Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Richard Kim and Colin Robinson, Going Rouge, Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare

By: karendotcom

karendotcom — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:21:22 +0000

She’s not going to run for president, she just wants all the cash and none of the responsibility.

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:47:05 +0000

Wow, you’ve just said what I’ve been trying to say in pieces re why I’ve turned SO negative on Obama.

Thanks.

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:35:20 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t here earlier! Was at One Voice For Choice phone bank.

Thanks so much for being here, Richard and Colin, and to Jeanne for the wonderful intro. It was a really fun effort to take part in this book and I hope you guys do more.

By: BonesAK

BonesAK — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:28:18 +0000

Just got my 3 copies today and will be after AKM, Shannyn and Elston to sign them. Thank you O/R books for doing all that you have

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:06:13 +0000

Marta Evry is upstairs! One Voice For Choice-Women Candidates Phone Bank Against Stupak In Mar Vista, CA

By: OkiDave

OkiDave — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:01:23 +0000

Jeanne – delurking from Okinawa. Your Mudflats blog is one I check just about every day.

I agree with the overall responses here about SP being a force to reckon with going towards 2012. What I’m hoping will be a factor to knock her out of serious contention is the way that she keeps herself in a bubble — always walled off from any candid, non-scripted interaction with someone who isn’t vetted and previewed. To do well enough in the early primaries, the candidate has to appear ‘normal,’ without a perception of being walled off. McCain’s 2000 bus tours come to mind, along with Bush’s ‘folksy’ interactions with the press during that same campaign.

I’m just hoping that SP’s scorched earth tactics to date won’t give her that ‘free ride’ with the press if she does indeed become a serious GOP primary contender in 2012.

Dave in Okinawa

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:58:33 +0000

Gnite and bless you for putting up with us at such a late hour.

By: Colin Robinson

Colin Robinson — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:57:37 +0000

Thank you Beverly and Jeanne for hosting this. I much enjoyed it. I’m now signing off in London, where it’s midnight.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:56:20 +0000

Dya think? When exactly would you place the obit? 1/20/93?

By: Richard Kim

Richard Kim — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:55:52 +0000

I just want to plug the Nation’s Obama at One issue, coming out in January. There will be a RANGE–I promise!–of opinions reflected: the joys, but also the heartbreak reflected in some posts here tonight. So look for it.