There’s not much these days that shakes me up. We’ve had about 20 televised debates. 20 or 30 Democratic primary elections and caucuses. I never know what Bill will do next. I’m afraid of Saturday Night Live. Tomorrow night is my night and every time I think about it I get chills. The possibilities are … Read More »
Half a delegate is better than none at all
February 28, 2008
No one knows better than me how crazy politics can get sometimes. I didn’t want anyone to know, but I won half a delegate last week. That got me to 1,276.5 total delegates. For a very pragmatic reason, the Democrats Abroad expatriate group were awarded delegates with half a vote. We set it up that … Read More »
Who is the real Barack Obama?
February 27, 2008
Chelsea came up to me after the debate last night and said, “Mom, you’re doing it again.” I said, “What? I smiled, didn’t I?” She said, “Yes, but you’re still obsessing over Barack, and it shows on camera, especially when he touched you tonight.” She’s right. I’m obsessing. Neither Bill nor I have been able … Read More »
Hillary’s House of Cards
February 26, 2008
Barack Obama must be channeling Ronald Reagan. I’ve thrown everything at him for months and nothing sticks to the man. Nothing. I played the Tough Hillary Card right before Iowa’s caucuses when our internal polls showed Obama taking a slight lead among voters. We thought it was a fluke, but just to be sure, Mark … Read More »
Advice from the Brits: “Shut up!”
February 25, 2008
To date we’ve tried every tactic known to modern politics to cut into Barack Obama’s allure with the voters. Nothing has worked. Nothing. The most interesting piece of advice I’ve read anywhere came from Daniel Finkelstein of The London Times. He says I should shut up. That’s it. Just plain old shut up. Well, not … Read More »
Long live Ralph Nader
February 24, 2008
Politics never fails to amaze me. Just when you thought a political candidate was long dead and buried, he rises like a phoenix from the ashes to inspire the electorate. Well, maybe just inspire Tim Russert and the wags that watch Meet the Press. Ralph Nader is at it again. The man is positively the … Read More »
An African-American Muslim suit
February 23, 2008
Maggie Williams was rummaging through Patti Solis Doyle’s desk, cleaning out the junk when she came across a photo of Barack Obama in Africa. She showed it to Icky and Mark, and they brought it to me. A photo of Barack isn’t much news but in this particular photo he was touring Africa and got … Read More »
Throwing in the towel
February 22, 2008
Alright, I praised Barack Obama during last night’s presidential debate. More than once. Is that so bad? I felt sympathy for the guy and figured he needed a few good words to build up his spirits. He looked so down and out of it all through the debate. He stammered and stuttered and struggled to … Read More »