2008 Primaries Thread

True, they endorsed McCain. But obviously I, for one, would like the "Hillary is a contract-breaking opportunist" to be the media narrative for a couple days.

I think the media's driving it, guess there was a lot of chatter in the press gallery (some pundit wrote that) again probably because Bush said nothing interesting whatsoever (sad - what happened to mars, bitches?)

the interpretation of who-didn't-greet-whom is fucking retarded, let's please move on

I remember lol'ing so hard @ the Mars thing.

Human-animal hybrids

can we call an ilx-wide moratorium on not jumping up and down in a pavlovian frenzy to whatever bullshit controversy the media is drumming up to sustain interest in this race between three pretty good candidates? i usually find ilx somewhat sane on things like this and i'm starting to feel like half of you of been body-snatched and replaced by youtube commenters

xpost yeah elmo!

hydrogen-powered cars

government blogging team

"i want to send you the check TODAY"

school uniforms

can we call an ilx-wide moratorium on not jumping up and down in a pavlovian frenzy to whatever bullshit controversy the media is drumming up to sustain interest in this race between three pretty good candidates?

I tried to resist posting the Drudge-like goofy-looking-politican photo, but, you know, it's a pretty good one compositionally.

Jay Smooth weighs in, awesome-as-usual, on HANDSHAKEGATE.

the three pretty good candidates i had in mind by the way are pauly shore, dan cortese, and kennedy

ROCK THE VOTE

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SWITCHGRASS

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Gorey thoughts - http://nymag.com/daily/intel/early_and_often/

was hoping that would be edward gorey's endorsement

wow, that was a pretty dramatic article

I just read Dan Cortese is producing some stupid reality show for nbc. Why is he still working? I wonder if he hangs out with Eric Nies.

best reality show ever

This picture!

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/intel/08/01/29_hauntinghillary_lg.jpg

i'd be less surprised if gore came out and endorsed a candidate (if he endorses anybody, it'll be obama) now than if he did a few months back, obviously. the kennedy endorsement makes it seem a bit more likely.

I can't stop looking at that picture.

Anyone heard anything credible about the GOP vote today in Florida? Early exit polls, perhaps?

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/intel/08/01/29_hauntinghillary_lg.jpg
I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS

guys I hear gore can control migrating birds with his mind, too

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/intel/08/01/29_hauntinghillary_lg.jpg

"You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!"

I like where these captions are going already.

was hoping that would be edward gorey's endorsement

Haha, same here. From BEYOND THE GRAVE (which would be even better).

An Inconvenient Boo!

Okay, that's my Custos quota filled for the day.

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OK searching Google images for Ted Kennedy is not a good idea

http://www.thesimpsonsquotes.com/images/quimbywave.gif

Uggggg. . . Not Feeling Mittmentum.

Romney still has his considerable personal financial fortune to draw on, and the Florida primary is certainly neck-and-neck. The question remains, however, whether Romney could continue spending through the Feb. 5 array of primaries at the high levels necessary for him to capitalize on a Florida win.

As opposed to broke-ass McCain?

OPO: David Brooks or the boomers.

Kennedy went on to talk about the 1960s. But he didn’t talk much about the late-60s, when Bill and Hillary came to political activism. He talked about the early-60s, and the idealism of the generation that had seen World War II, the idealism of the generation that marched in jacket and ties, the idealism of a generation whose activism was relatively unmarked by drug use and self-indulgence.

do you guys really think the democratic party are really that stupid?

I think they totally is. In an unlimited kinda way.

OPO: David Brooks or the boomers

Brooks

do you guys really think the democratic party are really that stupid?

Y.E.S.

oh brooks. ima go and march in a suit and tie so that everyone knows im that good kind of protester, and not decadent.

im curious to see what the recreate 68 group does at the democratic convention here in denver.

Join us in the streets of Denver as we resist a two-party system that allows imperialism and racism to continue unrestrained.

Not sure what to make of this, but exit polls show the percentage of Floridians who cast votes in the GOP primary today and are self-described conservatives is higher today than it was in 1992.

So Florida's GOP electorate has moved to the right over the past 15 years. But how does this impact tonight's crucial race?

Unless, of course, Florida's GOP electorate is simply SMALLER than it was in 1992, i.e. the less conservative former GOP voters have gone Dem or stayed home.

In which case that's some shoddy reporting b/c the lede confuses number with percent. Isn't that shit on the job interview test they give you at any newspaper?

Again, don't kill my buzz.

I'm praying for the Mormon here.

Good news... after South Carolina and the Kennedy endorsement, Rasmussen has Obama and Clinton tied in Connecticut. Gonna be an interesting week...

Gah, wrong like. Here it is.

Any good polls on NJ? I'm thinking about doing some GOTV volunteering for Obama this weekend.

EXITS: McCain 34.3%, Romney 32.6%, Giuliani 15.3%, Huckabee 12%...

Uggggghhhhh. . . .

I think the Feb 5th polls are just starting to roll out, this is the first one I've seen lately... but there was a NY state poll last week that had Obama just about tied with Hillary in NYC's districts.