Wednesday, May 21, 2003

 

Here you go

Here's a line (give me proper credit, that's all I ask) for you. When the Dems go up against the President, they need to ask:

"Are you more secure than you were four years ago?"

THERE'S your national security issue, pal!
posted by grubi at 5/21/2003 11:17:27 PM

 

North Florida for Dean Meeting Tonight

At JavaHeads at 7pm. Join us, won't you?
posted by grubi at 5/21/2003 05:12:55 PM

 

The DemPoll for the Week of 21 May 2003

SUBJECT TO CHANGE (See below):

Candidate	Daily Kos	Interesting Times	T Rex	Grubi	Total	Final Rank
Howard Dean, VT	2	3	3	1	9	2
John Edwards, NC	6	4	4	4	16	5
Dick Gephardt	1	6	1	5	13	3
Bob Graham, FL	4	2	6	3	15	4
John Kerry, MA	3	1	2	2	8	1
Dennis Kucinich, OH	9	8	8	9	34	9
Joseph Lieberman, CT	5	5	5	6	21	6
Carol Mosely-Braun, IL	8	9	7	8	32	8
Al Sharpton, NY	7	7	9	7	30	7

Dean's within one point of Kerry, meaning with the appropriate amount name recognition, he could overtake him in the primaries (at least, that's how I interpret it). Start placing bets for the Dead Pool, too, folks: who's dropping out first? My money's on Moseley-Braun.

Based on rankings from DailyKos (whose Cattle Call comes out every Wednesday), the Interesting Times method (ranking hits returned for each name on Google News), T Rex's picks (whose rankings are temporary until I get the official word for his order), and my own personal feelings toward each candidates' chances. 

 

Paul Begala's Growing 'Em Big

Traditional Democratic whipping boy Paul Begala seems to be rediscovering his huevos. And it's priceless (thanks to MediaWhoresOnline):

BEGALA: In the last eight days there have been 14 terrorist attacks. ... Fourteen attacks in eight days. The president was clearly plainly wrong when he said this war on Iraq would lessen terrorism in the Middle East, wasn't he?

REP. PETER KING (R) NY: No, he's not at all. The fact is, there's no doubt our position is stronger. And if you're going to allow yourself to be distracted by every individual attack, then that's the type of mentality which would prevent us from winning the war. The fact is, to me, that al Qaeda is reacting the way they are shows they are on the run, and there's no doubt...

BEGALA: The fact that they are murdering Americans in Saudi Arabia proves that we're winning the war. Help me with that.

If every Democrat, liberal, Socialist, Green, and everyone who has any real conscience would start fighting like that, then a victory is on the way.