“Obama has no chance of doing that. The Republicans are licking their lips in anticipation.”

I presume then that you’re backing Clinton? She is the most “insider” candidate by far, and if she gives Ruturd Murdoch and Old Man Redstone what they want, they’ll back off. Edwards most certainly isn’t your candidate since he’s being so combative with BigBiz on the campaign trail.

I like the current debate going on between Edwards and Obama, where they agree on what needs to happen but differ on how to get there. Obama wants to sit at their table and negotiate while Edwards is saying you can’t do that. This is a healthy debate and I hope Edwards is influencing Obama somewhat. Man, they’d make an amazing Presidential ticket.

Don’t understand the issue with Redstone’s National Amusements. Yes, Obama has received a lot from BigMoney as has Edwards, but why do many in the Netroots ignore the fact that Obama’s shattering records for individual donors? The BigMoney donations are a tiny sliver of the total amount he’s raised from people who have never been involved in politics. Iowa numbers show this so far.

I’ve been able to accomplish manys things in my life by ignoring people who told me, “that’s just not how it’s done,” and “you can’t do it like that.” The argument that we need someone who has hung around DeeCee enough to know the Game doesn’t work for me. In fact, for many years I’ve felt the exact opposite, and I have two choices this year – Edwards and Obama.

The fact that both these guys are self-made successes is very appealing, and despite much of the “evidence” that I’ve seen around the netroots saying Obama is a republican operative, when I look at his entire adult life in and out of politics, I conclude he really is quite a Liberal deep down. Bill Clinton was self-made as well, but he did it by being a career politician and learning the tricks, and look what a disaster he was for Liberalism. I tend to attract more to Edwards’ more revolutionary position, but I could get behind Obama as well. Considering what Obama has been able to accomplish, and with the huge societal hurdles he has had to overcome, I’m willing to defer judgment to him if he can make a good case and show positive results from his approaches.

After all, I’m wrong sometimes. Are you?
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All his predictions about what was supposed to happen in Iowa, based upon his deep understanding of how we were responding, are worthless. He knows that he’s utterly out of touch with what is happening in America. We might as well be the Pakistani “street” for all he’s concerned.

Maybe he’ll be replaced by a real Chimp that will select election results by trying to find treats under cups.

Bonus points if you know what National Amusements Inc. is without teh Google.

As to one of your most salient points, the most effective instigators of real structural change directed from the White House, except for Lincoln, are FDR and LBJ. Consummate insiders they knew how to get things done.

Obama has no chance of doing that. The Republicans are licking their lips in anticipation.