Jan 31 2008
The “Billary” Monster is Back
No, not the actual Clintons themselves — the term “Billary.” I fucking love the term. Makes me feel all warm and tingly inside. Reminds me of their first co-presidency, Clinton Drama and the 22nd Amendment. Good stuff. Political analysts have said time and time again that this term is terrible for the Clintons. So now that Billary is back, let’s ride it until the damn wheels come off.
Fired up… Ready to go!
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I can’t wait to hear your thoughts about the democratic debate tonight. I was all ready for an intense battle with many comments from Hillary that would get me red in the face, but it was surprisingly civil. To be honest, I think this was good for both of them, but maybe even slightly better for her. Because she showed that she can be calm and sweet and cordial goes against the opinion I think many people have of her as a rude, win at any costs candidate. Everyone knows Obama is the “nice guy,” and I think that swung a lot in his favor with people who were on the fence. Based on the issues, I think he won since they were almost equal in every issue except Iraq, where he has an obvious advantage. I also think that would be good for him in a contest against McCain because they differ so greatly on Iraq, where McCain could easily paint Hillary as republican-leaning on that issue. I guess we’ll see.
A lot of the polls I’ve been looking over at Rasmussen and pollster.com are encouraging (at least more so than a month ago!). It will be very interesting to see what happens - especially in California since the latest from Rasmussen has it 43 Clinton, 40 Obama. She was supposed to have a huge lead there a month ago, and seeing how well Obama actually does with the intricate “delegate math” (look no further than Nevada) from each state will help him get very close, unless something changes between now and then and he either loses by a wider margin or overtakes her altogether. He’s also chipped away at her once large lead in New Jersey, and even slightly in New York, while he has Illinois and a lot of southern support. It’s also impressive that he raised $32 million in January and just hit 250,000 donations by midnight tonight (Me being 3 of them)! That just shows the tremendous movement he has and the potential for tough competition in the future. I can’t wait to see Hillary’s financial release, which should be soon, because I doubt she raised anywhere near that. And if she did, we all know where it came from, that’s something Obama can be proud of. Sorry for the long comment that essentially had nothing to do with this post. I guess I need my own blog! I’m the same Justin that posts on all these. Haha. Anyway, love reading what you have to say (as well as other Obama bloggers), and am proud of the candidate we both support.
Justin, first off, this is your blog, too. Heck, contact me from my contact or about page if you want to do a guest post before Super Tuesday, we need all the voices we can muster in this fight! You’re obviously a sharp guy with writing ability.
I agree and disagree with you on Clinton. I think the damage has already either been done or not done with her as far as likability has been concerned. She is at her best when she is the offensive, looking strong and tough. She’s good on the issues, too, but just not as charismatic or presidential as Barack. And when it is a likability contest, he wins nine times out of 10.
You can read my post on the debate tonight to see where I stand on that. I do think McCain running ahead helps us, because it brings the focus back to Iraq. Obama has absolutely seized this opportunity as well, drawing parallels between HRC and McCain, and even HRC and Bush.
She did do well, especially early on. But I think she looked incredibly weak on Iraq, and just rambled on and on and on making excuses. Obama was short, strong and succinct on his Iraq points. And the “right on day one” point was a dagger. As was “end the war… end the mindset.”
He also started going after McCain, not only reminding voters that he’s stronger on Iraq than HRC, but also debunking the thought that he isn’t a fighter.
Regardless of what anyone’s scorecard says, the conversation Friday will be about Iraq. That is a major win for Barack Obama.