THE SPINE FEBRUARY 18, 2008
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Howie Kurtz is the capitol's -- no, the country's -- authoritative commentator on contemporary political journalism. In this morning's Washington Post, he has published a column on poor Hillary's travails (which are plenty) and especially her travails with the people covering her campaign or commenting on it. He accurately calls this article "It's All Uphill From Here." Kurtz includes my Spine, "The End of BillaryLand Is On Its Way. Rejoice!," in the round-up. And, frankly, I want to tell you it's actually a pleasure to be among the majority of my peers, for once. Maybe I'm getting soft.
I'm not sure it's all uphill from here. Hillary may have some electoral triumphs down the road. She will exaggerate their importance, to the public and probably to herself. That means the experience will feel more like Sisyphus's. That's proper punishment for someone who thought her nomination was inevitable.
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"frankly, I want to tell you it's actually a pleasure to be among the majority of my peers, for once"
canaries, coal mines etc
Please stay contrarian, Mr P. The record of your "peers" has been pretty dismal these past few years. The Dershowitzes, Hitchenses, Appelbaums and Peretz-anciens are right much more often than the herd. More interesting, too
- teplukhin2you
February 18, 2008 at 1:52pm
A few more contrarians whose company is to be preferred to that of Kurtz and the bloviators: David Ignatius, Christopher Caldwell, Martin Wolf, Robert Samuelson, perhaps Reuel Marc Gerecht
- teplukhin2you
February 18, 2008 at 2:26pm
While for the good of the Dems I hope Obama wins both the delagate and popular vote, it would indeed be fun to see Marty betray all he said about Al Gore in 2000 should Hillary win the popular vote.
- Lymon1
February 18, 2008 at 3:27pm
The Democrats have a choice of their own making: either a candidate with character but no meaningful experience, or a candidate with some experience but no character. Serous people will choose a serious candidate: John McCain.
- nhrds
February 19, 2008 at 10:48am
For sure, McCain is now a serious candidate.
The capo anointed him on Sunday; the campaign for Bush's third trerm is officially underway.
The Bush family's numero uno moneyman, Cincinnatian Mercer Reynolds, III, (don't you love it?) is now in charge of the cash - all money problems are over. Scowcroft will handle the oil-centric foreign policy from behind the curtain. And Cincinnatian Rob Portman will come on board to make sure that the Crony Capitalism that has led us into this apocalyptic financial mess will continue, uninterrupted.
Serious people choosing this serious candidate are, as E.J. Dionne has noted, out of their minds.
- fougasseu
February 19, 2008 at 5:50pm