Author: cecil

Right here — a brutal brutal brutal editing job in Bush’s state of the union (one year back, sounds like to me). Well worth your time.

The father was seen as doing nothing to turn around a sluggish economy, and for that, he lost his job. The son learned a hard lesson and now no one can say he’s been idle. Tax cut after tax cut. Spending program after spending program. And we all have the $500 billion dollar receipt to…

There’s a simple scenario where someone-not-named-Kerry still pulls it out: come Feb 3rd, victories are shared around. For example, Kerry wins Mo., Edwards wins SC, Lieberman wins Delaware, Dean wins NM and mebbe AZ, Clark wins OK. North Dakota abstains. That’s it. That’s all it takes. If Dean and Edwards get past Feb 3 without…

Until this last week, I’ve been a classic, pragmatic on-the-fencer. There were weeks when I was inching toward Clark. Days when Edwards had me won over. But I was never a big Dean booster. I had a lot of respect for him, but there was something about his style that I couldn’t see working as…

There’s a lot of heartache out there right now, I’m sure. A lot of Dean folks wondering what this all means for their guy. Some Clark folks feeling like things may be tilting the other way. Lieberman and Gephardt folks grinding their teeth. But then there’s this: In the last 24 years, when have we…

As the day wears on, I find I have another pony in this race. To my surprise, I’m rooting for Edwards to have a strong showing. I’ve been leaning Clark lately. Strategically an Edwards surge is bad for Clark — it splits some of the southern vote (or at least the “he can get support…