Good People Better Rise Up!: 2008 Dem Nomination: January 2008 Archives

January 2, 2008

Quote of the Day

Chris Rock on the Clintons: "I've been with my wife for 10 years now," he said. "If she got onstage right now, y'all wouldn't laugh... [More]

Clinton Makes a Novel Argument

Via TPM... Hillary Clinton offered up a very strange argument about why she may be at a disadvantage in Iowa. Caucusing, she said, is more... [More]

Simple Questions, Simple Answers

Q (Matt Yglesias): Would it really kill us to acknowledge that good things happen elsewhere. A (Me): Yes. Q (Steve Benen): Objectively speaking, will Edwards'... [More]

January 4, 2008

Iowa: First Thoughts

And there it is: Huckabee and Obama, both winning big. Romney begins his long-expected (by me, at least) crater. And Hillary Clinton finishes not in... [More]

Obama's Code?

Publius: I’m watching Obama’s acceptance speech as I type – and it’s very good. I’ve read a good bit about how Obama doesn’t really emphasize... [More]

More Realignment Business

Nathan Newman nails it: I'm not annoyed like some at his "post-partisanship" message, since the best way to build a big partisan majority is to... [More]

January 5, 2008

Clinton's Problem, In a Nutshell

NYT: “Hillary says she’ll change things, but then voters see Bill and hear them talk about the 1990s, and it’s clear that the Clintons are... [More]

January 7, 2008

Clinton: Without LBJ, Who Was MLK? [UPDATE]

OK, the headline stretches things a bit. But take a look... its only a bit. I realized that she's trying to do whatever she can... [More]

January 8, 2008

Meanwhile, In Kenya

If you want to understand what kind of president Obama will be, read this.... [More]

Brooks On Obama [UPDATED]

Nonsense: Obama emphasizes the connections between people, the networks and the webs of influence. These sorts of links are invisible to some of his rivals,... [More]

A Government Blogging Team?

Am I the only one who thinks this is a really dumb idea? "We should even have a government blogging team where people in the... [More]

Ezra On Obama

This post from Ezra Klein illustrates nicely the point I was just trying to make. Ezra: Obama's speech underwent another subtle shift, too. There was... [More]

Get Out Of My Head!

Change "Ron Paul" to "Obama" and "Star Wars books" to "Commodore 64" and today's XKCD has me nailed.... [More]

Misreading Exit Polling

This probably isn't anything new, but for some reason I've found myself much more annoyed by it this time around. News networks don't understand how... [More]

Explaining the NH Result

Each of the pundits seems to have their own bizarre explanation for why Hillary Clinton pulled off the "upset" tonight. With the exception of one... [More]

January 9, 2008

About Michigan

Remember: Michigan was told that it will be stripped of all of its Democratic delegates and half of its Republican delegates to the parties' conventions.... [More]

Quote of the Day [Updated]

I just started my daily blog reading, but I already know this is the best thing I'm going to see. Marc Ambinder: Before Obamaiania in... [More]

Quote of the Day II [UPDATED]

McMegan: Is It Sexist To Comment on Hillary's Clothes? God, no. If any of the male candidates don apparel that seems to have been thrown... [More]

Nevada Unions Endorse Obama

Big (and expected) news out of Nevada, the site of the next big Democratic contest. Although union endorsements are always a big deal in Democratic... [More]

Insight of the Day

Yesterday I pointed out the state of play in the race for delegates on the Democratic side. Today Matt Yglesiaslooks at the Republican race and... [More]

Obama's Next Move

Ambinder has a list of 7 things the Obama camp plans to do post-NH. Taken together, these two struck me as particularly smart: (3) Try... [More]

Yet Another Potential Explanation

This post from Swampland offers up a social science-backed theory I'd not yet seen: It was the Dodd and Biden voters that drove Hillary's big... [More]

I'll Show Them!

This comment from one of Andrew Sullivan's readers is indicative of something I'm seeing all over the place today. Apparently many voters think it is... [More]

Richardson Out?

So says AP.... [More]

Pollsters Begin To Weigh In

Charles Franklin sets out the specific questions that need answers: What we see for the Democrats is quite stunning. The polls actually spread very evenly... [More]

Another Potential Explanation - With Stats!

Chris Bowers answers a question I had just begun wondering about: what happened to those who broke away from Edwards at the last minute? Edwards... [More]

January 10, 2008

Super-Duper Tuesday [Updated]

Chris Bowers has a good run-down on the state of play in each state. Here is one of his key findings: Specifically, because of the... [More]

Responding to Readers

Andrew Sullivan may not be a perfect blogger, but he's always interesting. Read this.... [More]

Useless Endorsements

I really don't understand why anyone things that either of these endorsements matters. Looking back from the perspective of...erm... two days, this post looks awfully... [More]

January 11, 2008

Oh My...

TPM Election Central reports: An anonymous Clinton adviser made an interesting comment to The Guardian, explaining the difference between Hillary supporters and Obama supporters. "If... [More]

January 13, 2008

The Iraq War Debate

It looks like the Democratic candidates are going to focus on the Iraq War for the next few days, and although there's nothing new here... [More]

More Thoughts on Clinton v. Obama

Obama may not be taking my advice about tying the Iraq War vote to the ongoing debate about change, but he is doing something else,... [More]

January 14, 2008

Two Possibilities? I Doubt It.

