“As skewed as they are vapid”

Glenn Greenwald on the media’s determination to portray Democrats as elitist:
One other point to note about all of this is that these fixations are as skewed as they are vapid. Barack Obama is an exotic elitist freak because he went to Harvard Law School and made $1 million from his book. Hillary Clinton can’t possibly [...]


Hillary and the Tonya Harding Option

Jake Tapper on what Senator Clinton needs to do in order to defeat Obama.


“Clinton Attacks On Wright”

Well, you choose your husband, don’t you?


“Clinton Camp Denounces Obama Iowa Supporter for Lewinsky Comments”

Because the Clintons are all about protecting Monica Lewinsky.


“The Audacity of Hopelessness”

David Brooks on what Senator Clinton appears willing to do to her party for the sake of an estimated 5% chance of winning the nomination. Gist:
Why does she go on like this? Does Clinton privately believe that Obama is so incompetent that only she can deliver the policies they both support? Is she simply [...]


“Clinton Backer Points to Electoral College Votes as New Measure”

Another gambit by Senator Clinton to cheat her way to the nomination, with Josh Marshall’s take. With every passing day, this gets more and more embarrassing. The Clintons - both of them - are doing themselves a lot of damage. Update: ouch - cheating and lying.


HRC Under Fire

Though perhaps not as expected.


“A use of language as a disguised insult”

This is perhaps the best description of the Clinton pathology that I’ve seen - an almost reflexive reaction to lie, without having the personal courage to take responsibility for the lie. All of which must make Republicans very happy - they’re already portraying this as more warfare between the campaigns, and laughing all the way [...]


Nashua Numbers

Weird. Christina Bellantoni of the Washington Times says Clinton had more attend her Nashua event than Obama’s (though she says a bunch were shipped in from out of the state) but Dickerson says Obama had more.
Bellantoni:
Reporters who walked into this Nashua high school today were immediately struck by the crowd — there are visibly [...]