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August 26, 2008
Tuesday PM
1. An extraordinary collection of Obama pins for sale. Via Dusk. Speaking of Dusk, here's his take on last night:
awesome night for me. almost cried during ted speech, totally in love with the obama family. watching, reading the coverage everywhere, it's insane how obsessed i am, watched the convention on dvr on msnbc, watched all the post-coverage on msnbc and pbs, little of the republicans on larry king even, the republican spin (from what i saw on larry king etc including to a far lesser extent brooks) is: lost opportunity, no specifics, not enough about the troops, all of the fall back stuff but it really feels like blather (it didn't piss me off just made me roll my eyes so hopefully that means it's not that affective), the pundits on the left are swooning and everyone else is saying yep, that was a real great (the most emotional response i read is andrew sullivan's). finally got halperin's reaction on charlie rose: mostly positive, wait he's found something, he thinks the obamas are not FORMAL enough (ha, i'm actually glad to hear some criticism from someone other than repubs), which is quickly shot down by everyone else pointing out that the repubs are trying to paint them as elitist and they have to show that they are like clinton/gore campaign more familiar, but now halperin is defending obama on biden pick. the other downer from halperin and matthew dowd is that there is some palpable feeling that the party isn't completely united yet, there's a lack of enthusiasm, etc, and it's different convention than any they've been to (al hunt says, yo, 1980 sons, yall was just shorties then but this ain't nothing) and obviously this is the problem the dems have to solve. yawning, so late, anyway, great start, time to rest.
2. I'm with this dude. Can Bill Clinton and his former staffers kindly shut the hell up? Cause they're fucking ruining it, and this high school bullshit is tiresome. And that's coming from someone who has a (probably misplaced) good deal of affection for Bill & Hill & the Alien Cajun. And don't get me fucking started on the cable news networks. I have sworn off even MSNBC for the remainder of the convention - it's all PBS (Jim Lehrer, Mark Shields & Gwen Ifill in glorious HD!!!) and C-SPAN from here on out - because I can't fucking take the endless preoccupation with psychodrama and soap opera while John McCain's lead ticks ever upwards. That's right - in today's Gallup daily tracker, McCain has now posted his first recorded lead. Statistically insignificant, sure, national poll, sure, still early, sure, but I'm getting nervous and this shit ain't helping, goddamnit. Come on Clintons: get it together for the good of country & party. Just a hunch, but I don't think you're helping your 2012 chances any with this extended tantrum.
3. If, perchance, you were under the mistaken impression that Karl Rove had ceased being proactively evil - well, gentle reader, you were mistaken. And of course, Rove's talking points filter all the way down through the wingnut hierarchy, as documented here. Sigh. What the hell kind of country do we have now where motherfuckin KARL ROVE gets to decide who's patriotic enough??!?!
4. Biden gets teary-eyed with Delaware delegates. I'm still very happy with the pick, lack of bounce notwithstanding. This pick wasn't about excitement or bounce: rather, the effects here will be subtle and cumulative, if it works how I hope it will. How do you measure reassurance? It's not as instant as excitement. Plus, if Obama is in fact elected (a big if, I know), I strongly believe that having Joe Biden as Veep will be immensely helpful when it comes to, you know, actually governing and talking to world leaders and such. I see you, Kris, and of course those are totally valid concerns. Let's talk more about it when you get here.
5. Buffalo people & Brooklyn people, listen up. If you haven't seen this article (New York Mag: "What could possibly make someone want to leave New York and move to Buffalo?") yet, then please check it out. Personally, I've had it forwarded to me like 12-15 times already. Not mad at that at all.
6. Finally, a picture of Mark Messier and Gary Coleman. Holy hell.
Posted by caps at August 26, 2008 02:13 PM