Fall-Line

I do this all the time.. make myself a cup of afternoon tea in the kitchen here at work. Just like always I grabbed one of the plain white mugs out of the cupboard, poured the hot water over the tea bag and retreated to my office.

Only today I found something a little different about the mug when I sat down and started to drink..

“PC Load Letter”? What the fuck does that mean?

I can only assume that someone here brought this mug in from home to keep with them at their desk. The cleaning crew that comes through the office at night picks up dirty dishes from the desks and offices and puts them in the dishwasher, so I could see how it could end up in the general pool. Still, it cracked me up.

This is not the race that Clinton thought she would be running. Her campaign was built on inevitability, a haughty operation so confident it would have the nomination wrapped up by now that it didn’t even put a field organization in place for the states that were to come after the megaprimary on Feb. 5.

Clinton’s positions, most notably her support for the Iraq invasion and her refusal to recant that vote, were geared more to battling a Republican in the general election than to winning over an angry Democratic base clamoring for change. Not until last fall did she seem to acknowledge that she faced opposition in the Democratic primaries, so focused was her message on George W. Bush and the GOP.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1713270,00.html?cnn=yes

Several Clinton superdelegates, whose votes could help decide the nomination, also said they were wavering in the face of Mr. Obama ’s momentum after victories in Washington, Nebraska, Louisiana and Maine last weekend. Some of them said that they, like the hundreds of uncommitted superdelegates still at stake, may ultimately “go with the flow.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/us/politics/12clinton.html

Even counting the Clinton machine’s super-delegates. He’s winning it the old-fashioned way - state by state, argument by argument, debate by debate. Clinton should consider stepping aside if tomorrow’s votes go the same way. If she couldn’t put this thing away by now - with all her party clout, all her chits, all her husband’s pull, all her big donors, and all her brand-name recognition - she’s not going to do it in the end. All she will do is put her own party through an ordeal it need not experience. But I guess the Clintons have done that before, haven’t they?

The Daily Dish By Andrew Sullivan

With the most competitive and some would say important primary season of a generation in the balance, now is the time for democrats and republicans alike to take action and get involved with your political campaign of choice.

Barack Obama’s campaign (which I am a strong supporter of) has announced an $10 million, 24 state advertising campaign which could have a significant impact on the outcome of the super tuesday primaries across the nation next week. With that in mind, I found today to be the appropriate time to put my money where my mouth is and donate a modest but not insignificant amount to his cause. Sure, political advertisements are annoying and at times downright shameful but with this much on the line I’m willing to help facilitate the outcome that I feel is right.

These next 7-14 days may well have huge ramifications on America’s political landscape for decades to come. Whatever your political views, now is the time to make them known!