On January 26, after her loss to Barack Obama in the South Carolina primary, Hillary Clinton released a concession statement. I’m phrasing it that way because that describes what she did: she released a statement. In a way, she conceded nothing. I take out the garbage; Hillary Clinton has the garbage removed. Her hands do [...]
Aside from a vote in a primary and a vote in a general election, and maybe the wearing of a button or placing a sign on our lawn or our car, most of us are bystanders, observers, maybe water-cooler commentators in this process of selecting the next person to lead this nation. Most of us [...]
There was a mini-scandal today over Michelle Obama’s choice of words when she said this: “Let me tell you something — for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country.” The Clinton and McCain campaigns, as well as the media, thought this was scandalous.
Now that it’s finally here, Superdupertuesday may not be the decisive event everyone thought it would be. If things split the way the prognosticators think they might split right now, we’re in for a much longer process, and states that haven’t caucused or primaried yet are going to have a greater impact on the process [...]