Egotism ....a lifelong romance

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Keeping track of the Dems...

After months of promoting diplomacy both in foreign policy and presidential campaigning, the dems have finally decided to draw their daggers (thank God! What would politics be without wily slugfests?!)

And while the fight between the two top contenders continues, Edwards has decided to step in as the “candidate of peace”. I don't know if voters are going to buy that though -- he did not appear all that statesmanly when his wife went after Hillary sometime ago.

If you ask me, it's time for Joe Biden to finally make his big splash. I am in the minority with Joe Klein, who also doesn't see why someone with so much experience and with some of the best answers to the most important issues still languishes at 3% in the polls. Maybe his book tour will do him some much-needed good – hopefully he’s a better writer than he is a campaigner. Maybe his wordiness will make more sense to people in text?

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Is Mac out of the running?

While McCain fires his campaign advisers in an attempt to shift blame (yeah, all’s well with his Iraq and immigration policies but Terry Nelson was not doing his job!), Giuliani’s picture is being carried all over youtube by a scantily-clad woman. Take a guess as to who wins this contest.

It’s little wonder that McCain is stumbling this early (arguably) in the campaign season. That he is sounding like the drunken sailor he sites so often (his oft-repeated joke about ‘maritime’ Congress spending is just about as stale as his Iraq strategy) only happens to be his most trivial folly. The straight talk express that veered off the road while pandering to the much-needed evangelical base in what can only be categorized as a desperate plea to falwell-esque voters, clings desperately to the highway (albeit the extreme right lane) while explaining the war on terrorism.

Giuliani, for all his faults, is not only leading in all national polls and has come out swinging against the “swiftboat style” attack from the firefighters’ union (at least his campaign was quick to put the infamous brand name on it) but also has more money than any of his Republican counterparts.

If the over rated Freddie doesn’t jump in soon, it looks like it could be Rudy all the way...