My problem with Casey is that it is a well-known fact his dad has a real problem with The Clintons and after saying he would not endorse a candidate, turned right around and endorsed Obama, on the say-so (supposedly) of his children.
I prefer politicians that think for themselves.

The only article against him -- that I can recall of late -- has been Sean Wilenz's article on how Obama's campaign used race before SC and since.
But I doubt that will change the MSM behavior or other Obama supporters'.

And yes, I read National Review too.. and can tell the difference.

"TNR has always been the magazine of the moderate wing of the Neo-Cons"

Always? Do you know how long TNR has been around.  For many decades before there were neocons. For many years it was the premier liberal political magazine. It's slipped over a period of time, especially the last few years, due to absolutely deranged owners.

But that doesn't mean that everything in the magazine is crap.  On foreign policy they've been off the mark for some time but the magazine still has some good articles about domestic matters.

John Judis, the author of the cited article is no con; neo, paleo or otherwise. He's one of the sharper people around.

You would be rewarded and may even learn something about the way stuff works in public life by reading his very good "Paradox of American Democracy."  Although written in 1991 (as I recall) it could best be described as Civics 401.  I believe Judis says something like that in the preface.  He's right, but it may even be Civics 501.

say, didn't you hear about that in the MSM?

don't vote if you want to exercise that action.  but don't push absolutelyu silly scenarios for no reason.  McCain (more iraq, more bush tax cuts, more bush foreign policy, more bush economics, etc.).

stay classy!

by the way...

Mark Levin is the one that called Obama a p***y

Ayers is white radical, hardly scary at this point but clearly a controversial person to have any association with as John Ridley points out

Hillary called him elitist...the effete, latte drinking labels are your own supply.

The press won't call him on it. They'll bill it as 'realistic straight talk from the maverick.'

Also, I thought of one big thing McCain can do to thwart Obama's plans to win Colorado.  He could select former CO governor Bill Owens as his running mate. Owens was close to Bush, and thought of as potential running mate material in the future for him if Cheney had dropped out in 2004. He's popular with the influential  Colorado Springs contingent of the religious right.  He left office on good terms in Colorado - he was term limited out. He's fairly moderate, bland, and an attractive enough candidate.

Clinton was my fifth.

But over time, he has grown on me.

He is smart enough to understand the complexity and depth of the issues. He can think on his feet. He is articulate. He can take a punch and he can throw a punch. He's not going to back down against right wing Republican smears.

And while he takes stances that are more conservative than I would like, I believe that in the end, he will change the discourse in American politics. He will open up the system and he will be a change agent.

Hillary will crush the grass roots, progressive base. She just said so.

She is smart. She is tough. And until just now, I was prepared to pull a lever for her and then go home and wash my hands in the strongest anti-bacterial soap I could find.

But now, she has told me she does not want the support of people like me.

There's some good history in that link.  My guess is all of us have experienced not getting our way in a primary before.  I know I have.

The question now is that experience now substantively different than what we've experienced in this Primary?

Primaries have been nasty, but something stinks here.  Maybe if it was just one thing less.  Take away the media environment.  Take away the disenfranchisement of MI and FL.  Take away the destruction of the Clinton legacy.

Just take one of those things away, and maybe things are different.

I think there was a tipping point here.

Obama from all indications is another Bush Jr. Under tough questioning and conditions he looses his cool and is not able to handle pressure. His past record doesn't show any accomplishment or achievement whatsover based on which one can take a call on his so called superior judgement. In fact if one were to go by the nytimes article on Obama's record, one gets the distinct impression that Obama was too scared at most times to take a stand lest he left a paper trail.

Besides, I really believe team Obama conducted a very disgusting campaign. Their whole campaign was centred around swiftboating of Hillary using republican talking points. I remember reading an article in Slate in which the journalist claimed that Team Obama used to corner a lot of journatist prodding them to find out more about Bill's post WH extra marital affairs. The reporters fortunately didn't take the bait. Team Obama have tried their level best to deride the clintons and rewrite History by saying that Clinton WH years are somehow comparable to Bush WH years.

Obama and the DNC have gone against basic democratic ideals and pursued racist, misogynistic, and blatant disenfranchising actions to serve their own goals over that of the larger party and of democracy itself.  They made clearly incorrect ethical decisions and in the process they attempted to revise/reframe reality to fit their own selfish agendas--and they have largely succeeded by sacrificing the ideas of democracy and merit.  I cannot reward such action and I will not be threatened with Roe V Wade or guy-next-door scenarios.

Politics is about choice, values, and the allocation of resources...and regardless of my inability to serve I hold an informed/functional democracy as substantially more important than any number of lives.  So I will not sacrifice my values just to support a party that failed itself and the most fundamental democratic ideals.  That is my choice, and if it bites me because there's a terrorist attack in my city or FEMA is staffed with a moron, so be it.  Hell, I considered closeting myself and joining the military and I still wouldn't vote obama.