Pep Rally Funeral

April 14th, 2008 by Scott

You just can’t make this stuff up. According to several news reports, Obama’s pastor is at it again. The Rev. Wright made a few comments at a funeral that are in lockstep with his previous remarks. Speaking about the pastor who passed on:

[He] was not the jingoistic, chauvinistic ‘you’re either with us or against us’ demonizing kind of faith.

That was just the beginning of what seemed like a pep rally. Brings back memories of the other Democratic funeral/pep rally for the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, who died in 2002. Remember the applause, the cheering and the inflammatory remarks at that funeral by all the Democrat speakers and attendees?

Deja vu.

“FOX News can’t understand that,” Wright said to rousing cheers and applause.

Here we go again! This week is going to be all about the funeral / pep rally. Add to the mix Hillary’s comments this past weekend about support for shooting guns.

I’m going to have to buy more popcorn. This is turning into a double-feature!

From Iowa to New Hampshire

January 3rd, 2008 by Scott

Tonight the results came in from the Iowa caucus and we have our first primary result. Republican Gov. Huckabee and Democratic Sen. Obama lead the pack, at this very early stage.

As I mentioned in my previous post about these results, we now have a preliminary result of a Democrat Senator versus a Republican Governor.

Though I missed the exact result (I called for Gov. Romney to win, and he came in second, winning 12 delegates to Huckabee’s 17), I still stand by my analysis of the 2008 presidential election. I still see Gov. Romney taking the White House this November. Of the Republican candidates, Romney is, perhaps, the strongest conservative running.

On the Democratic side, what will be interesting is to watch Mrs. Bill Clinton over the coming weeks now that she is no longer the “inevitable” candidate that she tried to portray. And with a third place ranking, it will be hard for her, even if she does win, to claim to have a “mandate.”

Of course, remember that winning Iowa doesn’t mean you win the White House. Remember several years back, one Gov. Clinton came in fourth in Iowa, and second in New Hampshire only to be the “comeback kid” and win the presidential election in 1992. It is an election and, as history has shown, anything can happen!

Only time will tell.

Update: 8 Jan 08
The New Hampshire primary has finished and Gov. Romney took the “silver” as he called it. This, combined with Iowa and Wyoming, place him at the top, with the most delegates.