tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post7111456082188966082..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: The Political QuestionAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-36579411114903734922008-12-29T14:09:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:09:00.000-08:00I'm not of the opinion that Obama was running agai...I'm not of the opinion that Obama was running against Palin in the minds of most people. I think swing voters were voting against continued GOP rule. That's reflected in the Senate totals. The majority party invariably tops out at 56 seats. This time, the Democratic caucus may hit 59 members.<BR/><BR/>The notion of Obama vs. Palin more reflects how the media narrative of the election reads. The press is happiest when they have someone to belittle. McCain lost his media-darling status to Obama, but enough of it remained that the press didn't feel comfortable mocking him. The national press are, by and large, a bunch of northeastern snobs who look down on everyone outside their clique. Palin's candidacy was, given her working-class boonie background, like throwing a palette full of red meat at a pack of starving wolves.<BR/><BR/>As for Walsh's overlooking the rigging of the primary process, well, I can be generous or I can be mean. The generous view is that the stakes are too high for an Obama presidency to fail. Bringing that up can seem petty under the circumstances. The thinking is probably that if Hillary can put the primary season swindles behind her, the rest of us should, too. <BR/><BR/>The mean view is that Walsh is a member in good standing of the national media elite and she wants to keep it that way. She's out on enough of a limb as it is.<BR/><BR/>I'm inclined to believe the former.R. S. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044341905789599207noreply@blogger.com