McCain's wrapped up the GOP nomination...

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by snoopy369
That's why I agree with some of the CNN folks (Lou Dobbs etc.) who said that he needs to go to Iraq now, spend a week there, evaluate things, and formulate a plan of his own after talking to the various higher ups there. Not only will it keep him in the news - you know it would - but it means he can tell the American Public that he has a plan to finish Iraq properly, and get us out, with the minimum risk to American soldiers' lives.

That's a very savvy plan.

[DanS]

Originally posted by snoopy369
but hate that we are *failing* in Iraq.

We aren't failing in Iraq.

[Dinner]

We're not winning either. It's just kind of a very expensive stalemate which we can't maintain forever. Unless you think $3 trillion is chump change.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


And who will be completely out of the news cycle for the next 4-5 months (unless he does something embarrassing, which is a good bet with a loose cannon like McCain). If theree's an upside to the Dems ongoing slog, it's that, when coupled with America's short attention span, by August people may not even remember that McCain is running.

Good point. Perhaps McCain should start a webcam of his life. He could combine that with snoopy's idea. . .on second thought, cameras in Iraq would probably kill his campaign.

[SlowwHand]

The main problem is that there's never been a timetable. People are people. There's a procrasinator thread here. People wait until they're forced to move.

[Guynemer]

So this is how the Dems are gonna blow another lay-up. A long, protracted slugfest of a nominating process, likely to turn very ugly very soon, followed by an absolute fiasco cluster**** of a convention.

Some things never change.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
The main problem is that there's never been a timetable. People are people. There's a procrasinator thread here. People wait until they're forced to move.

There's always been a timetable. The problem is that the timetable contains all sorts of benchmarks that ain't never gonna happen (remember how the flow of Iraqi oil was going to pay for the war?), and the idiots who developed the timetable are constitutionally incapable of admitting error, ever.

It's kind of like if I had a timetable to come meet you in Texas that looked like this:

Jan 2 - pack
Jan 3 - sprout wings and learn to fly
Jan 4-5 - fly to Texas

You're still waiting for me...but you can't say I don't have a timetable!

[Lancer]

Two days to fly to Texas? You better sprout some jet engines too.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Lancer
Two days to fly to Texas? You better sprout some jet engines too.

"You fly to Texas with the wings you sprouted, not the wings you wish you'd sprouted."

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by DanS


We aren't failing in Iraq.

You aren't one of the people in the demographic I'm describing

These people view us as failing in Iraq, at least according to the poll numbers

[Dinner]

The latest fuss in the press is over a Hillary ad where Obama's picture has had the skin tones electronically darkened to make him appear more negro. Hillary is claiming the photoshopping of Obama's skin tone is just a coincidence while others are pointing out that this is yet another in a long line of subtle racist attacks by the Hillary campaign going all the way back to Bill Clintons crypto racist remarks in South Carolina.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052008/news/nationalnews/shady_tv_ad_darkens_o_100533.htm

More promising is that Hillary is now offering Obama a party unity ticket with both candidates. The stupid part is second place Hillary is insisting that she should lead the ticket and Obama should take the VP slot. Call me old fashioned but shouldn't the candidate with the most delegates who received the most actual votes top the ticket?

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052008/news/nationalnews/hillary_clinton_hints_at_shared_ticket_w_100573.htm

[Kidlicious]

Poll: Bull**** Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

[MarkG]

this got boring after the first 10 secs

[DinoDoc]

Sen. Levin: Do-Over Impossible
MI Sen. Carl Levin pipes up, finally, about the MI drama, and he passes the buck to the credential comm, saying that the state doesn't have the means for a revote. Levin's statement, sent from his Senate office:

Michigan Democrats have for years argued against the unfair and irrational system in which New Hampshire and Iowa almost always have a hugely disproportionate impact on our presidential nominating process.

A DNC commission reviewed the system and recommended a new sequence for
2008 in which New Hampshire would hold the third nomination contest. It was only after New Hampshire indicated its intention to violate the new sequence -- and the DNC's failure to enforce its own rules in light of New Hampshire's violation of those rules -- that Michigan decided it would move up its primary to January 15. The DNC subsequently voted to strip Michigan of its convention delegates.

Senator Levin was asked to join with Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, and DNC Member Debbie Dingell to work with the DNC, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama in an attempt to resolve the Michigan delegate dispute.

Senator Levin doesn't see at this time a practical and fair way to hold a "do-over" election in Michigan given the immense financial and logistical hurdles, and in any event believes that a change in course would require acceptance by both candidates.

Unless an agreement is reached before the Democratic National Convention in August, the issue would be addressed by the Democratic Convention Credentials Committee. The Credentials Committee's recommendation would be subject to an appeal to the full Convention.

The current course is for delegates allocated to Michigan's congressional districts to be selected at district conventions on March 29 based on the proportion of the January 15 primary vote in each district tallied for Senator Clinton or "uncommitted." The remaining pledged delegates will be selected at a Michigan Democratic Party State Central Committee meeting on May 17 based on the statewide election results.

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/03/sen_levin_doove.html

[Zkribbler]

MI Sen. Carl Levin pipes up, finally, about the MI drama, and he passes the buck to the credential comm, saying that the state doesn't have the means for a revote.

Don't do the crime if you don't have the dime.

Translation: Don't violate election rules if you don't have the funds to fix the problem you create.