Liberal Talk Radio

A week or two ago, Contrarian got to heart of the ongoing feud between the Hillary Clinton campaign and comedian/former VP choice Sinbad. The conflict began when Sinbad contradicted Clinton’s story about desperate attempts to avoid sniper fire when flying into Tuzla, Bosnia to visit American troops. Contrarian asked:
…what’s even worse about the Clinton campaign? [...]

The West Blogosphere and Democrats are in an unbelievable tizzy about Obama’s race speech, trying to figure out what it all means and whether it’s good or bad for Obama, and good or bad for Democrats, and what was he thinking talking to voters like adults (thank you Jon Stewart, for calling it what it [...]

They’re baaack…

Yesterday, I rediscovered this story about my adopted hometown.
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Has the Clinton Campaign’s March 4 bounce hit apogee?
For our answer, let’s just go directly to Sinbad himself, who today gave up the coveted VP slot that the Clinton campaign had set aside for him:
Threat of bullets? Sinbad doesn’t remember that, either.
“I never felt that I was in a dangerous position. I never felt being [...]

I didn’t see this one coming. Maybe the New Yorkers who hang out here feel differently?
Update: Looks like it wasn’t just the New Yorkers who were expecting something like this. Check out Matski’s post below for a more informed take on this story.

In which my book purchase betrays my campaign bias.

Clinton seems to be winning by forcing the resignation of intelligent, competent people who know their areas of specialization inside and out, but who make fundamental mistakes in the political arena, such as not placing candid opinions off the record before making them. Simultaneously, Clinton has consistently succeeded in retaining most of the geniuses who [...]

Matt Yglesias really gets at the central point:
I’d like a commander-in-chief who’s prepared to govern the country in a manner consistent with our laws and traditions, as well as sound interrogation practice, international law, and basic standards of human decency.

With Clinton and Obama tearing one another to shreds, it’s seeming possible that either Obama or Clinton winning the nomination could cause a rift in the party for this election cycle, a rift that whether temporary or permanent could hand the most winnable presidential election campaign in years to the GOP.
Obviously, some kind of [...]