February 2008
86 posts
Bush & Clinton Forever →
“A tongue-in-cheek Web site called Bush-Clinton Forever is already proposing Jeb...”
– Nicholas Kristof, “The Dynastic Question”
January 2008
45 posts
“Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice, in ’84 and ’88. And he ran a good...”
– Bill Clinton on Obama’ win (code: Don’t worry, white voters, it’s a Black thang)
WatchStay awake
WatchVegas cliches and “hearin’ stuff” in a casino
“I have to say that, you know, I would have to, you know, investigate more of...”
– Barack Obama
“I would be willing to engage in a dancing competition with [Obama], even though...”
– Bill Clinton
“[B]eing first doesn’t mean being best. No one brags about still using the first...”
– John Allen Paulos
“I want a fair, true portrait of the man. How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum...”
– Oliver Stone plans a film about W.
“As polls show increasing black support for Obama, [Jesse] Jackson, [Al] Sharpton...”
– As Obama Rises, Old Guard Civil Rights Leaders Scowl
Against Independent Voters →
“[P]rogressives have been granted a second chance to argue that Reaganism is...”
– Debunking the Reagan Myth
Primary Chatter
Kerry to Edwards and Clinton: In yo face!
Voters to Richardson: Adios!
“Especially for less well-off voters, the specific things government can do to...”
– E. J. Dionne, “A shocker, in hindsight”
“Here we go again, the old juice. Guaranteed heart melter. A few female tears,...”
– Maureen Dowd (quoting Spencer Tracy), “Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House?”
“What worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as...”
– Gloria Steinem, “Women Are Never Front-Runners”
“This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”
– Bill on Obama’s campaign
“I can’t make her younger, taller, male, there’s a lot I can’t...”
– Bill, referring to Hillary
The Tribe Has Spoken: Dixville Notch, New...
Republicans - McCain: 4; Romney: 2; Giulani: 1
Democrats - Obama: 7; Edwards: 2; Richardson: 1; Clinton: 0
“If you wanted a “black” president or vice president so much, you...”
– Christopher Hitchens, “Identity Crisis”
Obama Rally Playlist (Nashua North High School,...
01. Marvin Gaye, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough''
02. John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)''
03. Tina Turner, "The Best''
04. The Doobie Brothers, "Takin' It To The Streets''
05. Earth, Wind & Fire, "Shining Star''
06. O'Jays, "Give The People What They Want''
07. Sam and Dave, "Hold On I'm Coming''
08. Kool & the Gang, "Celebration''
09. Natasha Bedingfield, "Unwritten''
10. The Isley Brothers, "Shout''
11. The Temptations, "Get Ready''
12. India.aire, "There's Hope''
13. McFadden and Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now''
14. Staples Singers, "I'll Take You There''
15. Orleans, "Still The One''
16. Sly and the Family Stone, "Everyday People''
17. The Doobie Bros., "Long Train Running''
18. Stevie Wonder, "Sir Duke''
19. John Fogarty, "Centerfield''
Clinton Rally Playlist (Nashua North High School,...
01. Dolly Parton, "9 to 5''
02. KT Turnstall, "Suddenly I See''
03. Tom Petty, "American Girl''
04. Rascal Flatts, "Life Is A Highway''
05. Bruce Springsteen, "The Rising''
06. Smashmouth, "I'm a Believer''
07. Shania Twain, "Rock This Country''
08. Bachman-Turner Overdrive, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet''
09. Earth Wind & Fire, "September''
“Now she has the stink of a loser on her.”
– Shaken Clinton Camp Prepares For Trench Warfare After NH
“I don’t think Americans are concerned if we’re there for one hundred years or a...”
– McCain on the U.S. presence in Iraq (January 6, 2008).
Interview of the President in Roundtable with...
Q Mr. President, I wanted to ask you, your visit to the region will not include the Maghreb Arab.
THE PRESIDENT: Will not include...
Q The Maghreb Arab...
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, that's right.
Q ... Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Those countries actually played a very important role in the peace process in the past and I think that they are willing to do it again. And my question, Mr. President, if there is any reason for excluding the Maghreb Arab from your visit?
THE PRESIDENT: Only because I ran out of time. It's certainly not as a result of any lack of respect or understanding that the contribution of those -- of that area would be a significant contribution to achieving peace. And I appreciate very much the leadership in the King of Morocco, as well as President Bouteflika. I'd like to go sometime; I just -- I don't want to make excuses, but I will. I've got to prepare the State of the Union address. (Laughter.) And so I'm leaving for a lengthy period of time, and need to get back home. And having said that, one of my great trips as a civilian -- I guess you'd call me a civilian -- non-President, non-political figure -- was when I went to Morocco. I had the great pleasure of going to Marakesh, for example, and I'll never forget drinking crushed almond milk, and enjoyed the wonders of the desert, and then was able to see snow-capped mountains shortly in the distance, in the short distance. And so it's -- I threw snowballs in Morocco one time in the Atlas mountain range. So I had a wonderful experience there. Not to be kind of nostalgic, looking back, but -- you know, it's interesting -- for example, there are a lot of Moroccan Jews in Israel.
Q And in Morocco also.
THE PRESIDENT: What?
Q And in Morocco.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, and in Morocco, which provides the King an interesting opportunity to be a healer and a unifier. And I believe he's committed to that. So I view these three countries as important, and I am -- wish I could have gone, but I was unable to do so.
“We’re going to lose South Carolina.”
– Clinton aide
“If all you want is happy changes, you really don’t want change at all.”
– Michael Kinsley, “Stirred, Not Shaken”
“Obama’s vague optimism and smooth-jazz modernity came together in a spectacular...”
– Maureen Dowd, “Voting for a Smile”
“We don’t need to be raising the false hopes of our country about what can be...”
– Hillary Clinton, 5 Jan. 2008
“It really felt more like a funeral as people started strolling in from upstairs...”
– NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s speech after the Iowa caucuses.
“Among at least some of Barack Obama’s supporters there seems to be a belief that...”
– Dealing with the Dragon
“If they held the first caucuses in Idaho, we’d be subsidizing gasoline...”
– Where the Iowa Caucuses Went Wrong