tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6917973634704944845..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Suicide of the DemocratsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5753359486023849142008-08-28T16:37:00.000+00:002008-08-28T16:37:00.000+00:00Yes, Frank, Biden will put his foot down his throa...Yes, Frank, Biden will put his foot down his throat occasionally, but he'll put his foot down McCain's throat far more often. Remember that Giuliani was leading the Republican primaries until Biden casually (and accurately) described Rudy's debating style as "Noun...verb...9-11." The comment was not solely responsible for Giuliani's decline, but it was certainly a tipping point in that it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48497946475471266622008-08-28T13:58:00.000+00:002008-08-28T13:58:00.000+00:00Anonymous: Alabama and SC are also states Obama wi...Anonymous: Alabama and SC are also states Obama will not come close to winning in the general election. <BR/><BR/>On another note, Biden can almost certainly be counted on to put his foot deeply down his own throat before this thing is over.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-2335443180291601412008-08-28T12:10:00.000+00:002008-08-28T12:10:00.000+00:00Jeff, as someone who lives in Phila. and has thus ...Jeff, as someone who lives in Phila. and has thus seen a bit o' Biden too, I agree with you completely. But when you said all that about his commute, I thought your next clause would be "becoming the Senate's acknowledged expert on transportation issues."<BR/><BR/>His willingness to talk tough to McCain, et al, is exactly what Obama needs. It was a good choice, even if Obama was "biden his time" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-78466477962639953972008-08-28T04:48:00.000+00:002008-08-28T04:48:00.000+00:00Rus,Don't worry about Biden; he'll be a huge asset...Rus,<BR/>Don't worry about Biden; he'll be a huge asset for Obama. He's fiercely intelligent and articulate, and becomes even more so in the heat of political battle. His energy is amazing for a man in his sixties -- just this past spring, he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination, and taught constitutional law at a local university. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43074852952619833782008-08-28T02:29:00.000+00:002008-08-28T02:29:00.000+00:00Uhm, you began a post on U.S. politics with a socc...Uhm, you began a post on U.S. politics with a soccer analogy. Sorry.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365473019904162114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39731303219594354632008-08-28T01:37:00.000+00:002008-08-28T01:37:00.000+00:00The best VP pick for Obama would have been Edwards...The best VP pick for Obama would have been Edwards, even with the affair. The affair brings Hillary up to be a close second best. The problem with Obama-Clinton would be experience, thus Biden. No one knows what Obama would do away from a podium and scripts. <BR/><BR/>The future simply is not scripted--thus the effectiveness of McCain's campaign, even though there is no pizazz to it. He simply Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-57754600953395648762008-08-27T23:30:00.000+00:002008-08-27T23:30:00.000+00:00This year was going to be the perfect storm for a ...This year was going to be the perfect storm for a Democratic run of the tables, and they have once again managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The Republicans will nominate a 72 year old man that inspires few, and the Democrats have figured out a way to lose to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-24005620259637566602008-08-27T23:12:00.000+00:002008-08-27T23:12:00.000+00:00Nice. The guy hasn't even been formally nominated ...Nice. The guy hasn't even been formally nominated yet, and he's already lost the election. All everyone can do is bitch online about how the campaign has lost its momentum and then wonder how in the world the campaign has lost its momentum.<BR/><BR/>YOU'RE FEEDING THE NEGATIVITY RIGHT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM. The general election has barely started. Did Obama's performance in the primary not earn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69403156509032329602008-08-27T22:33:00.000+00:002008-08-27T22:33:00.000+00:00Bill Maher oft says that if you hate Hillary Clint...Bill Maher oft says that if you hate Hillary Clinton, that's about you, not her.<BR/><BR/>He shouldn't have been so specific.<BR/><BR/>The self-hatred in your column is so thick, I don't know where to start.<BR/><BR/>Save to say, get outside, have a Colorado beer, maybe go for a hike, and don't get so down on yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-31517783020132431402008-08-27T22:02:00.000+00:002008-08-27T22:02:00.000+00:00Frank Wilson, you have that backwards. Aside from ...Frank Wilson, you have that backwards. Aside from the notable NH primary Obama over-performed aggregate polling in the vast majority of states. In some states, such as SC and Alabama, he outperformed by high double digits. The night Hillary's fate was sealed he outperformed in IN and NC by almost 10pts each. If you're cherry picking weird Zogby polls such as those in CA and NJ then you watch too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-63071906631947516742008-08-27T21:56:00.000+00:002008-08-27T21:56:00.000+00:00Bryan, that's too simple.I've been watchin...Bryan, that's too simple.<BR/><BR/>I've been watching the polls, and McCain has been gaining for a few weeks now. But, guess what? He can't "close the deal", Obama keeps gaining that few points, keeping just out of reach.. www.fivethirtyeight.com has been following the state polls (Nate Silver is the hottest baseball predictor in the US, and he has just moved to predicting Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755923759289978768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76602074839398166772008-08-27T21:40:00.000+00:002008-08-27T21:40:00.000+00:00McCain would have mopped the floor with Hillary - ...McCain would have mopped the floor with Hillary - sexism is at LEAST as potent as racism among the great american middle. Plus she's no ordinary woman - she's one that half of Americans have already decided they don't like. STOP YOUR WHINING, grow a pair, and quit it with your self-fulfilling prophesying.T-Biscuithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175679216792784491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28231890821964125132008-08-27T21:25:00.000+00:002008-08-27T21:25:00.000+00:00The states Obama won big in - Louisiana, Mississip...