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Posted at 10:52am on Feb. 13, 2008 A tale of two anti-incumbancies.
One that breaks a little our way. A little.
By Moe Lane
The actual news that came out of yesterday in Maryland - I don't think anybody was actually surprised at the Presidential primary results, on either side - involved a couple of CDs:
Incumbents Gilchrest, Wynn ousted
State Sen. Harris wins in 1st District; Democratic activist Edwards prevails in 4thDemocratic activist Donna Edwards defeated longtime incumbent Rep. Albert R. Wynn, and state Sen. Andy Harris also upset Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, in a pair of fiercely contested races that drew national attention.
Edwards, running a populist, anti-war campaign that drew support from national liberal groups, capitalized on a surge of voter turnout in the 4th District to unseat the Prince George's congressman, whom she accused of being too moderate for his district. The race was a rematch of the 2006 primary election, when Wynn held on to his seat by a few thousand votes.
The Harris-Gilchrest race played out along similar lines, with the state senator accusing the nine-term incumbent of being too liberal for the conservative 1st District, which comprises the Eastern Shore and parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties.
The rest of the story is readable enough - you'll grin at a newspaper actually identifying a progressive group as progressive, for a change* - but that's the meat of it. What it all means is another story entirely.
Read on.
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Posted at 11:39am on Jan. 31, 2008 Good Morning, Senator Obama.
I'm given to understand that you're being informed by the antiwar movement.
By Moe Lane
Which is to say, you aren't being informed at all. Now, while I understand that your oft-stated (and beginning-to-be-parodied [content warning]) mantra of Hope and Change does not extend to validating our hope that you will change the Democratic policy of not actually listening to Republicans and conservatives, you are still busy pretending that it might. Which means that you also have to pretend that you care what people like me think. Alas - for you - Senator Clinton is well in the lead on this front, which is why she's increasingly on your right when it comes to the War.
All of which leads up to this suggestion: I think that, if you want to even presume to be worth my vote, you should read the following*:
We Are Winning.
We Haven't Won. (Via Glenn)
Al Qaeda in Iraq's shrinking area of operations and The Mosul Offensive
That should start you up: these people are not cheerleaders, and they all retain their own, contrarian opinions on just how well or badly we're doing over there. But what they are not are people whose first response to seeing news of violence in Iraq is to drop their pants to around their ankles.
Who knows? You might find the change in outlook refreshing.
Signed,
Moe Lane
PS: Anecdote ain't data, but neither of my (Democratic) parents is voting for you next Tuesday. Shocked the life out of me, it did.
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