She needs:
a sweep of Obama. She would take a single digit loss in Carolina.
He needs:
double digits in Carolina. He would take an upset in Indiana to end the race.
Endings for the Night (Three Options)-
Rush Limbaugh Option:
If Clinton wins both states, both she and Obama will never be president. This is the twilight of the gods, the sinking of the Titani...
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On the Hugh Hewitt Show on April 30, 2008, Andrew Sullivan described Senator Obama as being a voice for "moderate" Christianity.
This may, for all I know, be true of his personal piety (one hopes so), but it is not true of his choice of church groups.
Whatever the merits of Senator Obama as a candidate for President, Senator Obama is an active member of one of the most ...
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Bottom Line: The rapidly forming consensus that these are the best of times for McCain is wrong. If he can show energy, he has just begun to fight.
Argument:
This is a Democrat year. Any person nominated by the Democrat Party is a favorite to win. The President is unpopular as is the war. The economy is struggling.
However, the Democrats are doing all they can to me...
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There are so many Obama fans who have written to say that I have not felt their pain, that I decided to write a poem (ahem!) to cheer them up.
As to comparing Obama to Arthur. . . well if you read enough Andrew Sullivan, it starts to seem appropriate.
The Passing of Obama
That story which the bold Sir Sullivan,
First made and latest left of all pundits,
Told, when ...
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Hugh Hewitt suggests that the Obama campaign is taking on water fast. He compares it to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I have freely borrowed from a song about that wreck to eulogize the moment. No fan of the Clinton machine, I take no joy in seeing a better ship taking on water.
The Wreck Of the Edmund Obama
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of...
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Theodore Roosevelt was such a dynamic candidate that he towered over the President who chose him as running mate. Even though the popular Rough Rider may have helped William McKinley, there is little doubt that McKinley would have won with just about anybody not criminally insane (or at least known to be criminally insane) on the ticket.
I cannot think of one vice-presidenti...
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Bottom Line:
If Senator Obama is part of a new elite that assumes all thoughtful and good people, fit to rule, are SLAG (secular, liberal, and globalist), then he will lose this election.
Argument:
Of late, Senator Obama has been accused of being an elitist. He may be an elitist, but if so he is one in the painful sense of one trying to "make it" from outsider roots...
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Yes, I know.
As an evil Republican, I should be delighted at the continued destruction of the Democrat Party, which Pennsylvania means will continue.
Hoop-lah.
As a fight it is tedious, for the nation it is grievous, and as theater it is monotonous. When will it end?
Only when the Clintons give up on a return to power.
It is possible that Dem politicians will k...
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This is a Democrat year. Any Democrat will be a favorite to win this Fall. McCain may have a ceiling of forty-five to forty-eight percent and he is not a strong campaigner who faces the prospect of being outspent heavily.
Still the Democrat Party seems doomed, like some cursed Tolkien character who cannot evade his fate, to do everything they can to give the old war hero hop...
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Blame the media if you want Democrats, but if Obama cannot handle questions from ABC News, then he is in trouble when he faces actual political opponents. The President of Iran is a good bit tougher than Charlie Gibson.
Quick Rule of World Leadership: If you cannot take on George Stephanopoulos, then you are not ready for the job held by Truman, TRex, Lincoln, and Reagan. My...
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From my frequent email friend the Rev. Dale Owens:
I finished reading everything posted on the Internet yesterday.
Of course, one cannot read literally everything on the Internet! In order to make the task manageable for the afternoon designated, I decided to limit myself to things written in English. I apologize if this review is, therefore, English-centered, written in ...
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An articulate disagreement with your political ideas still disagrees with your principles, even if entertaining to hear.
A great danger of successful political rhetoric is confusing skill in expression with the ideas being expressed. Any communicator should fear the danger of substituting polish for content. He or she should read constantly and engage in the examination of c...
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We know how certain groups are likely to vote. Obama has strong community support from his home states of Hawaii and Illinois. He attracts strong African-American support. Clinton has strong community support from her homes states of New York and Arkansas. She attracts strong support amongst white women. McCain has strong community support from his home states of Arizona and Ir...
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