Bird’s-Eye View

Initial impression following Hillary Clinton’s speech tonight: The most important part was when she addressed her supporters directly, asking them why they became involved in the spring primary in the first place. Was it because 47 million people are without health care? Was it because somehow the Iraq war has to end? Was it because […]

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A movie released in 2007, a remake of the classic 3:10 to Yuma, provided not only a superb, tense and well-acted contemporary western but a look at the human psyche. A humble, hobbled and poor rancher (played by Christian Bale of The Dark Knight fame) accepts a wealthy contract to deliver an infamous, deadly and […]

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Perhaps this is why Bill and Hillary Clinton have such prominent slots to speak during next week’s Democratic National Convention. From the MSNBC story about a new poll with the Wall Street Journal:
Yet perhaps the biggest factor keeping the presidential race close has been Obama’s inability to close the deal with some of Hillary Clinton’s […]

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Gov. Ed Rendell told politickerpa.com that yes, he will cast his ballot for Sen. Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next month when her name is called:
“I think Sen. Obama was extremely generous, and I think it’s good not because it will display any disunity, but because it honors the hard work of […]

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Hillary Clinton may have campaigned with Barack Obama in a place called Unity, N.H., but there remains some anger/envy/vitriol spewing out from some supporters of Clinton who are not interested in showing a united front with presumptive nominee Obama.
From the Allentown Morning-Call:
”I had hate voice mails and hate e-mails,” said Mary Isenhour, adding that all […]

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Wanna know why Barack Obama isn’t running away with the Pennsylvania election at this point? Afterall, Dems have more than a million voters in their camp than the Republicans and this state last went Republican in 1988. With a slumping economy, threats in the Mideast like Iran the current administration has not solved and an […]

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American Spectator has a look at the hard road Chris Matthews of NBC has to walk if he wants to unseat U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010.
I think Matthews’ tallest hurdle is Chris Matthews, and this article’s author, Jeffrey Lord, compares a Matthews campaign to that of Lynn Swann’s gubernatorial effort in 2006 (ironically including […]

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The buzz today is over who will be Barack Obama’s No. 2 on the Democratic ticket. And for those hopeful of an Obama-Clinton team, well, sounds like the chances are fading, according to the New York Times:
When Mr. Obama appeared Sunday on “Meet the Press” on NBC he offered a description of the kind of […]

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June may be the cruelest month, not April, because all those voter polls really don’t tell us much about what’s going to happen in November. We’re four months out from the election, and anything - a foreign attack, a major scandal, Swift Boating - can change the playing field and equalize any advantage one candidate […]

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As Aerosmith once said, “I’m back in the saddle, again!” Had a couple of nice days off, and I see the political arena has gotten itself in a frenzy.
Some random thoughts:
Obama foregoes public financing
I spent a couple of days with close friends in York County. One of them - mother of two, college educated, someone I […]

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