turnout
Monday, February 11, 2008
Terrific Democratic candidates, close contest, record-busting Democratic primary and caucus turnouts all over the place.
Second rate Republican candidates, choices between the lesser of who cares, low Republican primary and caucus turnout numbers.
It's almost like voters can tell when their vote will and won't matter, and act rationally.
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McCain's Dobson's -- er, Hobson's -- choice
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Here's one example of just how big a problem Dobson, Limbaugh, et al are creating for John McCain. Who will he pick as VP?
The choice will be first prognosticated and then scrutinized, both ad nauseum, as all VP selections are. So in the post-Super-Tuesday lull, let's get cracking. For McCain, the meme will almost surely be: will he pick a Real Conservative?
If he does -- by selecting, say, Sam Brownback, Rick Santorum, Jim Gilmore -- he squanders what little opportunity he might have had of winning self-identified centrists, and likely alienates whatever independents still believe in the "maverick" and his Straight Talk Express. But if he doesn't -- by selecting, say, Joe Lieberman or Chuck Hagel -- he seals Dobson's contempt and loses all hope of rallying the religious right's turnout machine.
Maybe he tries to pick someone who's a blank slate nationally, so that the right and the center/independents can fill the empty vessel with whatever drink they prefer. But I think that's inherently risky too. First, nobody's really an empty vessel, and reporters will delight in outing the "real" candidate. Second, the Democrats will do the same storytelling, but with more impunity. And how many empty vessels are there, really, outside of the Dan Quayle category?
Does he have any good options?
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We
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
"We are the hope we've been waiting for."
- BHO 2/6/2008
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