http://common-sense.no-ip.org Political commentary and other fun stuff Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:43:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Barack Obama's comments and his inability to distance himself from his mistakes (the comments included), make Hillary Clinton more likely to win.  It is still going to be an uphill battle for her, but at this point it's still possible. A decisive win in PA and follow up wins later, could ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/04/the-perfect-storm/ Listening to the Democrats speak these days might leave one with the impression that health care is a God given right that every American, not to mention every citizen, should be entitled to. Now I understand the arguments - and I agree that every American should have health care ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/04/life-liberty-and-health-care/ I've said before that I think that Barack Obama would be a very tough man to beat, but recent revelations have convinced me otherwise.  As a former Clinton political consultant put it, Obama's weakness is weakness. Does Reverend Wright hurt Obama in the general election?  I believe it will because too ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/04/why-barack-may-just-be-the-weaker-candidate/ Understandably many Democrats feel that after their excited and record-turnout primary season that it will be a Democrat that takes the White House.  I'm not denying that it is a very real possibility, however I feel that this election is going to be a nail-biter for both sides.  Regardless of whether ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/03/no-slam-dunk/ I'm not going to lie, most Republicans would rather face Hillary Clinton in November. She's smart, but ultimately too many Americans just don't like her.  Many Democrats realize this (or don't like her themselves), so I guess it really makes sense that so many Democrats are going to Obama, ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/03/hillary-might-be-easy-to-beat-but-baracks-going-to-cause-change/ My first assessment of Mike Huckabee continuing his campaign was that it was a very foolish move for the Republican party. Traditional logic tells us that the sooner that the party has a candidate, the sooner it can get a national campaign going. This election is going to ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/02/perhaps-huckabees-surge-is-good-for-mccain/ A year ago the conventional wisdom was that after 6 years of a divisive Bush administration voters would chose a Democratic candidate to be the next president. It sounded like sound logic a year ago. But we are a year wiser. Conventional wisdom said my candidate, Rudy Giuliani, would be ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/02/moderates-give-republican-party-new-hope-for-2008-election/ Rudy Giuliani's Florida-centric strategy ended up back-firing and ending his campaign. Was it a mistake to skip early states? How could have the strategy worked or been modified to work? It's my opinion that here in Iowa, no amount of campaigning could have helped Rudy win. Voters here ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/02/the-flaw-in-the-strategy/ Before Democrats voted in South Carolina (which Barack Obama won), Bill Clinton denounced Barack Obama and his campaign as a fairy tale.  At first, one might give Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt because the Clinton's are widely known for dirty politics but after closer examination just the opposite ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/02/the-obama-fairy-tale/ A lot of news coverage has focused the fact that there is no front runner in the Republican party. The speculated cause (and I agree) is that there is deep, three-way split in the party. There are social conservatives (like Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney). They focus ... http://common-sense.no-ip.org/2008/01/six-way-split/