Election '08 - Who's Up? Who's Down? Who Cares?

[groovedaddy]

Election '08: Who's Up? Who's Down? Who Cares?
2008 election fatigue in February 2007 – UTNE Reader
There's Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Gore, McCain, Giuliani, Huckabee, and, of course, Biden. Each
day's news cycle seems to dissect the chances of a new contender for the 2008 presidential race, or
examine another state's efforts to jockey for a better position in the primaries. As political
humorist Andy Borowitz notes in his Borowitz Report: "With politicians throwing their hats in the
ring at a torrid pace, by November of 2008 one out of every two Americans is expected to be running
for the nation's highest office...."
Adding to the current bevy of coverage is the much touted Beltway media outlet, the Politico.
Launched last month, the website, newspaper, and daily television show purports to cover
the "backstories" behind DC politics. Writing for the American Journalism Review, USA Today
political reporter Kathy Kiely says the Politico's publisher, Robert Allbritton, "is looming as a
bigger hero in the journalistic pantheon than First Amendment author James Madison these days." The
site includes a prominent page devoted solely to "Politics '08" and an RSS (Really Simple
Syndication) web feed to keep readers continuously tuned in to new developments in the election.
Unfortunately for readers, according to Gal Beckerman of CJR Daily, the Politico is
currently, "devoid of any discussion of the substance of politics." Instead, the website has opted
to focus on the "hour-by-hour ticker of who's up and who's down."
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[illinoisprogressive]

1. Ah, but that is part of the fun. To see and agrue and wonder. To just

not care takes all the fun away.

[Wordkisser]

2. Hillary wavering

I just read this interesting article in the OC Register in california. the OC is definitely a conservative leaning paper, but this article seems to be speaking to us. Check it out, i'd sure like to know if it's me or does the writer seem to be a Hillary fan.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/localstatecolumns/article_1563085.php


Here is a bit from it:

"Sen. Clinton is pretending to be something she is not, that is, warm, open and affable. She is ill-equipped to pull off such a charade, as Dr. Lofton suggests, and she risks losing credibility among her base, arguably the only voters paying attention to her campaign this early in the election cycle, because of it.

Clinton voters know her and accept her, not because she can tell a joke well, but because of her position on issues like health care, Social Security and the war. They expect her to remain steadfast in her convictions, and they need her to lead, not "soften."

[reprobate]

3. Please tell us what is the purpose of publishing the same post so

many time? Just what is your agenda?