Saw the movie Once last night. A really good movie, if you like indie-type films and indie-type music. Hard to follow the dialogue in places, one actor has a strong Irish accent and the other a strong Czech accent, but even though we missed a few words, we really enjoyed it.
So that is about a million miles away from the usual content of this blog, and I can't think of a transition or segue.
Obama won three states last night, caucuses in Washington and Nebraska, and a primary in Lousiana. Could you find three more different states? Yet he won by big margins in all three.
On the Republican side, Huckabee won in Kansas and Lousiana, and was just barely behind McCain in the Washington Caucuses when for some reason they stopped announcing results. McCain's been declared the winner, but it does have an odd feel to it, so expect the conspiracy theories to fly.
Hasn't anyone told Huck that this thing is over and McCain's the nominee? The Republican side continues to be very interesting. I don't think the R's are totally happy with their presumptive candidate.
We could see some ugliness on the D side, but so far it's remained relatively civil. Clinton's all, "oh, we're kinda skipping February, we'll kick butt in March," and Obama's all, "OK, Rudy Jr., we'll see how that works for you," and Clinton goes, "well you only win caucuses," and Obama says, "yeah, I only win them 70-30," and ...
Prediction for the D caucuses in Maine: Obama. (I hate to make the prediction, I'll probably jinx him, but he seems to be on a roll...)
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Obama has won Maine, so Izzy's prediction didn't jinx him.
Clinton's campaign is giving new meaning to the word disarray, and, like the lingo or not, they are pimping out Chelsea. She's a spokesperson when necessary, a clutch caller to the superdelegates like her dad is, but she won't give any interviews. The claim is that she's not a public figure, which may have been true before she hopped onto the campaign trail but now she's there. So she IS a public figure. Since she's not getting paid outside of the perks of traveling with a candidate(mommy's campaign is scarily short of funds) but she officially is representing the campaign, well, though pimping might be a bit harsh, it is what's going on. I have to wonder about a campaign that criticizes the media and demands a reporter or reporters be fired. That smacks of something not good from a political standpoint, but, then again, the Clintons have always wielded scary control over the media-a charge they throw at the Republicans when someone calls them on it. Why this strategy has worked so often for them is beyond my comprehension but I know that a politician exercising that kind of control is not good. (It brings to mind Putin and the mess that is Russian media and politics.)
When it comes to Huckabee, I think he just can't let it go. Perhaps the early wins made him think it was going to be an easy ride, but the tide has turned. Even Romney recognized that. I'm not sure if the GOP leadership understands that, but the Republicans actually have a candidate that someone outside of their ultra-conservative branch can support. Let's hope they don't squander the opportunity.
I would mildly disagree here. Simply because what Chelsea is doing is no different than what Mitt Romney’s kids, or for that matter Mary Cheney, did in campaigns for their fathers. Nobody threw out prostitution references for those folks.
Now, some Clinton supporters say the media has been biased against the Clintons and has held them to different standards than they do other candidates. This incident, they say, is an example.
I don’t agree, exactly; I think Bill Clinton’s oversize personality and bad personal decisions garauntees that his family get a very high level of scrutiny, but I don’t think the press is “out to get” him or Hillary or Chelsea.
As far as Huckabee, he’s not going to win the nomination, but I don’t think he should pack it up just because he’s way behind on the delegate count. What he is showing right now is that in a two-man race, McCain has a much tougher time winning a Republican primary. And if I had just won two out of three contests, I would certainly take exception to the idea that I should drop out. Why drop out when you’re winning? You may not win the war, but you sure can improve your position for, say, 2012.
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