It was a very good year.

Slouching Toward Denver

Quote:When Democrats contemplate the apocalypse these days, they have visions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugging it out à la Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention. The campaign's current trajectory is, in fact, alarmingly similar to the one that produced that disastrous affair. Back then, Carter had built up a delegate lead with early wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and several Southern states. But, as the primary season dragged on, Kennedy began pocketing big states and gaining momentum. Once all the voting ended and Kennedy came up short, he eyed the New York convention as a kind of Hail Mary.

Deepening Democratic Dilemma

Quote:Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically.

I can hear the chant building among Democrats, Al Gore .... Al Gore ... Al Gore wouldn't that be cool if the Super Delegates take the cop out route and draft Al Gore.


What's even funnier is the Democrat party threatening legal action against Republicans who switch parties to vote for Hillary as part of Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos". In Texas for example they say you must swear an allegiance to the Democrat party when registering. If these folks now switch to Independent or Republican they'll be in trouble for violating that pledge.

THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:In Texas for example they say you must swear an allegiance to the Democrat party when registering. If these folks now switch to Independent or Republican they'll be in trouble for violating that pledge.

Who said that? I don't remember any kind of pledge even in the caucus... They do stamp your voters registration card (if you have it) with the party name (but I think that's new this year).

I45owl Wrote:

THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:In Texas for example they say you must swear an allegiance to the Democrat party when registering. If these folks now switch to Independent or Republican they'll be in trouble for violating that pledge.

Who said that? I don't remember any kind of pledge even in the caucus... They do stamp your voters registration card (if you have it) with the party name (but I think that's new this year).

This was what Mr. Limbaugh said about Republicans that changed their registration in Texas. I may have misquoted him. The Texas Democrats were not making as much of this as the Ohio Dems according to Limbaugh.

Operation Chaos Under Assault

Limbaugh Listener corrected this in a post to the site

Quote:In Texas, one can vote in either Primary, but not both. And one can only Caucus where one voted.
Voter ID is stamped as to which Primary you vote in.
There is no rule that you must prove membership nor allegiance to that Party. Just that you are eligible to vote and didn't vote in the other Primary.

Quote:Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically.

I think it's far too soon to say that his speech failed politically. I think his speech, while not completely mollifying anyone, will somewhat water down the questions about his character. Over several months, it will have a subtle impact which we won't really be able to measure.