Dirty Tricks

There are pictures circulating of Obama doing, well, what politicians do when they travel, dressing up in traditional garb. If this is what Obama's opponents have, well it's truly pathetic. Once Obama shrugs off all of these attacks by the Clintons, I suspect he'll be all that much more prepared for McCain.

The Sleeper Issue of '08: 1980s Kitsch

If you had told me back in 1988 that the political endorsements that would make the news would be those of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, I imagine that I would have said, "AWESOME!"

That's because I was a ten year-old boy in 1988.

Seriously, why are the fake superheroes of the 1980's so culturally relevant? Who will Sylvester Stallone endorse? How did McCain get Arnold's endorsement anyway? I imagine that there was a conference call that went something like this:

Arnold: This is good, but what is best in life?
Mitt Romney: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Arnold: Wrong! John McCain! What is best in life?
John McCain: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
Arnold: That is good! That is good.

Actually, that may have also been the conversation that earned McCain's Giuliani endorsement too. What about Obama and Hogan? Will Hogan offer to let Obama use this as his campaign song:

I can only hope so.

The Gloves Come Off

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton last night, wow:

I'm not sure who these exchanges benefit the most. One wonders though whether the animosity will be such that the respective campaigns - or at least their supporters - cannot come together in any sensible way once the primaries are over.

The Horse Race Continues

Hillary beat Obama last night - as I'm sure anyone who glances at the news today is surely aware. What does this mean? Ultimately, I'm damned if I know - and don't worry because there are plenty of others that will tell you what it means. For the sake of the Democrats, I get the sense that Hillary is way less electable then Obama - her surname carries too much baggage for too many people.

Obama Kicking Ass

I don't know if there's a better way to put it. He's got a significant lead on Hillary in New Hampshire these days. I wonder what this guy would be like as a president. I think it would be significant for a breaking a colour barrier that we've all been told doesn't exist. What else though?