Black Birds Singing in the Dead of Night

I tend to think stories about how the TN Republican Party is getting really good at running code worded, racist campaigns are old. I’m not terribly interested in Hobbs these days though I am surprised at how good he is at getting people to notice him, and thus making a name for himself and Robin [...]

Relax, Howard

Howard Kurtz, WaPo appointed media watchdog falls in line with the contrarian point of view over Barack Obama’s win. He whines:
Are the media capable of merchandizing the moment, packaging a president-elect for profit? Yes, they are.
What’s troubling here goes beyond the clanging of cash registers. Media outlets have always tried to make a few bucks [...]

The Republican Party’s National Death Rattle

Foresight was never a strength of the hard right, especially those of the chat show class. Apparently, neither is hindsight. Phil Valentine, Mona Charen and others are spreading the idea that “racial guilt” led to President-elect Obama’s win. Racial guilt, if you can’t sort it out, would be White folks feeling bad for slavery and [...]

In Defense of — Somewhat — The TN Democratic Party (updated)

There’s been some back and forth between Gray Sasser, Chair of the TN Democratic Party and some area bloggers regarding his comments about the recent lackluster results in local House and Senate elections. Follow these.
Goldln

Sean
Aunt B
Newscoma
It isn’t exactly the job of the chair of the party to oversee all races and “pay attention” to them. [...]

Palin Heard the Rain Down in Africa

I am going to give Palin the benefit of doubt as to whether she knew Africa was a continent and not a country. I have heard more people than I care talk about Africa as if it were a country though surely they knew it is actually a continent. It is a function of our [...]

There Are No Words . . . Well, A Few

We spend the latter half of the afternoon making GOTV calls to New Mexico and Virginia at Obama HQ in Nashville, with a quick sprint out to Napier Park to do some “visibility.” Even though intellectually I thought Obama had the election in the bag there was a sense of something . . . nerves, [...]

Sarah Palin’s Foreign Policy Experience with French and Canadians

A comedy team out of Canada, the Masked Avengers, played a pretty funny prank on poor lil Guv’nah Palin over the weekend. They called her, pretending to be French P.M. Nicolas Sarkozy.

1) How did this call get through her staff? No verification? No one looked at caller ID?
2) The first tip [...]

heh?

This head scratcher from my old Con Law prof:
The most important function of a vice president is to serve as a spare president. Using the spare president in the ordinary course of business is as unwise as driving on one’s spare tire. Spares should be kept pristine, for when they are really needed.
If the president [...]

My Electoral Map: Obama Wins

On the radio, I predicted around 300 EV for Obama. I must revise this now. I’m moving into the Obama landslide territory. I was thinking Obama might lose Nevada and possibly Florida, however I’m giving those to Obama now, along with Colorado and North Dakota. [for some reason my map isn't showing up in the [...]

Young Tennessee Not Getting Out

Last night on our radio show FREESTYLES (WFSK) one of our guests was a representative of the Obama campaign from the Nashville office. She told us that their internal numbers showed young voters (we could only assume she meant college age) were not getting out to vote early. While not surprising given how far Obama [...]