Thursday, March 27, 2008

VP Bloomberg?

Perhaps. I think Paul Krugman would have a seizure or something. It could work, though, but I still think Biden is a better choice. Obama is an outsider, and pairing him with a consummate reformist insider would make for a better combination. Plus, Biden doesn't have a history of talking about the extraordinary leadership of George W. Bush or the glory of the Iraq War, and Biden has that "straight talk" aura these days. Still, the media loves Bloomberg, maybe even more than they love McCain. I think that Bloomberg would have to formally become a Democrat for it to work (as though he isn't already in all but name).
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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.