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April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008
« March 30, 2008 - April 5, 2008 | Main | April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008 »Hillary Clinton laughs when she lies--the Colombia episode
Filed under: Hillary Clinton
You know how Hillary Clinton always laughs to get away from a question she doesn't want to answer? Well, check out the Joker-like performance when she's asked about possible conflicts of interest in her position on Colombia:
I've thought Hillary was lying on this issue ever since she came out opposed to it when her husband Bill is for it. This strikes me as exactly the kind of having-it-both-ways that Obama called her on in Cleveland--you can't get the credit for Bill's presidency if you're not willing to take responsibility for what was wrong with it. This is also why I'm beginning to think it's not inappopriate for Chelsea Clinton to be repeatedly asked about Monica Lewinsky. There are a lot of unresolved issues from the first eight years of Clinton presidency that need to be resolved before we sign up for another four.
Posted by Kevin Hoffman at April 11, 2008 10:03 AM | Comments (10)
Alex Keaton, (Republican) America needs you now!
Filed under: National Republicans
"A generation ago," writes David Frum in his latest column, the Republican Party "owned the youth vote." It's an easy thing to forget, but Frum has not:
In 1984 and 1988, first Ronald Reagan and then George H.W. Bush won first-time voters and under-29 voters by big margins: 20 points in 1984. The twentysomethings of the 1980s remain the most Republican cohort in the electorate to this day ... Today's twentysomethings are the most anti-Republican age group in the electorate.
Frum offers up a list of things Republicans can do to win the kids back, ranging from hopping on the "green" bandwagon to pushing a more nuanced anti-Roe v. Wade stance.
In the end he defers his hopes for the party by a few years, imagining an Obama win and betraying a sense that it may be too late for Republicans and their youth vote this time around. "Young people react to the success or failure of the first politicians they know," he writes, adding:
If the inexperienced Barack Obama wins — and then discovers that there is more to being president than giving speeches — we could discover that the next generation of young people reacts to the failures of an Obama presidency by rediscovering the enduring Republican principles of limited government, individual rights, strong national defense and pragmatic effective governance.
And with that, Frum pointed his browser to Youtube, sipped from his coffee, searched Alex Keaton, and smiled.
Wait. That was me...
Posted by Jeff Severns Guntzel at April 9, 2008 3:45 PM | Comments (0)
Obama pulling even with Hillary in Pennsylvania?
Filed under: Primary
This poll, showing Obama pulling even with Hillary in Pennsylvania, cannot possibly be correct:
Pennsylvania DemocratsMar 7-8 / Mar 26-27 / Apr 5-6
Clinton 52% / 51% / 45%
Obama 41% / 39% / 45%
Someone else 1% / 2% / 4%
Undecided 6% / 8% / 6%
While I think the Bosnia lie did significant damage to Hillary's campaign, and Obama wasn't hurt nearly as bad as was initially suspected on the Radical Reverend (thanks in large part to the candidate's widely-hailed race speech), I think this much of a swing is beyond credibility and this poll is likely an outlier. That said, even a single-digit loss in Pennsylvania would be a win for Obama, and he appears to be building up an avalanche of support in North Carolina.
Posted by Kevin Hoffman at April 7, 2008 4:32 PM | Comments (1)
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