The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Aren't Needed Anymore

when you have presidential candidates willing to roast a Johnny-come-lately trying to buy his way to the presidency:

Democratic Presidential Debate

You can see live stream on NBC's YouTube channel.

It says it all the Democrats are being marginalized with weekend debates while the GOP gets prime time during the evening.

Or see it here, among dozens of other places:

Why the Hell

are media people still pimping for has-been, never-was Obama? He didn't distinguish himself at all in this or any of the other debates, for God's sake.

Edwards has ALWAYS done great in the debates as has Biden. Why act astonished by the obvious?

This letter following the article is spot-on:

In a perfect world...

...the Democratic primary would be be a neck-in-neck horserace between John Edwards, Chris Dodd (who won that debate in my opinion), Joe Biden and Bill Richardson. I heard concrete ideas from people with the experience to justify their positions.

Barak Obama is in hopelessly over his head. I found it painfull to watch him. Hillary clinton could not give a straight answer to save her life. She came across as calculating and dishonest from start to finish. Everyone is talking about the final ten minutes. Personally, I found her "elastic" justification for her Iran vote to be frightening and her tap dance around her husband's sealing of his presidential document (covering his communication with her) painted her with dishonesty.

I wish the media would focus it attention on those candidates that actually could make a difference instead of the two who's main qualification seems to be raising money from wealthy interests.

The WSWS

trashes the Democrats, and they do this more than they do the Republicans.

They've got to increase their market share of the voting public to .0001 percent of the population.

Campaign Notes.

John Edwards almost always finishes in the top two in these debates (with perhaps Joe Biden edging him out a couple of times). But the media have set the agenda that the Democratic debates would be all Obama and Clinton. Well, Obama certainly didn't earn a "B+," as alleged in this piece. He always does poorly and did last night. He's not a debater. In any case, he's done as a candidate.

Hillary Clinton has not done well the past couple of debates. As times goes on, her unflappable demeanor has gradually disappeared. I hated the fact last night's debate was all about her; the media have gotten their marching orders that she must be the nominee--ANYTHING to keep John Edwards from getting traction.

We know, if we are honest, Edwards has AlWAYS excelled in these debates, but the corporate media, representing the financial elites in this country, will not allow him to get enough face time because he is addressing the class issues which have been so disastrous for the American people.

And how was the face time for the candidates last night?





Can you imagine how far Biden could go if he even had half what HRC had? He got in a lot in the little time he was given.

If I Had the Time,

I'd live blog this debate. Hillary Clinton is getting hit hard from all sides, including from Russert and Williams. It's the pits being the designated frontrunner; you end up having a big target on your back.

She's not doing that well so far.

What gets me is, despite some jabs by the other candidates, the WHOLE focus of this debate is Hillary Clinton. This is despicable; not one vote has been cast, yet the media are already declaring her as the nominee.

Edit: Of course Edwards and Biden did best in that debate. I just hope it isn't too late and Democrats finally get a clue that they need to win this election.

Campaign Notes.

I will, incredibly enough, be able to watch tonight's debate on MSNBC just before I head out the door to take the long, long, long bus ride to Medford. I will be there for a week before I return back to Reno.

Because I work at a year-round school now, I have breaks scattered through the year. At first I was apprehensive about this arrangement, but now I think it might be better for me.

I won't get as burned out as I was before.

People who think teaching isn't hard are people who have never done it in their lives. It just about kills the hell out of a person, especially the deadlines, rules and regulations of special education. They're a nightmare.

The kids and teaching, however, are great.

It's Again

all the Democrats' fault about Iraq, of course.

A Rerun of Today's Iowa Debate

will be on C-SPAN at around 3:30 PDT. I will record it.

Allegedly Obama did better than usual, but the guy has nowhere to go but up in his losing quest for the White House.

Republican columnist David Yepsen thought the Audacity of Hype did the best.

I doubt it, but what do I know?

Presidential Notes.

Tomorrow there will yet be another Democratic debate, this one in all-important Iowa.

It will be rebroadcast on C-SPAN, too.
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It is NOT good news that the Nevada frontrunners in both parties have such high negatives.

But if Clinton and Romney are the standardbearers of their parties, they might cancel each other out.
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If candidates want to keep from putting the mouths into their feet or the other way around during debates, Barack or Joe, they must have everything carefully plotted.

For the Republicans, it doesn't matter.
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