Nathan Tyree: PA could be the knockout

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Everybody knows now that Hillary no longer has a plausible path to the nomination and yet she will not go away until she is forced. Pennsylvania could force her.

A few weeks ago Hillary had a massive lead in the PA polls (20 points in some) but it has narrowed to just a few. Looking at the most recent polls, Obama is down 2, or 4 or 6 or up 2. His team on the ground is going to working it hard there. It could tighten more. Hell, Obama could win Pennsylvania. If he does that would make PA the most important state in this race. If Obama wins there, Hillary's hand will be forced and this thing will be over.

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Nathan Tyree: MLK

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marking the 40th anniversary of the murder or Martin Luther King, Jr Senator Barack Obama gave a moving, powerful speech today in Indiana. Later in the day Senator Hillary Clinton followed up with a somber and respectful speech of her own. Both sought to honor Dr. King's legacy. Senator John McCain also gave a speech of his own. Of course, McCain voted against a holiday for Dr, King . It seems that he really wasn't aware of who MLK was or why he was significant and besides, holidays cost money.

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Nathan Tyree: American McCain

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John McCain has a new ad out. It may well be true genius. It seems that The American John "American" McCain Stands for America and the Americans of America by being the Most American. Oh, and he was a prisoner of war and looked good in black and white back then. This is, I guess, McCain's attempt to reintroduce himself to the electorate at large. I don't really think that plays at all outside the Republican base (where it isn't enough to overcome the general loathing that Xian conservatives have for him).

McCain has more negatives than any major party candidate in recent memory. He has tied himself rabidly to Mr. Bush's dirty little war and that alone is likely enough to doom his candidacy.

Leaving that aside, though, the economy is likely to be the major concern as we head into this election and McCain is incapable of understanding that. He freely admits to not understanding economic matters (and is brazenly flip about it). As if that weren't enough, when he does bother to talk about the housing crises, he takes the stance that the poor should learn to live with it or something. Honestly, his words on the subject are so lamentable that I can hardly begin to think how to describe his position.

Then there is the fact that he time and again throws ideals overboard for the sake of political expediency. He did this on the Bush tax cuts, on torture, and on stance after stance. He can’t really be the maverick and go along to get along, but that’s exactly what he seems to be trying.

Then there is the ethics question. McCain is going to be eaten alive by the emerging stories about his ties to high power lobbyists. The Keating scandal is not done either. None of this would be quite as damaging were it not for McCain’s public persona.

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Nathan Tyree: Kos

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I've decided to do a little blogging at Daily Kos. You can see my first Diary.

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Nathan Tyree: The Maverick

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On McCain's Problem with lobbying, Huff-Post is reporting about a USA today story that does not bode well for the Maverick.

"USA Today has a new article detailing John McCain's ties to telecommunications lobbyists. The article points out one of John McCain's major inconsistencies: the candidates' claims to be against "special interest lobbyists" despite surrounding himself with lobbyists"

- Huffington Post

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