John McCain is Old...I Mean Really Old
Sorry for the lack of content recently. This whole graduating thing is kind of time consuming. I know the title is kind of a "well duh" statement but sometimes you have to say it like it is. Enjoy!
"In August I told you I was back, today I tell you that I am here to stay."
College Dems attended McGovern Day in Sioux Falls and had the pleasure of hearing Sen. Tim Johnson give an amazing speech that showcased his amazing recovery from emergency brain surgery resulting from bleeding in the brain.
[Read More]FDR, the New Deal and the Recession
Every week in the Volante, Hittle or Carr, the most vocal College Republicans on campus, continually claim that Democrats want nothing less than a socialist state and they point to no other man than the great FDR as the man who pulled the trigger, so when I read the opening line of this article I knew I was going to talk about:
The Mess in Iraq (psst...the surge isn't working)
A few thoughts on the War In Iraq at the current moment.
[Read More]In Defense of Johnson
As we await for Kirby's imminent announcement tomorrow morning, South
Dakotans from all different walks of life have stood up to defend him
in this campaign. It is particularly disappointing to see Democratic
bloggers like SD watch and Badlands Blue rise in defense of Kirby. In
case you are not aware, the DSCC and the Johnson campaign has not
wasted anytime in letting voters
know who Steve Kirby actually is. For discretions sake, I actually did
not get to view the website that "attacks" Steve Kirby for his
questionable business practices but I got the gist of it from the
newspapers and blogs.
Clinton and the "dream" ticket
Recently, the Clinton campaign has been touting the possibility of a Clinton-Obama "dream" ticket. Hillary recently said she would support such a ticket on CBSNews and Bill recently said:
"I know that she has always been open to it, because she believes that
if you can unite the energy and the new people that he's brought in and
the people in these vast swaths of small town and rural America that
she's carried overwhelmingly, if you had those two things together she
thinks it'd be hard to beat."
Initially, I was shocked that the Clinton campaign would want to circulate such an idea especially as they attack Obama at what seems like every opportunity. After a couple of days though, this strategy employed by Clinton makes a lot of sense. It is well documented that many undecideds who lean towards Obama believe that he is a strong candidate but a bit inexperienced. This argument for a dream ticket is directed at them. If Clinton can get these voters to think that Obama will be on the ticket as the Vice President, it satisfies their fears of his inexperience while still giving them hope that Obama will one day be President...with further training. I personally think that this argument will not resonate with these undecided voters. The Obama campaign is well-organized and they will be more likely to reach these voters on the ground level which empirically gets the most votes. I could be wrong though. I have been before and with this election cycle, anything can happen.
Countdown to May: End of the World?
Read more if you want to find out how the world may end this spring...
[Read More]Obama is claiming Texas
In case you have not seen it yet, Obama's frontpage displays every state he has carried. Texas makes the list despite only 41% of Texas caucus precincts reporting and losing the
Texas primaries. With the current caucus trends, he should end up with more delegates out of the state, but still, I think they are jumping the gun a little bit here. In terms of momentum and who looked better this Tuesday, Senator Clinton won Texas in my mind even if he does end up with more delegates. If you would have asked me two weeks ago who was going to win Texas, I would have said Obama without question. He had all of the momentum and the lone star state really seemed to take with his outsider message. The fact that he narrowly lost the primaries says a lot about Clinton's efforts in TX. I am surprised the Clinton campaign has not said anything about this yet.