2008 USP(G)ET pt. II: counting the days to 2012 primary thread 1

marc cooper, yesterday:

McCrater
For those who have been asking why on earth Barack Obama doesn't have a ten point lead in this race it seems that the wait is finally over.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll of likely voters shows Barack Obama now leading John Mcain 53-42% nationwide.

This is a whopper, perhaps, definitive lead. Frankly, it's no surprise to me as I've been predicting this for weeks.

Hand-wringing liberals who believe only they can see through the crap can't see that others see exactly what they see: an incompetent, dishonest and disastrous Republican administration which they have NO intention of providing a third term.

The granular breakdown of this latest poll looms as no less than an electoral Waterloo for John McCain and his ridiculous running mate who has now completed her 26th day as nominee for VP without meeting with the press. At this rate, she may never get the chance.

so this is basically 'the dog ate my debate prep' rite

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too many uses of the word "see"

i mean god forbid the president have to deal with two things at once, right.

lol i hope obama's move is to not say anything and then have the dems unleash a final version of dodd's proposal tomorrow or something and be all "wait what? mccain tried to suspend the campaign? sorry we were just like... fixing the economy..."

Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile;
So ere you find where light in darkness lies,
Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes.

xxp

O's gotta thread the needle here: it's plausible that Bush is gonna rep for the original bailout tonight, then McCain will come out solidly against it to differentiate himself from Bush on something Serious.

so how to play this?

ignore it, and, if pressed, scoff

except he already came out in favor of the bailout this morning. we talked about that possibility last nite xp

Congress isn't gonna go for Bush's original plan, no matter what. This comes down to whether or not Dubya will accept compromise and what exactly Dodd, Frank et al hammer out.

(and frankly it looks to me like the possibility of a veto-proof majority in congress is possible, given how unpopular Dubya is)

^^ last line here is how 2 respond

obama's sure going to look bad when mccain fixes the economy though

haaaa

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u want some fudge hon?

guhhaahhh i do i do want some fudge thank you sarah palin

lol @ pix

(Paulson's given up opposing limits on executives golden parachutes btw)

Rug looks nice tho. Can't say I'm a fan of glass coffee tables.

what is that a map of? calais? the netherlands? basque country? buffalo? onion dip?

his prostate

maybe the awesome transfer of foreign policy cred from war criminal to caribou barbie would be more impressive if it wasn't happening in my grandparents living room

No grandparents have a phone that up to date.

your grandparents have a lot of pictures of nixon!!

maybe the awesome transfer of foreign policy cred from war criminal to caribou barbie would be more impressive if it wasn't happening in my grandparents living room

― and what, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:00 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haaaa

I don't mind the table and I think I might actually like the rug but the color of the sofas shows a remarkable lack of judgment.

Saw a bit of Obama's press conference over lunch. He seemed pretty adamant that the debate(s) would still happen and somewhat at a loss to explain McCain's behavior.

I don't mind the table and I think I might actually like the rug but the color of the sofas shows a remarkable lack of judgment.

so did intervention in latin american politics!!! LOLOLOLOL

dunk'd

K-Lo:

Obama is on TV right now.

Some of this is a lot of nonsense, but if I’m just getting home from work and I only pay casual attention to these debates, Obama sounds reasonable and less gimmicky than McCain.

He says that there is no reason why we can’t do more than one thing at once. Obama says it is "more important than ever" to have a debate.

Obama says he called McCain this morning and announced that he wanted to do a no-politics-as-usual joint statement about addressing the market mess. He says that McCain wanted to insist on meeting with the president and congressional leaders too. Obama says Obama said: Let’s do the statement, go from there. Obama says he thought McCain was thinking about the joint statement, working on with staff, when McCain went on TV. So now Obama is on TV.

Obama says he's told Pelosi, Reid, and Paulson that "if I can be helpful, I am prepared to be [in dc] anytime" but I don’t want to infuse presidential politics on the hill and goes on about how presidents need to be able to multitask.

Obama may win this campaign moment yet. If McCain protests, he looks petty.

obama says mccain proposed this to him this morning, he countered by saying "let's get a joint statement of what we want in a bailout package out there first", then mccain showed up on tv declaring "suspension" while their staffs were off still trying to work out the joint statement.

xpost I guess that I says the same thing I just said

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Sullivan: "He'll be there for the debate. McCain, er, blinks. It's the difference between a leader and an hysteric."

an hysteric, or a hysteric? i dont get sullivan's accent, its like some weird hybrid

Sullivan could skip the mildly sexist hysteric talk and just call McCain a fucking coward.

that pic is k-lo blinking btw

Men don't get hysterical?

have you ever seen me when my tie gets stained?

Oh NRO readers:

"Since Obama Seems to Want to Go On with the Debate. Many readers relay that they'd like McCain to just offer Palin step in for him."

[Origin: 1650–60; < L hystericus < Gk hysterikós, suffering in the womb, hysterical (reflecting the Greeks' belief that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances in the uterus)

So basically grandpaw needs a week long nap so picks the most divisive issue of the decade to suspend the campaign over?

the term "hysterical" rubs me the wrong way because it means crazy but its root is the greek word for womb. So it reinforces the "women be crazy" idea that I loathe.

Oh NRO readers:

"Since Obama Seems to Want to Go On with the Debate. Many readers relay that they'd like McCain to just offer Palin step in for him."

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:15 PM (55 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what a beautiful gift to the nation that would be

i can't even figure out what that quote is trying to say

like I said, this is McCain flaming out

omg:

Jonah;

I think McCain should show up for the debate looking reluctant and disheveled. He could apologize for this condition, saying he had to rush back from doing the nation’s business. He could be like Grant having to apologize to the impeccably dressed Lee at Appomattox for showing up all muddy and in an old private’s coat. There was, after all, a war that needed winning.

akm, that Palin would debate Obama on Foreign Policy apparently.

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