Monday, February 19, 2007

Couple of things

- Well said fellas.

- This is a ridiculous column. It's faulting Barack Obama for things that have been endorsed by other contenders for the presidency as well. Obama did back Joe Lieberman last year ... during the primary, as did Hillary Clinton. Obama does trail in black voters ... but he's not even 10 days into his presidental campaign, while the Clintons have been a household name in progressive politics for more than 15 years (it's also interesting to note that Obama's support in the black community is considerably stronger than Clinton's in the Midwest, where he is well-known). Furthermore, what is the point of this column? If Clarence Lusane is truly a commentator on progrsesive issues, then what is the point of decrying Obama's infant candidacy while lifting up the centrist views of Clinton? It flies completely in the face of logic.

- Wow Henry Shirah ... that's one weird letter.

- This whole race in the 10th Congressional District is gonna be interesting. I don't think you'll see that many names ultimately in the mix, and I'm quite sure folks like Doc Elderidge or Tom Chasteen might start casting an eye at something like Ralph Hudgens's vacated seat rather than run in a jam-packed race for U.S. Congress. Just anyone but Hudgens ... or Terry Holley for that matter.

- Not that I'm entirely opposed to this concept, but comparing Tucker to The Landings is ridiculous.

- Charles Howell III won the Nissan Open.

- It's good to see these ideas get narrowed down, particularly the one proposing a local pool for local businesses, though I hope that includes self-employed folks and potential entrepreneurs. I very much like the proposals for non-traditional schools, free child care and a regional economic development authority.

- The wild ride that is John McCain's bid for the presidency grows more shameless by the minute. First, he agrees to speak to a meeting of creation scientists, and now he suddenly wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. I mean, do Republicans take him seriously any more?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

sad to say i dont see much hope in getting Norwood's seat for a Democrat.

4:28 AM  

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