Monthly Archives: May 2008
A Byrd In The Hand
Used to be when you were on the winning end of a landslide that it was your opponent who had to struggle to climb out of the avalanche. and a 40-point stomping of your opponent would have bought you a … Continue reading
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Gordonian Knot
Though I’m not technically residing in Oregon at the moment, I still consider myself an Oregon resident. I lived there for the better part of 37 years, I work there, I pay taxes there, I buy my liquor and gasoline … Continue reading
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VeepStake Monday – The Inside Line: 05-19-2008
The Dems’ had their moment in the sun last week, and this week we check in with the GOP to read the tea leaves and see who’s going to carry John McCain’s water and his Meuslix this fall. Does he … Continue reading
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Barack Star
Good Lord, no wonder the streets were so empty today. Okay, I really have no idea. It was Sunday, and it’s my only day resembling a day off, so I never leave my apartment. Still, I bet they were very … Continue reading
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Black-Dog Democrats
There was a time when all you had to be was white, Republican, and from the South and everything was right with your world. If you were from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia (except for 1992, but you can … Continue reading
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The Neville Brothers
Somewhere tonight in the afterworld, Neville Chamberlain has just been informed that he’s the focus of his first daily newscycle since 1938, and is being briefed on what a “newscycle” is. Somewhere tonight in Los Angeles, radio host Kevin James … Continue reading
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Eleaktoral Politics
The popular wisdom after Barack Obama’s pummeling victory in North Carolina and no less an authority than Tim Russert declared him the presumptive nominee was that the superdelegates would seal the deal and stampede toward the Obama campaign. It seemed … Continue reading
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Deadwards
We had such a lovely time in West Virginia, it’s too bad we have to get back to the reality of the painful, doomed continuation of the Clinton Campaign. It wasn’t Al Gore, but dragging John Edwards off the fence … Continue reading
2 Clintons And What Do You Get?
Another day older and deeper in debt. There were no surprises in Coal Country tonight and, as expected, Obama got trounced old-school in West Virginia. And the Clintons are, still, both broke and going for broke. Hillary came out just … Continue reading
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Veepstake Monday: The Inside Line – 05.12.2008
Oh boy, it’s getting exciting now. With the talking heads turning their attention to the Veepstakes, we’re moving into that realm beyond the academic where someone could lose their car title over this parlor game. We’re going to have real … Continue reading
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