Blog Buzz: Obama, McCain, Bush, and Coattails, Primary History, Iraq, and Nonproliferation
Our daily look at stories and topics lighting up the Internets:
Coattails: Obama and the Guy Not on the Ballot
DailyKos's BarbinMD thinks that McCain is learning how hard it is to run with Bush in the atmosphere. Multiple mentions around the Web of Nick Beaudrot's spreadsheet trying to use demographics to predict Obama coattails in districts around the country. Meanwhile, Marc Ambinder reports that the Obama campaign is salting away quiet pledges from superdelegates to line up behind him in early June—after the DNC's credentials committee meets this weekend.
Clinton '92: It Wasn't Over Until He Said It Was!
TPM's David Kurtz notes that Clinton can't remember how it went down in his first run. Taegan Goddard notes on Political Wire that Clinton himself said the race was over in April 1992.
Iraq: Optimism on the Right
Hot Air's Ed Morrissey thinks that the question facing the next president will be how, not whether, to withdraw. The Weekly Standard's Dean Barnett wonders why, with things looking up in Iraq, the left isn't celebrating.
McCain's Nonproliferation Speech: Fire From the Left
Jon Wolfsthal slams McCain on Democracy Arsenal for adopting too narrow a lens on nuclear weapons, calling his nonproliferation policy "a wolf in sheep's clothing." Ilan Goldenberg adds on Democracy Arsenal that on North Korea, McCain is more extreme than Bush. Meanwhile, ThinkProgress notes that antiwar protesters interrupted McCain's speech, chanting "End this war! End this war!" But the Boston Globe's Foon Rhee, on Political Intelligence, argues that McCain, who responded, "I will never surrender in Iraq, my friends," took the protest in stride.
—Robert Schlesinger and Johannah Cornblatt
Reader Comments
Obama - President???
As I watch what is happening in America today I am deeply disturbed. For years, the far left Marxist/ Socialist arm of the democratic party has been seeking to gain control and place their candidate in the executive office.
This is now being accomplished. Barrack Obama is the perfect candidate for their purposes. Obama hid his true agenda in the senate by being conveniently absent on votes that would have easily shown America his far left leaning. He is now distancing himself from those friends and colleagues who are anti-American and Marxist, but his heart is in the same place it has always been.
My fear is that he will ride into office with the votes of African Americans who want to see a black man elected president and young people who do not understand what Marxism and Socialism truly mean to our free enterprise system and our indepedence as a people. How tragic for our youth and a minority group to be used by those who have no intention of making America a stronger Republic or a better democracy. How unfair to black Americans who deserve better and our youth who have not been taught truth in our institutions.
One hand on My Bible/the Other on my Gun: song replies to Obama
I'm sorry, but I'm still bitter over the bitter, clinging to Bibles and guns comment. I guess there should be no doubt then, why I wrote and recorded this song:
I've Got one hand on my Bible (The other, on my Gun)
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/OneHandRegDem2.mp3
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