Comments on: Final Table of Presidential Poker http://themoderatevoice.com/23788/final-table-of-presidential-poker/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/23788/final-table-of-presidential-poker/comment-page-1/#comment-160895 DLS Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:09:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/republican-party/23788/final-table-of-presidential-poker/#comment-160895 Obama's "closing argument" (to quote his campaign) will be made in Canton, Ohio -- he'd love to take Ohio from the Republicans this year. Obama's “closing argument” (to quote his campaign) will be made in Canton, Ohio — he'd love to take Ohio from the Republicans this year.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/23788/final-table-of-presidential-poker/comment-page-1/#comment-160886 DLS Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:35:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/republican-party/23788/final-table-of-presidential-poker/#comment-160886 I've not quite seen it described that way before, but it is an interesting situation Obama is in -- strategically he need only run out the clock, mark time for eight more days and he should win. But it could be a closer race than many believe, and as I've said elsewhere (using the metaphor created by the 1972 men's 5000 km final with Lasse Viren's machine-like finishing "kick") Obama should go all out rather than slacken. It's _not_ "running up the score" on McCain; it's _not_ unsportsmanlike or incivil -- it's the logical thing to do: finish a good campaign strongly, rather than weakly.<br><br>While traveling between Detroit and Iowa and St. Louis this weekend, I listened to Chicago talk radio (mixed left-right crew) and there was some concern about the big election-celebration party being arranged by the Obama campaign. Many view this as arrogant and offensive. I view it in a broader context -- the outdoor spectacle Obama arranged for the Dem convention, complete with dumbed-down entertainment (as tawdry as any Super Bowl idiocy) and the infamous Greek columns beside giant TV screens that were as garish as the worst sports TV programming was probably due to the same thing -- a number of people on Obama's team simply appear to be socially ignorant. I doubt the big planned celebration is going to make many switch to McCain.<br><br>Finally, I believe people shouldn't rush to make Palin into any future GOP superstar. That's expecting or at least conceiving much too much! I've not quite seen it described that way before, but it is an interesting situation Obama is in — strategically he need only run out the clock, mark time for eight more days and he should win. But it could be a closer race than many believe, and as I've said elsewhere (using the metaphor created by the 1972 men's 5000 km final with Lasse Viren's machine-like finishing “kick”) Obama should go all out rather than slacken. It's _not_ “running up the score” on McCain; it's _not_ unsportsmanlike or incivil — it's the logical thing to do: finish a good campaign strongly, rather than weakly.

While traveling between Detroit and Iowa and St. Louis this weekend, I listened to Chicago talk radio (mixed left-right crew) and there was some concern about the big election-celebration party being arranged by the Obama campaign. Many view this as arrogant and offensive. I view it in a broader context — the outdoor spectacle Obama arranged for the Dem convention, complete with dumbed-down entertainment (as tawdry as any Super Bowl idiocy) and the infamous Greek columns beside giant TV screens that were as garish as the worst sports TV programming was probably due to the same thing — a number of people on Obama's team simply appear to be socially ignorant. I doubt the big planned celebration is going to make many switch to McCain.

Finally, I believe people shouldn't rush to make Palin into any future GOP superstar. That's expecting or at least conceiving much too much!

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