2008 Primaries Thread

Hillary has issued a TOWN-HALL CHALLENGE to Obama to be set in Orono, ME this weekend.

Wrestling match?

I thought I hated Joe Klein, but.. Well I read it and thought, when the whole thing started I was arguing that the Obama campaign is about itself.

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1710721,00.html
And yet there was something just a wee bit creepy about the mass messianism — "We are the ones we've been waiting for" — of the Super Tuesday speech and the recent turn of the Obama campaign. "This time can be different because this campaign for the presidency of the United States of America is different. It's different not because of me. It's different because of you." That is not just maddeningly vague but also disingenuous: the campaign is entirely about Obama and his ability to inspire. Rather than focusing on any specific issue or cause — other than an amorphous desire for change — the message is becoming dangerously self-referential. The Obama campaign all too often is about how wonderful the Obama campaign is.

Also, this link is actually worth clicking.
http://www.oliverwillis.com/archives/2008/02/07/mitt-romney-epic-fail/

ha holy shit nobody knew it was coming:

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/02/crowd_stunned_as_romney_drops.php

Joe Klein and daria didn't read the metapolitics link

To be fair, Daria, a lot of the HRC campaign -- until recently -- was about how inevitable her nomination was.

I have so many opportunities for this country

hillary swats obama across the nose with a lacy glove, demands satisfaction and pistols at dawn.

Come volunteer for the day and bring a friend! There will be phones, Hillary trivia, and door prizes! The Hill-Star who brings the most people with him/her and the Hill-Star who makes the most phone calls by the end of the day will both receive an autographed copy of The American Health Choices Plan, Hillary's plan for universal health care coverage.

loooool

There's a lot of opportunities
If there aren't, you can make them
Make or break them

I've got the brains, you've got the looks
Let's make lots of money

There will be . . . Hillary trivia

Thank goodness she won't be dangerously self-referential.

Romney supporters began to boo. Others shouted, "No!" At least one woman shouted, loudly, "Why?"

"And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," he said.

More crowd noise: "No!" and "Oh no"

"This is not an easy decision for me. I hate to lose. My family, my friends and our supporters... many of you right here in this room... have given a great deal to get me where I have a shot at becoming President. If this were only about me, I would go on. But I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America. This has never been about me."

The crowd: "Come on! No!"

Romney: "I feel I have to now stand aside for our party and our country."

"We love you Mitt," one woman yelled.

Romney received a standing ovation upon exiting. His supports filed out of the ballroom, fumbling for their cell phones. I saw one woman crying

Booo.... Scatterde for our party and our country
We love u mitt

I do wonder if embittered Mitt groupies will boo McCain.

Every campaign does this kind of goofy shit to bring on volunteers, though. At least they're not handing out orange hats and setting up campgrounds :)

Can I just say that this is giving me massive giggletits:

"[...]This has never been about me."

The crowd: "Come on! No!"

I do wonder if embittered Mitt groupies will boo McCain.

Word is his speech was received with half applause, half boos.

The part about some people surrendering to terror was a nice touch, Mittens

But I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America.

but how does he feel about America?

Some calm and measured thoughts from the ever-reflective M. Malkin and her restrained, gentle commentators re: McCain's speech:

On February 7th, 2008 at 3:49 pm, miker said:

Ok this really takes the whole enchilada. As long as Juan McPain has Juan Hernadez within arms reach of his campaign, I will not believe one single word from him about Amnesty. Heck he just said “I stand behind my position on illegal immigrants”, so why does anyone think he would change his mind?

Satan himself could be running against McPain and McPain STILL wouldn’t get my vote. NEVER EVER!

Etc. etc.

ha holy shit nobody knew it was coming:

yeah totally awesome watching it live and knowing that.

GET ONE BLACKBERRY

Satan himself could be running against McPain and McPain STILL wouldn’t get my vote. NEVER EVER!

Mature, even for her.

OMG GLEN BECK IS ON CNN RITE NOW EXPLAINING THE "I CANT VOTE FOR MCCAIN BECAUSE I'M AN ALCOHOLIC" RHETORIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU CANT KEEP ENABLING SOMEONE WHO HAS A PROBLEM!

YOU HAVE TO LET THEM COLLAPSE ON THEMSELVES!

Mature, even for her.

That was actually one of the comments but I suspect she thought the same.

so the Republican Party is like sweet, sweet liquor? (Southern Comfort?)

NO MCCAIN IS THE BOOZE

THE PARTY HAS A PROBLEM

A disease, then?

SINGLE MALT MCCAIN, AGED 70 YEARS

can we get a .jpg of McCain on some malt liquor plz

x-post

a party, perverted

no no, the McCain booze is aged in a damp cellar for 5 & 1/2 years

wow, that's not funny

yikes

xp

It's a little funny. Way more grim, but still a little funny.

"no no, the McCain booze is aged in a damp cellar for 5 & 1/2 years"

not funny at all

I'm sorry, but that is a little funny.

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/images/707.jpg

I CANT VOTE FOR MCCAIN BECAUSE I'M AN ALCOHOLIC

What's this about?

i just explained upthread

it lead to jokes about mccain being a brand of booze

yeah, i guess i went there. pretty tasteless of me, sorry! lol xxp

Isn't the current Republican an alcoholic?

POURED OUT A MCCAIN FOR MY DEAD HOMIES

thanks for bringing up glenn beck guys!

John Barleycorn McCain

Ah, conspiracy theories:

We're told from a reliable source on the ground at CPAC: "They stuffed the main room with McCain supporters. But the overflow room booed him heartily, cheered when Romney was mentioned, booed when McCain said he hopes we forgive his absence from CPAC in the past."

Our source was sure to add: "There was forced applause by the supporters, but not the whole room; laughs and scoffs when he mentioned his conservative record."

The overflow room has 100+ people in it, we're told, with minimal (seven-ish) McCain supporters.

I LOVE THE CORNER:

It Needs to Be Said [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

This McCain speech would not have been given today, if it weren't for folks like Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Andy McCarthy, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham. Can I thank them on behalf of America?

Any port in a storm, Ms. Lopez.

The McCain speech was pretty vile. This bilge about Democratic obstruction on FISA (when Jay Rockefeller and Harry Reid want to help McConnell as much as they can) is pure cynicism:

It is shameful and dangerous that Senate Democrats are blocking an extension of surveillance powers that enable our intelligence and law enforcement to defend our country against radical Islamic extremists."