Profiles in Fecklessness, part, ummm, I’ve lost count

Congressional Democrats once again do what they do best: fold like a cheap suit.
After months of wrangling, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress struck a deal on Thursday to overhaul the rules on the government’s wiretapping powers and provide what amounts to legal immunity to the phone companies that took part in President Bush’s program [...]

Baroque Obama


Life is old there, older than the trees

I don’t know whether the CNN headline writers meant this to be a joke, but it certainly made me laugh: “Clinton focuses on West Virginia; Obama, on future“.

Why I voted for Barack Obama

I voted for Barack Obama in the North Carolina primary today. Not because I have been swept away by Obamania. To the contrary, I’m not at all convinced of Obama’s virtues.
I am, however, absolutely convinced of Hillary Clinton’s vices.
Barack Obama is not the progressive that some of his supporters naively imagine, let alone the leftist [...]

Let’s get real

This video, purportedly made by Hillary Clinton supporters, is so unbelievably pathetic that I could almost believe it was really a spoof produced by the Obama campaign.

“We need a cleaning in the White House, and we need a woman to clean it up.” Right, because cleaning the house is a woman’s job.
“We don’t need no [...]

Joel Stein: Misogynist Jackass

How did such a pinheaded little putz get a regular column in a major newspaper anyway?
(Thanks to LGM for the tip.)

Lessig ‘08

Stanford University law professor and geek hero Larry Lessig is considering a run for the House seat left open by the recent death of Tom Lantos. This video (which illustrates how Lessig is the only person in the world to make effective use of PowerPoint) outlines his agenda for a “Change Congress” movement. I just [...]

Most. Pathetic. Campaign Ad. Ever

WTF?

LOLCATS for Obama

Pretty funny.
(Thanks to Crooked Timber for the tip.)

Trick question

Commenting on the potential significance of “Superdelegates” in this year’s presidential nomination sweepstakes, Robert Justin Lipkin (Widener Law School) asks, “Which word in “Democratic Party” does the Democratic Party not understand?” The correct answer, of course, is “both”.