Comments on: Room For Improvement http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: antique car insurance http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement/comment-page-1#comment-24391 antique car insurance Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:21 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement#comment-24391 Thanks for your site! Thanks for your site!

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement/comment-page-1#comment-22461 Kyle E. Moore Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:52:31 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement#comment-22461 That's possible. Or you could simply say that she had the better organization there, or any number of things. But here's the thing that really interests me. As we look back, I can't remember the Obama campaign overtly trying to explain away a loss. The closest thing might have been in Nevada where they made a point of saying they got the most delegates, but that's still just, well, you know, way out of the neighborhood of spinning a loss as acceptable. It's just interesting, to me, because that goes along with the kind of themes we see from the two campaigns. The Clintons are all about spinning until you get dizzy, while Obama lays it straight. If he wins, he wins, if he loses, he loses, and it's never about lowering expectations but instead about achieving that next goal. That’s possible. Or you could simply say that she had the better organization there, or any number of things. But here’s the thing that really interests me. As we look back, I can’t remember the Obama campaign overtly trying to explain away a loss. The closest thing might have been in Nevada where they made a point of saying they got the most delegates, but that’s still just, well, you know, way out of the neighborhood of spinning a loss as acceptable.

It’s just interesting, to me, because that goes along with the kind of themes we see from the two campaigns. The Clintons are all about spinning until you get dizzy, while Obama lays it straight. If he wins, he wins, if he loses, he loses, and it’s never about lowering expectations but instead about achieving that next goal.

]]> By: DrGail http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement/comment-page-1#comment-22446 DrGail Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:57:21 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/02/room-for-improvement#comment-22446 The obvious spin for the Obama campaign, should he lose in Texas, is that Texas is fully accustomed to old-style dirty politics -- in fact, they practically invented it -- and this is precisely what needs to change. So Clinton's win in Texas is proof positive that an Obama presidency is the only thing that can deliver the United States into a post-political era in which the government actually labors for the benefit of its citizens. The obvious spin for the Obama campaign, should he lose in Texas, is that Texas is fully accustomed to old-style dirty politics — in fact, they practically invented it — and this is precisely what needs to change. So Clinton’s win in Texas is proof positive that an Obama presidency is the only thing that can deliver the United States into a post-political era in which the government actually labors for the benefit of its citizens.

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