Catching up! (Fast thread...!)
Yes, I remember that Hillary asked Obama to join her on the housing thing too, and that he agreed. (One debate she asked, the next debate she referred to the fact that he agreed.) I'll track that down next.
Fabulous about Kevin Drum! Very good piece too, I do know what he means. (Did I tell you I wrote to Andrew Sullivan telling him I wasn't happy about him hitting the "tears" thing again?) And I completely, completely agree with his assessment of Paul Krugman.
Finn D'Abuzz wrote:It would be entirely understandable for a black youth who regularly attended the sermons of a charismatic black preacher to adopt the style when he wanted to move people with his own spoken word.
Define "youth." He joined his current church (mostly but not entirely black, and with a charismatic black minister) about 20 years ago (I think more than that). That's a long time to absorb its cadences, even if it's not how he was raised per se.
Totally agree with FreeDuck's post
here.
Thomas wrote:2) Even if Clinton's attack flyer is a dishonest smear, which it may well be: This thread is about Obama. Some correspondents here post about Obama's strengths. Others post about Obama's weaknesses. Yet others present a balance about him. But the title of this thread is "Obama 08?", not "Clinton 08?" If few people attack Hillary when she's out of line, that's just because this thread isn't about Clinton. You'll have to live with that.
...and the first paragraph of the first post from this thread says: "Didn't want to derail nimh's thread about Republicans. This can become the equivalent about Democrats..."
Obama has been the focus, yes, but obviously he can't be discussed in a vacuum -- is he the best candidate? Why or why not? Is anyone else more electable? Why or why not? That's been how it's gone all the way through.
Thanks for the #3 though.
Yay JPB! Would love to get some first-hand accounts of the experience. That goes for JPB but also for anyone else voting today.
(IT'S SUPER TUESDAY! TODAY!)