Guess what I'm doing right now
Yep, that’s right. Refreshing CNN, and the New York Times, and Time, and yes, sadly, even Drudge, like the obsessive-compulsive that I am.
Things, they are not looking good. Also not looking like they’ll get resolved any time soon (and by this I mean both the results tonight and the nomination in general)… so part of me wants to go to sleep while the other part of me can’t stop refreshing. And of course, all of me wants to know what in God’s name is wrong with Ohio that two major elections in a row they have monumental screw-ups.
Ohio. It’s the new Florida.
There’s some speculation that Hillary’s ringing phone 3 a.m. ad may be what swung voters back her way, and if that’s true, I want to quote some Shonda Rhimes: Seriously? Seriously?!? A Walter Mondale fear-mongering rip-off is what convinced people in Texas and Ohio to vote Clinton? With every such passing event, I have deeper understanding and appreciation for our founding fathers, whose hard work and effort was later repealed by the seventeenth amendment.
I’d wanted it to be over, not just because I like things to be in the bag, not just because I’m tired beyond belief of Hillary and her “everything but the kitchen sink” negative campaigning (that she doesn’t even ACKNOWLEDGE, especially not when she’s prattling on to Jon Stewart about the civility of the Democratic party’s nomination process — news for you Hillary: one side is being relatively civil, and it’s not yours), and not even because I think there’s truth to the concern that the longer the primaries run, the more the Democratic candidates do McCain’s job for him. Mostly I wanted it to be over because I simply can’t take another five weeks of this nonsense, and now Clinton won’t give up until after Pennsylvania at the end of April.
I am curious, though, how Texas fits into Clinton’s (or rather Mark Penn’s) graph of states that “matter” seeing as it’s one that will likely go red in November… and also completely not looking forward to all the coverage of Clinton gloating tomorrow.
I too am disappointed. CNN said the voters that made a difference were the ones who decided in the past three days among voters in the past htree days they voted overwhelmingly for Clinton….. some of it may have to do with the ads, some of it may have to do with the media suddenly taking cues from late night comedy and saying “we’re too easy on Obama” thus casting doubts on the accuracy of information in the minds of viewers/voters…….. Its frustrating and I do wonder what the media is going to do now.
Aisha
5 Mar 08 at 8:55 am
Tap. Tap. Tap. OK stop refreshing… new post please! ahem!
Aisha
13 Mar 08 at 3:33 pm