Tautological Thought of the Day - Elections Change Things
If nothing else, it will be a ton of fun to watch the talking heads try to backtrack on themselves.
posted by mikevotes at
7:58 AM
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11 Comments:
Hopefully if a Dem is elected they'll remember some of the deontological statements they used on the campaign trail.
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matt, at 8:46 AM
After looking up deontological, yeah.
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mikevotes, at 8:48 AM
A long and vigorous primary will produce a strong and vigorous candidate. Like a Marine boot camp, I think this good for whichever candidate comes out in the end. Look at the gauntlet Bill Clinton went through in 1992. Made him an even better candidate in the general election... against a SITTING president.
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-epm, at 9:25 AM
Sometimes a philosophy degree does have it's uses(yah right).
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matt, at 10:08 AM
I generally agree that a vigorous primary will produce a better candidate/decision, so long as it it doesn't go too negative.
The longer it goes, the more they'll get invested and the more likely the negative will be used.
My hope is we can keep it clean.
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Matt, the pundits main "qualifications" is that they're insider and able to get guests or act as spin mouthpieces.
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mikevotes, at 10:51 AM
Mike: Agreed. But I expect we'll have a de facto nominee on 6 Feb., in just four weeks. Hopefully they can keep from generating media and sound bites that the GOP could use for their own attack ads.
Fingers crossed for an above-the-belt campaign with more ideas than invective.
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-epm, at 11:10 AM
Agreed. I would say the polls might tell us in the days after Florida and leading up to Feb. 5, but I think with the lesson we've learned, I'll stop saying that.
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mikevotes, at 11:18 AM
I'm starting to hear 'has Obama peaked?' This election is turning into the battle of short attention spans.
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Anonymous, at 12:14 PM
That's exactly what I was after in the title.
I've also noticed that the same media who were "bright" before the election are now "bright" again in explaining their mistakes.
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mikevotes, at 1:38 PM
A reflection...
As I review the recent past with regard to the Clinton campaign, I'm seeing an interesting dynamic. I get the feeling that Bill Clinton is vicariously running for a third term. What I'm seeing is a Clinton-Clinton tag team. Yes, Hillary's her own person. But the campaign -- her campaign -- is really the campaign of the House of Clinton in the grand view, if you know what I mean.
I know we're in uncharted territory here with a former first lady, but how common is it for a former president to essentially act as a running mate to a candidate in the primaries?
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-epm, at 1:49 PM
Two things. 1) Of course the Clinton's are trying to draw that echo. And realistically, the White House and staff will consist of Clinton people, although probably the second term ones.
And, 2) yes, it is unprecedented in this country, but it's a staple of 2nd and 3rd world countries.
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mikevotes, at 3:01 PM
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