Josh Marshall sees two possible explanations that might explain the Clinton campaign's recent race-based behavior: We seem to be at the point where there are... [More]

Why Sullivan Hates Clinton

I finally get it. For him, its deeply personal.... [More]

Two New Ads From Obama

Arizona: In California, he's running an add about energy, oil, climate change, and "the truth." For some reason, I can't get the player to give... [More]

A Truce?

Looks like Clinton and Obama have called a truce. Thank god. The last thing we needed was for this campaign to head down into the... [More]

January 15, 2008

Obama's Farrakhan Test? You've Got To Be Kidding Me [Updated]

I don't often write in response to Richard Cohen's columns in the Post, mostly because his columns are usually so uninteresting that they aren't worth... [More]

Glenn Greenwald: Man on Fire

In his previous pre-blogging life, Glenn was a constitutional law and civil rights litigator in New York. And based on today's post - a legal... [More]

January 17, 2008

Yesterday v. Today

As much as I enjoy reading Andrew's blog, I have to say... lately I'm learning more from his readers than from him. Here's today's gem:... [More]

Ronald Reagan Day? [Updated]

Thanks to a few comments by Obama, today has turned into Ronald Reagan day around the liberal/progressive blogosphere. I was really hoping to avoid commenting... [More]

Follow the NH Recount

New Hampshire has just started a complete hand recount of all of the ballots cast in the recent primary election, and the results are being... [More]

January 18, 2008

Obama At MLK's Church [Updated]

If you don't think this man could build a new liberal majority coalition in America, you're nuts. This is a once in a generation opportunity.... [More]

January 24, 2008

Who Helps The Party Most? [Updated]

When people ask why I think Obama might actually be able to pull off a whole-scale realignment of US politics, I usually give a three-part... [More]

Obama's Super-Duper Strategy

How is Obama planning on competing in the Super-Duper Tuesday states? Ambinder: Obama and his surrogates will operate under the assumption that the more aggressive... [More]

About Bill Clinton

Over the past week or so, as Bill Clinton has dug himself deeper into the democratic presidential race, I've spent a good deal of time... [More]

A Catch 22? I Doubt It.

Steve Benen: After a couple of weeks of dubious and misleading criticisms directed his way, Barack Obama’s campaign has decided to respond in kind, unveiling... [More]

January 25, 2008

About Those Attacks

Obama gets it exactly right: At a morning press conference, though, Obama indicated that the race wasn’t as nasty as some may think, "I don't... [More]

A Constitutional Question? Erm... No.

There are all kinds of reasons to oppose the idea of returning the Clintons to the White House, but this one from Andrew Sullivan isn't... [More]

Mark Penn Clearly Doesn't Understand Realignments

Mark Penn on what Bill Clinton's time in office meant for American politics: "President Clinton put this country on a fundamentally different path. He changed... [More]

Clinton: I Want Michigan and Florida Back in Play, To Hell With the Rules

A few weeks back I worried that DNC chair Dean might not keep his promise to not seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida. It... [More]

January 27, 2008

Some Thoughts on South Carolina

+ First off, let's declare 28% the number of the day. That's the percentage of the SC vote that separated Barack Obama from Hillary Clinton.... [More]

"A President Like My Father"

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy, in today's NYT: OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished... [More]

Name One

Name one other candidate in your lifetime who could get people to do and say thing like this. Just one...... [More]

More On SC Primary Results

Following up on "the other Klein's" observations about SC (which I covered here), Ezra writes: At this point, there are two main electability arguments in... [More]

The Magic Number is 1600

Chris Bowers makes the case.... [More]

More Endorsements For Obama

On Monday, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) will announce his support for Barack Obama. On Tuesday, the day after she delivers the Democratic response to the... [More]

January 28, 2008

Obama Ignores The Boys On the Bus. Quelle Horreur!

In a long piece dedicated to detailing how Obama's campaign isn't obsessed with managing the media, Howie Kurtz inadvertently demonstrates just how self-important members of... [More]

Toni Morrison Endorses Obama

The woman who famously declared Bill Clinton our "first black president" has just come out for Obama. Here's how ABC describes the endorsement: In it... [More]

"It was like getting a permission slip to be idealistic again." [Multiple Updates]

Ezra Klein: Throughout this primary, there's been very little I could bank on. Certainly not my preference in candidates. That changed with the tides. Not... [More]

California Dreaming

I've been wondering about this myself: Another problem for pollsters is a California peculiarity. A registered independent who shows up at a polling place Feb.... [More]

Define "Experience"

Matt Y channels Brian B to make a great point: if senior legislators like Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy, Budget Chairman Kent Conrad, and Health, Education,... [More]

"It Is About Looking Backwards, Or Marching Forwards."

Highlights from todays Kennedy endorsement event, courtesy of TPM: After NH, you could tell in Obama's delivery that he had lost some of his mojo.... [More]

January 29, 2008

About That Handshake

What he said:... [More]

Define "Meaningless?" Define "Election?"

Digby: Now I realize that there are no delegates being awarded and maybe there won't be at the convention either. There are people talking about... [More]

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