Comments on: Steep Appalachian Hills Revisited

By: Eunomia » WV/KY

Eunomia » WV/KY — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:26:41 +0000

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By: conradg

conradg — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:20:34 +0000

I agree that Obama should ignore the remaining primaries.. Electorally, the rest of the season is a wash. South Dakota and Montana cancel out West Virgina. Oregon cancels out Kentucky. (I don’t see Orgeon as being at all close). Peurto Rico is at worst a split for Obama. Nothing on the map changes anything. So he should act as others finally seem to be doing – that it’s over.

By: Adam01

Adam01 — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:46:35 +0000

“This is also why she isnâ€™t going to go away for the next month, despite the certainty that she will not be the nominee.”

The Clinton’s have never had any great regard for the Democratic Party except as a vehicle for their ambitions. I think she has no motive left other than to make sure he staggers and limps, rather than marches triumphantly, across the finish line.

By: Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:39:58 +0000

The House elections are going to be another bloodletting, no doubt about that. It’s not out of the question that the New Mexico delegation in 2009 could be all Democrats if everything breaks the right way for them, and that would be a first in my lifetime. This is exactly why this is looking more and more like 1988 all the time.

Oregon is probably going to be close. If people put too much emphasis on Oregon and then it turns against him, they will feel pretty silly. The best move is to take it as a given that the nomination is his and simply stop pretending that there is a competition going on. The superdelegates are looking for permission or a sign to end it, and he needs to give them that sign. Continuing on with campaigning as if nothing has changed will guarantee that nothing changes.

By: M.Z. Forrest

M.Z. Forrest — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:32:59 +0000

Counting on Clinton to do the right thing is a bit much, isn’t it? I don’t think Obama can ignore Kentucky and West Virginia, because there is talk now of Oregon being the coup de grace. How many of those can we have by the way? I think he would best by served by treating Clinton as ‘she who shall not be named.’ He could possibly prematurely thank her for offering a spirited campaign and just act like the winner without being triumphal.

By: davegnyc

davegnyc — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:20:51 +0000

Newt’s recent proposal demonstrates the (justified) Republican panic at the on-coming freight train that is the 2008 election, no?

Problem is, the Republicans won’t get off the track labeled “Iraq war,” which is the direction that train is coming from.

Plastow!