2008 Primaries, Leadership, Views on News • April 3rd, 2008

Filling the silly season void

by Chris Lato

Some random musings, as there’s a big lull in national political coverage right now, with everyone waiting to see what the next round of primaries will bring.

With that lull comes the usual silly-season stuff: who will John McCain pick as a running mate? (At this point, who knows? Certainly not John McCain.) Will Al Gore sneak into the 2008 Presidential contest and save the Democratic Party (and by extension, The World As We Know It)?

And this story, while not surprising, offers more insight into the, shall we say, insistent behavior of Sen. Hillary Clinton and the former president.

Meanwhile, the Dems are worried, with good reason, about the image being conveyed by all this bitter in-fighting. As the thinking goes, if the party can’t unite and show decisive leadership, how can they lead the nation? Howard Dean gets a lot of credit for turning around the financial situation of his party, but if the presidential nomination thing crashes and burns in front of a national audience, he will have to take the hit.

And, for the truly geeky among us, check out this article that presents a scenario in which Clinton could win the popular vote in the primary. Some people truly have too much time on their hands.

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