In several posts recently, I’ve come down on Barack Obama for his increasingly populist message, and for me, his low point in this campaign came during the NAFTA discussion in the Ohio debate. Even as I mentally wrote his words off as primary-campaign pandering, I was extremely uncomfortable.
I vastly prefer the pragmatic Obama; […]
About an hour before the final Democratic debate began on Tuesday evening, I picked up my Obama yard sign and put it out front.
It’s still there, and I’m still supporting him — but I’m just a tad unhappy with some of his recent statements in Ohio.
Actually, it’s more than just a tad.
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I showed up a few minutes early yesterday to pick up Adorable Child from a birthday party, and as has happened with nearly every adult encounter in the last week, another parent and I began talking about the primary election. While people eddied about us (including an entire family decked out in Obama t-shirts), […]
DH and I voted in the TX primary a few minutes ago — my first primary vote ever, and DH’s first time to request a Democratic ballot.
And we both had our cards stamped, so we could participate in the caucus after the polls close on March 4. (Looking forward to it, too!)
Afterward, […]
Dear Husband sent me a link to this guest post at Taylor Marsh’s site.
Only now that Obama has a miniscule lead of 128,736 in the number of votes cast (and that includes assigning all the “uncommitted” votes in Michigan to Obama) has the media focused on total votes cast. This lead represents less […]