Monday, January 19, 2004
Buh-bye, Dick
The numbers from Iowa are starting to roll in and with them, the tide for Dean and Gephardt is on its way out. When the history of this past week is written everyone will look for the rationales for such a crazed shift. From my perch here in Vermont, it seems somewhat obvious (albeit filtered through the likes of the C-SPAN and Hardball). Negativity pisses off Iowans. Howie and Dick started kicking each other's shins last Monday. They tried to stop last Friday. But the damage was done. Richard Gephardt will undoubtably pull out of the race in the days ahead - an honorable man who has been coaxed into an inglorious end. Howard Dean will fight fight fight until a nominee is determined. And Dennis Kucinich will stick around until he gets laid. In that order.
Chris Matthews just predicted that "John Kerry will win this thing tonight." I head to NH in the morning to mingle through the Primary on the 27th. The Nation will wake up to a whole new spin soon enough. Ah, politics - seldom is it this interesting or volatile. These are the days.
The numbers from Iowa are starting to roll in and with them, the tide for Dean and Gephardt is on its way out. When the history of this past week is written everyone will look for the rationales for such a crazed shift. From my perch here in Vermont, it seems somewhat obvious (albeit filtered through the likes of the C-SPAN and Hardball). Negativity pisses off Iowans. Howie and Dick started kicking each other's shins last Monday. They tried to stop last Friday. But the damage was done. Richard Gephardt will undoubtably pull out of the race in the days ahead - an honorable man who has been coaxed into an inglorious end. Howard Dean will fight fight fight until a nominee is determined. And Dennis Kucinich will stick around until he gets laid. In that order.
Chris Matthews just predicted that "John Kerry will win this thing tonight." I head to NH in the morning to mingle through the Primary on the 27th. The Nation will wake up to a whole new spin soon enough. Ah, politics - seldom is it this interesting or volatile. These are the days.
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