Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Rush/Clinton 2008

Here's some confirmation of the claims of Rush's victorious pro-Clinton push in Texas. This seems like a good storyline for Obama to promote: one the one hand, Democrats hate Rush. On the other hand, he did meddle (perhaps decisively) in a Democratic nominating contest. Hammering the Clinton camp for being unable to win without the Rush vote, if it's presented right, seems hardly worse than the Clinton camp's attempts to basically say that only the states they won have Democrats that count, and that those Nebraska Dems can basically get bent.

Of course, there is a danger that Obama might look like a sore loser if he goes this way, but if it sticks I think it might get him some mileage, especially if he weaves it into a bigger narrative about how conservatives like Rush are afraid of him more than Clinton and are trying to sabotage him. If I were Obama I'd pull the trigger here, but quickly.

The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.