Great piece of writing

I love honest journalism. By that I mean presenting the facts as you see them; not stilting your language to subscribe to some hazy rules of objectivity. An essay is either worth reading or it isn't. Writing like this is very informative, especially for someone like me (a Canadian living overseas) who can't really participate in the American electoral circus, but still considers it important (for better or, more likely, worse - I read BradBlog too).

I recently read a great piece written by a Clinton supporter that finally put the "experience" element in perspective for me. It is worthwhile to make a point of listening honestly to your opponent's best arguments. Gee. That would be democracy, wouldn't it?

And I agree with the writer's thesis that eloquence is probably one of the more important qualities a person can have. Anyway, it looks like the "general public" Democrats are more solid in their thinking than poli-junkies like to give them credit for. I mean, isn't Steven Colbert the favorite comedian of everyone you know?

So, Hillary appears destined to lose to Obama, the first real 2.0 candidate. She is dooming herself at least by playing attack politics. All Obama has to do is not respond and he wins. He understood the game better. He's like Tiger Woods.  

by Peter Dearman (8 articles, 15 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 113 comments) on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 10:15:36 AM