2008 Primaries Thread 2: THE QUICKENING

http://bigheaddc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/weaver.jpg

This would be a great picture if it were just cropped a little more on the left side.

The core of the story - that McCain's top advisers were concerned enough about his ties with a lobbyist to confront both the lobbyist and McCain about it - is clearly legit. That in itself is not a really big story — it's no bigger than Obama & Rezko, which is fairly inconsequential but entirely worthy of reporting.

^^^basically yeah i agree w/ this

wtf gallup

http://media.gallup.com/poll/graphs/022108DailyUpdateGraph1.gif

quit bouncin around like dat, man

ughhhhh

My question: could the NYT have run the story without intimating that McCain COULD have had an affair with this woman? I think so.

I think you'll find many in the journo world who would say that the NYT would not have run with this with the intimation if it did not have further evidence of same that it was not able to run with at this time.

huh?

EXACTLY

english, man

actually gabb that's getting excelsiored! nice work

I think you'll find many in the journo world who would say that the NYT would not have run with this with the intimation if it did not have further evidence of same that it was not able to run with at this time.

-- gabbneb, Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:43 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

if this is the case, :D

I'm really hoping there's no photographic evidence, because there's not enough eye bleach in all of the world.

The TNR story suggests as much.

xpost- sorry, no photos

"If John McCain has hired Bob Bennett as his lawyer," one commentator said on Fox News, "that's a big--you don't hire Bob Bennett to knock down a press story. You hire Bob Bennett because you have serious legal issues somehow."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/20/201332/807/36/458633

comparison of obama and hrc's senate records

That's possibly the best thing ever posted on Kos.

shit yeah that is great

From the comments of that dkos post:

Only 10 percent of Clinton contributors did not donate the legal maximum $2,300 for her primary campaign. In contrast, only three percent of Obama donors gave the maximum. The rest of the cash came from small sums from many more people.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/the-democratic-take-from-top-to-bottom/

lol, Obama wants to run the country, Hillary wants to open a day care.

So, how mudslingingly vicious is it going to get over the next couple of days? I hate when they do that :-/

the debate tonight should offer a pretty good preview

yeah def looking forward to it and SO pissed i can't go to any of the watch parties

i'm kind of nervous about the debate, hilz is a good debator. i did read though that obama's been preparing for this one more than any previous debate. but yea there'll be a lot of mudslinging coming up.

I predict Hillary embarasses herself big time tonight.

is this televised?

what would be the point of a non-televised debate?

what's the over / under on how many times we hear "speeches vs. solutions"

lots of reaction shots of Bill eating burritos

to the sound of a muted trumpet wah-wahing

i guess i meant on television that i can watch, and the answer is no apparently:

The debate, to be held on the campus of the University of Texas, will air live on CNN, CNN International and CNN.com from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ET. The debate will also air in Spanish on Univision at 11:30 p.m. ET.

what would be the point of a non-televised debate?

I dunno, ask NPR.

you won't have access to a computer? xpost

The debates are never on my NPR station...

do they show them on the computer?

ok fine i'll try watching it online, jeez.

(i don't like watching stuff on my home computer b/c i have no speakers right now, and only one working earbud, but no one cares about this)

I don't have cable, so it's online for me, if I finish "Beverly Hills 90210: Season Three" in time.

yea, i hate watching stuff on a computer too, but it wasn't too bad watching the last one on cnn.com. that's what i'll do tonight, too.

Hit the gym, bro.

jordan pick some earbuds before, dude. you can get a pair for like $10

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_rise_of_consumerism/02.ST.03/img/IM.0392_zl.jpg

Brenda and Donna's trip to Paris is more interesting than the debate, I'd wager.

nah, i go to the Y now, they have a tv or two but i think you need a radio tuner to get sound.

xp

Brenda and Donna's trip to Paris is more interesting than the debate, I'd wager.

Doesn't Brenda try a phony French accent on Rhodes scholar Bill Clinton?

I really don't like debates. I hope that doesn't make me shallow. I guess I'm curious what the big zinger or catchphrase will be, but they'll play highlights endlessly anyway, right?

Not liking debates isn't what makes you shallow, Kenan. </opengoal>

ho ho!

yeah i'm really sick of debates, at least until the GE.

i usually hate them but im pretty psyched for tonite cause of whats hillary gonna try to pull?

I hope Obama wears his new hat.