Archive for November 4, 2009

Palin Sits Down with Partisan Ideologues, Oprah

Details are out on the upcoming Sarah Palin Revival Tour, and so far, she’s only agreed to sit down with two non far-right press figures — Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey.

Recall that Sarah Palin’s definition of “censorship” includes any instance of disagreeing with her, or not letting her get away with hyper-partisan, distortionary rhetoric. So why is Sarah Palin censoring Keith Olbermann? Apparently, only Obama can cross the partisan media divide.

Democracy In New York, Part II: Recap of the North Country

If you live there, you probably already know this — the north country, and especially the counties by the water, like Oswego and the surrounding area, are absolutely gorgeous. Some vignettes:

The Oswego River, outside Oswego, NY.

100' outside a poll site in Madison County.

Port Oswego, looking towards the breakers leading to Lake Ontario.

Tales of Hoffman: Electability

At the end of the line, he just didn’t have it. Bill Owens, and the national Democratic leadership, dealt a serious blow to the political wing of the “tea party” movement, and probably killed whatever nascent influence on reality Glenn Beck was developing. Apparently, although he and the Republican Party can drive debate on polemical half-issues, they can’t win elections on them, even in districts Republicans have held since the 19th century.

Whatever else comes out of tonight’s elections, we can be content in that knowledge, and remind ourselves that Creigh Deeds is NOT an Obama proxy. Really, reading Deeds’ loss as a rejection of Obama would be like blaming Gen. McClellan’s abysmal Civil War generalship on President Lincoln. You go into a campaign with the nominee you have, not the one you want.

And, N.B. to Erick Erickson at RedState: deploying your entire party infrastructure to destroy a popular member of your own party, and then failing to capitalize on it, is the very definition of defeat.

N.B. – The last clause of the first paragraph was added late. – Ed.