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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Political bits

(NYTimes) McCain Frequently Used Wife’s Jet for Little Cost

(Time) Obama picks up another superdelegate.

(AP) Electoral map favors a Democrat, has McCain playing defense

And, I thought this post was very interesting, on Obama, racism, Appalachia, and the upcoming primaries in Kentucky and West Virginia.

posted by mikevotes at 7:41 AM

6 Comments:

  • I'm starting to have a very bad feeling about the nomination, mathematical probabilities or no. Race is one big factor, and the Clintons' take-no-prisoners ambition is another.

    I'm calling it for Clinton.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:20 AM  

  • I'll put you down for that, but my money is definitely going the other way.

    I just think that the blowback from supers choosing Clinton would be far worse than any Obama misgivings and the superdelegates, at least the elected ones, would all get punished personally for that.

    I find it impossible to believe that Dem officials around the country want to take on their own constituencies. In my opinion, that's the reason Clinton's not getting any superdelegates.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:59 AM  

  • I agree with you. But that's the purpose of having superdelegates - to overrule their own constituencies and the voters in general.

    Anyway, I hope you're right about the outcome, but I've just got this very bad feeling.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:13 PM  

  • Just imagine the shitstorm that would come down if the supers overturned Obama.

    Look at the broader situation. The Clinton people are hopefully asking while the Obama supporters fell they've already won. Which side would take the decision better?

    I just don't see it happening. The damage to the party would be far worse than losing the presidency. It would ripple all the way down to city council members who are superdels.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:42 PM  

  • It's been non-stop Reverend Wright on CNN today. What's that about? Scare white voters or calm the waters?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:40 PM  

  • Although it's officially spawned by Wright's appearance on Moyers, I think it's mostly the former.

    People watch CNN to be scared.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:30 AM  

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