People are already trying to frame McCain.
While he earned this one, I think the things that will destroy him — despite impressive fundraising and on-the-ground troops in the early primary states — are McCain's record, and McCain's complete flip-flop on everything that matters.
Micah Sifry writes about Elizabeth Edwards, Online and For Real at Personal Democracy Forum. In it she discusses her blogging and her commenting on other people’s online postings.
Like everything else I’ve ever read about her, it makes Elizabeth Edwards look good.
And no, this is not going to turn into the Edwards-for-President blog, at least not yet. He’s certainly one of my top two or three candidates at present, but the season is young, and the candidates have not yet staked out positions on some key issues I’d need to hear about before being able to commit. Especially Iraq.
This Flash animation by Walt Handelsman, No place like home, is pretty funny.
Only a few days after announcing he was running for President, and after a period of universal derision, Sen. Bayh has dropped out.
Good riddance. Can we get rid of Biden next?
David Sirota trashes the Evan Bayh campaign.
It’s a fun read, but I still think that Joe Biden makes Evan Bayh look good. Which is awful lucky for Bayh.
Update: Bonus trashing.
The Carpetbagger Report notes McCain’s flourishing flip-flop list. This weekend, McCain added Roe v. Wade to the list of issues on which he’s done an about-turn.
It really is a little sad to watch someone of at least occasional integrity totally disintegrate into a pandering puddle due to his desparation for the Presidency. I presume the strategy is to run right for the primaries and then try to loop back. But I think the brand will be pretty tarnished by then. Indeed, it is already, although mass media are still clining to the St. McCain narrative.
Actually, that’s good for the Democrats: better if the scales fall from the media’s eyes when more people are paying attention.
Meanwhile, it’s interesting to see just how out of touch with modern realities the increasingly aging McCain seems to be. Pre-YouTube it might have been possible to campaign out of both sides of one’s mouth, but that approach is in the dustbin of history now.
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