Comments on: Neither Hillary Nor John Came Back from Anywhere

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:42:40 +0000

“Neither Clinton nor McCain have come[ ]back from anywhere. … post-hoc rationalizations, bad guesses and hype”

This has been true on the so-called “new media” [snicker] and this site.

By: Idiosyncrat

Idiosyncrat — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:56:28 +0000

Somebody, for someone allegedly so far left and polarizing, he doesn't seem to rile up the right too much… Go figure.

By: Somebody

Somebody — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:51:59 +0000

Gerald Ford stumbled down the steps of Air force One about 100,000,000 times during the campaign. Gerald Ford hit his head 200,000,000 times during the campaign. Jimmy Carter was shown on his great white steed heading to the house on the hill.

Hillary has been badmouthed for 16 years. I think the MSM is tired of following her around and were desperately seeking a new story. They were bored and instead of reporting the news they once again decided to make some news. Along came this really likeable fella with a far left agenda that the MSM loves.

But how to make him likeable in a polarized political climate. That became the MSM's mission and if anyone watched Chris Matthews nearly break down on the set of MSNBC you can see the results of their outrage when those STUPID voters messed with their news making and forced them back to covering the news instead of making the news.

By: Idiosyncrat

Idiosyncrat — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:37:49 +0000

Thank you, Robin!

It was interesting to see Tom Brokaw, of all people, brow-beating Chris Matthews with similar sentiments during NBC's live telecast after the NH results came in.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:00:28 +0000

Excellent commentary, Robin.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:45:59 +0000

I like the post. I do think it's worth noting that elections are not like normal datapoints of a statistical sample. The reason is just that the sampling itself, i.e., the election, influences and changes the next datapoint. The Iowa and New Hampshire samplings at the minimum caused three candidates to drop from the race.

By: Half_Past_Midnight

Half_Past_Midnight — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:34:49 +0000

It may be that Hillary’s tear increased her support between Iowa and New Hampshire, but the two election results alone do not give us enough information to know.

That subconscious implication that it hurt her feelings that Obama was more popular in Iowa has worked for her so far. But it's a long road to November, and that tear along with the phony baloney, politically correct "Holiday gift" video may well soon be forgotten before the last lap around the track.

By: Ron Beasley

Ron Beasley — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:18:59 +0000

You are so right. The real losers were the MSM gasbags who predicted it wouldn't happen and then declared it a “comeback” when it did.