This focus group suggests Obama won the debate today. Finally, people are sick of fear and the politics of parsing. If you are sick of Bush and all he represents, why would you vote for Clinton? She’s too afraid to turn the page.
Shaheen Steps Down
A pretty awful few days for the Clinton campaign comes to an end.
A Ron Paul Christmas
The federal government was not involved in the recording of this campaign ad:
Correction Of The Year?
From the Grauniad:
"We misspelled the word misspelled twice, as mispelled, in the Corrections and clarifications column on September 26, page 30."
God bless the MSSM.
A Constitutional Case Against Clinton
Callimachus nails it:
I am willing to see her as president, but not after George W. Bush.
It’s executive power, stupid.
Alas, We’re Not All Neo
Is there some scientific basis for the intuition that we experience time more slowly in an emergency? After some extreme testing, the answer is no:
When a person is scared, a brain area called the amygdala becomes more active, laying down an extra set of memories that go along with those normally taken care of by other parts of the brain. "In this way, frightening events are associated with richer and denser memories," Eagleman explained. "And the more memory you have of an event, the longer you believe it took."
But it didn’t. No word on whether anyone got stoned.
The View From Your Window
Santa Monica, California, 5.16 pm.
Huckabee on Gay Sex
It all began in 1968, apparently. He really needs to get out more.
Neocons and Iran
Debate Reax
Ambers says Edwards and Clinton did better than Obama:
Because Clinton and Edwards repeatedly wove their answers into a larger argument, and Obama generally kept his answers to his answers. He did well though. No calls, Chicago. No calls.
Heading Right demurs:
1:34 – Chris Cillizza wonders whether Hillary has a do-or-die moment today. If so, she’s dying. Dull, unimaginative, and somewhat cold.
The focus group seems to love Obama. Chuck Todd says Obama got the YouTube moment and Clinton failed to break out:
Obama looked genuinely stumped by that question from the moderator regarding all of the Clinton advisers he has on his team and wondering if that was truly a "break from the past." It was actually an interesting question, which he dodged, but Obama won the moment when Hillary was heard, "I can’t wait for this answer," and he jabbed, "I look forward to you advising me too."
Sorry: I walked the dogs.
