The Vig

Here’s something that probably only interests me, but oh well. I have two friends who have voted in the Republican primaries in their states. One in New Hampshire, the other in South Carolina. Both went for Ron Paul. They’re both women under 35. As I told my friend Crystal this afternoon, I thought I was [...]

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-I got to work this morning seething about New Hampshire. A comment on Sullivan’s blog summed up the battle perfectly for me. It’s down to those contributing to Social Security against those collecting it. I remember when I was younger being crushed when the Democratic machine put down the Gary Hart insurgency. It feels sort [...]

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Well, that sucked.  That’s what I get for running my mouth, I guess.  What happens from here?  I haven’t the foggiest.  I do believe had Obama won tonight that he would have run the table.  And in my heart I believe he still will.  But tonight my head aches.  What the hell happened?
I exchanged emails [...]

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I’d only heard a little about it during the day yesterday. I finally viewed it around 9 last night. My initial reaction before viewing it was that she’s coming to terms with the fact it’s over and there’s nothing she can do about it at this point. Her negatives are too high [...]

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As Josh Marshall aptly pointed out, it’s a Rorschach test. As an Obama supporter, that’s the Hillary I fear. I thought she scored points all the way through. Right up to the point where she started talking about her 35 years of experience. Then she lost me. Is she honestly [...]

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The current conservative meme suggests Obama has no record. Just two years in the Senate. Hillary tried that one out in Iowa and we know how that worked. So in New Hampshire, she’s trying a different tack. He has too much of a record.
Hillary’s aides point to Obama’s extremely progressive record [...]

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I remember as a child getting up to watch the Space Shuttle return from orbit.  During re-entry there was always a 45-second period where Mission Control couldn’t communicate with the Shuttle.  No one knew what was happening.  Watching Iowa this week is a lot like figuring out what’s happening with the Shuttle.  No one knows.  [...]

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Hillary launched a bizarre attack on Obama yesterday that’s just left me scratching my head.
“Voters will have to judge if living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges the next president will face,” Clinton said. “I think we need a president with more experience [...]

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