plane and pretends to wave to a crowd of supporters; in fact, she is waving to 10 photographers underneath the airplane's wing. She pretends to spot an old friend in the crowd, points and gives another wave; in fact, she was waving at an aide she had been talking with on the plane minutes earlier.

Posted at May 13, 2008 11:15 PM in response to Democrats Capture Deep-Red Mississippi House Seat

I'm amazed at the amount of abuse Eric takes here, for no good reason. Perhaps he's somewhat biased toward Clinton, I don't know, but it's at the margins if it's anything at all. He's obviously a good Dem journalist. He's on our team. I wish some of the nastier regulars here would give it a rest.

Posted at May 13, 2008 11:10 PM in response to Democrats Capture Deep-Red Mississippi House Seat