Apparently, the Tea-Party convention has alienated many seemingly sympathetic folks by being a for-profit organization.
Frankly, they would be stupid not to be for-profit. You can’t go around quoting Ayn Rand approvingly and then not be motivated by money.
So it’s produced the worst campaign ad ever. But what else is going on in the California Republican Senate primary? Any exciting charismatic candidates we should know about?
Not much charisma here at all. Polls favor Campbell. You see, this is what most elections are like. Nobody stands out, and the one who behaves least absurdly wins. Charisma doesn’t get to play a role.
Surely this is some act of sabotage by the Campbell campaign.
…is what the Republicans say the Democrats are.
First of all, why is this news? The Republicans always say that. Second, while his policies seem to be weaker, Obama’s track record against Jihadism compares favorably with George W. Bush’s and Bill Clinton’s after their respective first years in office.
I’ll agree his position on torture seems naive, and his foolish decision not to fire Napolitano immediately after the December 25th failed attack ought to be ridiculed. But these apparent flaws cannot negate his success in objective terms. The arguments against trying terrorists in civilian court are, in my opinion, fairly weak.
As of this moment, the case against Obama himself as weak on terror is basically a joke. Now, the case against the Democrats in Congress, particularly Harry Reid, is a much better one. Reid is a weak person by nature, and his infamous assertion that the Iraq war was “lost” is one that should haunt him.
The Democrats overall philosophy intuitively seems to be weaker, but that is not backed up by the data.
As you are all aware, Tim Tebow is in an anti-abortion ad that is set to air during the Super Bowl. This has sparked a vigorous debate over whether he has the right to be in this ad, or whether CBS should air ads with political messages at all, or if they should air other ones to be fair. Which debate you ought to have depends on who you talk to.
It’s funny how people argue over things like “principles” and “rights”. I suspect both sides don’t give a damn about such abstract concepts except as they relate to helping them win the debate. Conservatives wouldn’t defend a pro-choice commercial on the grounds of “Free Speech”, and liberals wouldn’t oppose it on the grounds of “Bias”.
I don’t think the strategists for either side have principles–they just want to win. Framing the debate based on “principles” and “rights” is fine and dandy. But the important thing, to the people running the show, is who wins.
That’s a huge exaggeration, I’ll admit, but a new poll shows that 52% still have a “positive impression of him.,” yet other polls indicate large majorities don’t believe some of his statements.
How to explain this?
First of all, these are different polls, so it’s some different people responding, obviously. Secondly, there’s an issue of bias on the part of pollsters, which undoubtedly plays a role. The story sums it up by saying “People like Obama, but they don’t believe him.”
And that is how charisma works.
…and yet it’s the highest grossing film of all time. James Cameron is apparently some sort of genius at promoting stuff. I have to say it is a remarkably lame movie, yet somehow he has convinced everyone to go see the thing. He ought to be a marketer, not a filmmaker.
As I write this, I see Avatar ranks #41 on the IMDb Top 250 movies list. This is insane. It’s one spot ahead of Lawrence of Arabia? Two spots ahead of Terminator 2, which Cameron made before he forgot everything he knew about movie making?
Madness. Madness. (It’s undeservedly ahead of that movie, too.)
… is an idiot and ought to be fired. This is only the latest in a long series of idiotic things he has said.
It seems Obama is planning to reinvent himself, largely as a fiery populist. Apparently, polls indicate that the people are unhappy with his performance.
So?
