Post-Colbert

The crowd was wild. I had fun. I should add that I totally support the Writers’ Guild of America in their attempt to get paid for crucial Internet residuals. The show didn’t use any written material, and I never do in public speaking. I was asked to go on a national TV show to talk about the election, and promote my recent Atlantic cover-story. And I hope the WGA wins their battle.

But check it out tonight. Especially Colbert’s strike beard.

Clinton Evokes Thatcher

Now she’s really pissed me off. Thatcher never used her husband to climb up the greasy pole. From very modest beginnings, she got a chemistry degree and a law degree at a time when most women were home-makers. She was never the party establishment – always the insurgent. She spent her career telling people to look after themselves, not that she would take care of them with coddling government help. And she was a real feminist, the kind of woman leader who would never deploy the gender card to get her elected. Compared to Thatcher, Clinton is a political footnote.

Hillary Giuliani

Their strategies are converging – because they can’t win any of the early votes:

The [Clinton] adviser added that the campaign has come to accept another reality of the early process, which is that African-American voters are convinced that Obama is viable and are shifting rapidly in his direction.

"We’re going to lose South Carolina," he said.

Clinton is hoping to do better in primaries closed off to independents. Because, after all, you don’t want a general election candidate to be appealing outside the party base, do you?