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R Keith Gargus — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:59:40 GMT

I think you underestimate the money situation. The between the lines message has to be bad for HRC. Either she has a poor money base, or the spigot is turned off because the “money” is nervous.The good news for her, the strategy of lowering the bar(which her campaign has been very good at) for Feb and saving cash for the must win March primaries might work well. Or it might be a repeat of Rudy and the Fla strategy.
The other important point. So far there is little issue of unity for the emerging candidate. But if the winner comes out of a brokered convention, the odds are the dems will be fatally wounded. They have to find a way to avoid that or certainly lose the election.

R Keith Gargus — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:12:17 GMT

She is so afraid of the GOP noise machine that she has repeatedly voted against her principles. That is unacceptable. Yes politics is tough. But somewhere in the course of time you have to take a stand. She doesn’t. With an electorate begging for sweeping change, careful parsing, misdirection, and not so subtle hypocrisy tells me shes not the one.

R Keith Gargus — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:51:23 GMT

the Cubano allegiance to the GOP might be the greatest case of alignment against self-interest. Good luck dems.

R Keith Gargus — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:35:54 GMT

Stupid waste of time for congress. Stupid position for pro sports. Make second offense a career death penalty, and watch the problem go away.

R Keith Gargus — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:41:40 GMT

Polls were pre Potomac beatdown. I think her ship has sailed, but we’ll know shortly.
The post-mortem of her campaign will be fascinating. I think its was lost before it started. Her triangulation by voting for Iraq, and making nice with Murdoch, mega-corps etc.. left her ill placed for a party wanting sweeping change not muddling villagers.

R Keith Gargus — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:09:57 GMT

So much for the idea of bi-partisanship as understood by the GOP. That is “vote with us or die”. Not something to which even bush dogs will subscribe. They really are relentless, aren’t they?

R Keith Gargus — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:20:44 GMT

An adjunct and equally big story is the RNCs new spin on Iraq. Evidently they have decided to resell the war as a win. They wouldn’t define win to save their mothers life but it’s the new sliced bread. Coinciding with McCain they are ramping up the rhetoric. I dont know if its desperation or they think this is viable, but Iraq is worse now than ever. Sects are entrenched, Kurdistan is being polite, but considers itself independent. Bush is on very thin ice with Turkey. If war breaks out between Kurdistan and Turkey it will be the nail in the coffin of the pretend government.
It seems the deal is a variation of the Reagan bargain back in 79. Pay everybody off to keep quiet until after Jan. Then its someone else’s problem.

R Keith Gargus — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:05:39 GMT

Good piece Spencer. Fascinating the contrast between your analysis and Bobo’s. He thinks McCains foreign policy speech is the most important words spoken by a candidate this cycle. Guess he’s angling for press secretary.
I don’t even consider the Maliki government a puppet. It’s too weak to be called that. It is an excuse for bush imperial policy. That government is incapable of the most fundamental exercise. Maliki may be the only Iraqi that wants the US to stay. McCains had luck with the hard line on Iraq so far. I think it will bite him on the butt. He has nothing else to run on though. As the surge collapses and civil war resumes, the echo of “fifty? why not a hundred years…” will give him the beating he deserves.

R Keith Gargus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:55:13 GMT

The bush attempt to sneak in an infinite defense accord is laughable. First the government of Iraq doesn’t look like it will last very long. It would seem reasonable to call Iraq a failed state. Second the new president will feel no obligation to honor any accord on the books through subterfuge by the criminals of bushco without appropriate congressional approval. I think the only Iraqis that want the US military to stay is Maliki and his party. He views us as his militia.

R Keith Gargus — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:18:59 GMT

With goalposts of victory moving at the speed of light, who knows what constitutes success now. But by the original definition the escalation was a total failure. As will the next lame idea, and the next…;
Sy Hersh was spot on when he said the best thing we can do is get out- today. The second best is to get out tomorrow.

R Keith Gargus — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:17:22 GMT

Kind of generous to McCain giving him NJ. I doubt that could happen. Like all the pundits talked about Giulianis strength there…Too blue, even for a fake moderate like the geezer.
Also kind of generous even talking of HRC’s prospects.

R Keith Gargus — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:58:28 GMT

I live in one of those Pa towns. Nobody but Clinton staffers are making anything of this. As far as November, If this is the best the GOP can do, Obama in a landslide.
The media by trying to inflate this story are the elitists. The essence of his statement is true, nothing was said to be derogatory. Next crisis please.

R Keith Gargus — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:50:13 GMT

His ascension will be short lived. Assuming a democratic president, he will be allowed to retire very quickly. He is not popular with the brass, and showing up your superiors, kissing ass to a criminal president will end your options moments after he is gone. A year at most.

R Keith Gargus — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:24:49 GMT

“That Doan managed to stay in office…”

It just shows how much bush appreciated lickspittle incompetents. In my mind she gives fredo a run as the poster child of the bush nightmare. The slip by Goodling that she took an oath to bush when we all know it was the constitution tells all for these criminals.

R Keith Gargus — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:19:04 GMT

I’ll concede that Hillary can emerge the nominee. She can continue her assault on Obama, playing to the racist vote(that will turn sexist in the fall) and hardball 70% of the remaining SDs to go her way. She’ll be standing on the ashes of what once was the Democratic Party. If someone can explain to me how the fact that she has picked up only a handful of SDs since the race actually started isn’t a rejection of her as a candidate? It is clear the party wants no part of the Clinton entity. They were narcissistic poor party leaders in the nineties. She is not wanted, her dog-whistle racist politics are abhorrent. And we haven’t even got into the Limbaugh democrats propping up one of the worst campaign machines in modern history.

R Keith Gargus — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:07:51 GMT

Funny. She’s beginning to make the squirrel fryer look dignified.

R Keith Gargus — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:05:14 GMT

I’m not sure whats worse, having to read Rand drivel or listen to cultist republicans prattle about her. Thanks Bruce, I enjoyed your satire and enjoyed the Randians discomfit. Not surprising most found this unamusing, it requires a sense of humor.