<I>The states Obama won big in - Louisiana, Mississippi - are states neither Obama nor Hillary had any chance of winning in November.</I><BR/><BR/>Obama played the primaries by the rules, and he won. The general has a different set of rules, so he's already playing a different strategy.<BR/><BR/>The fact that Obama actually put an effort to win Louisiana and Mississippi while Clinton ignored LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723708514119454447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22783110572631596622008-08-27T21:08:00.000+00:002008-08-27T21:08:00.000+00:00And within those states that Hillary "won big" Oba...And within those states that Hillary "won big" Obama still typically won the traditionally Democratic areas. It was no coincidence that as soon as the Republican nomination was settled Clinton began drawing larger amounts of Republican support than Obama. The opposite was the case up to that point. And who exactly calls him the Wizard of Uhs? I've never heard that. Witty though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13313059905954712742008-08-27T21:06:00.001+00:002008-08-27T21:06:00.001+00:00Obama was too liberal and too inexperinced to win ...Obama was too liberal and too inexperinced to win in the first place. And then he's black on top of all that. The democrats lost when they nominated the wrong candidate. And Im not saying Hillary was perfect either. But the Clintons know how to win. They know how to position themselves in the center, and thats what she did. The problem is that a centrist cant get through the loony left democraticAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-42584994058195657912008-08-27T21:06:00.000+00:002008-08-27T21:06:00.000+00:00"...motherhood, the McFlurry and Michael Phelps"Th..."...motherhood, the McFlurry and Michael Phelps"<BR/><BR/>That was hysterical!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43863281480449393092008-08-27T21:05:00.001+00:002008-08-27T21:05:00.001+00:00Hillary with Obama as VP would have been unstoppab...Hillary with Obama as VP would have been unstoppable. A cautious, debate-shy intellectual is not the way for the democrats to win the white house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-59968966042217415562008-08-27T21:05:00.000+00:002008-08-27T21:05:00.000+00:00Oh, for goodness sakes, keep your diaper on. BTW, ...Oh, for goodness sakes, keep your diaper on. BTW, your metaphors as as lame as your thinking. I only likned to this site because curiously Sullivan posted your peeing in your diaper. Man up dude!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12882444323911699912008-08-27T20:28:00.000+00:002008-08-27T20:28:00.000+00:00with all due respect what on earth is the point of...with all due respect what on earth is the point of saying he might lose the election or win the election based upon whatever one might say ?<BR/><BR/>He either will or he won't win and one can never know why he'd manifest either result.<BR/><BR/>Priceless stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70383790456657158262008-08-27T18:22:00.000+00:002008-08-27T18:22:00.000+00:00Oh sure, and how about that falling-gas-prices plo...Oh sure, and how about that falling-gas-prices ploy the Republicans are pulling.Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3350591545743500152008-08-27T18:09:00.000+00:002008-08-27T18:09:00.000+00:00McCain has also been involved in presidential camp...<I><B>McCain has also been involved in presidential campaigns before this - and the experience is showing....</B></I><BR/><BR/>...indeed, if the rugged and plain-speaking shape of John McCain is seen as a welcome boost to sagging Cold-War morale, then nothing like raising the temperature in Russia will be as effective in putting Obama out of the race! <BR/><BR/>Great ploy!Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67438714772409116152008-08-27T16:28:00.000+00:002008-08-27T16:28:00.000+00:00From the promotional material on the web and other...From the promotional material on the web and other sources, I'm getting the feeling that the Democratic Party is beefing up its Suicide Division for the general election. Kami Kaze pilots worked pretty well during WWII, so maybe they will on November 4th.John J. Coupalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251189003749371248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71629433842004830262008-08-27T14:41:00.000+00:002008-08-27T14:41:00.000+00:00The key factor, Bryan, if you look at the data fro...The key factor, Bryan, if you look at the data from the primaries, is that Obama routinely polls between 5 and 8 percent better than he does on election day. New Hampshire, for example, was declared too close to call, but Hillary won it in a walk. The states she won by large margins - Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc. - are states a Democrat must win in the general election. The states Obama won big in Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19741347515281998492008-08-27T12:20:00.000+00:002008-08-27T12:20:00.000+00:00I cannot bear self-congratulatory rallies like the...I cannot bear self-congratulatory rallies like the Dem convention, but my guys (hub & son) watched it, so I got the news at 11. Hub said Hillary made the best speech he'd ever seen her deliver, and it will deliver her constituents to Obama. Son Mark said, "Bill Clinton always looks like he's thinking of a dirty joke he's just dying to tell his friends." Then he did a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-41989432398990065872008-08-27T12:12:00.000+00:002008-08-27T12:12:00.000+00:00I didn't say Obama's a looney. But those Clintoni...I didn't say Obama's a looney. But those Clintonistas outside the convention with the McCain placards were. Leftish politicos usually find it harder to be pragmatic - wherever they see a golden goose they want to pluck it's feathers off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com