Political Equinox

As we edge closer and closer (hopefully) to having a Democratic presidential nominee, I cannot believe how close this election cycle has (so far) ran to perhaps the greatest TV series of all time…I’m talking of course of the West Wing, the a series that garnered both critical and public support in its storied 7 season run.
The last two seasons of the show dealt with (primarily) the decision of who would become the next president after the much beloved Democrat Josiah Bartlet left office.
This is where the show and reality overlap. In the show on the Democratic …

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It was Tuesday afternoon and I was romping down Lima Road in my Chevy Suburban with The Dave Ramsey Show at full blast when it hit me. I was going to see the former president of the United States of America. Not the mayor, not a councilman, but the actual president.

As I rolled past the Grand Wayne Center, the line had not yet crept outside the door, but by the time I finally got in line at 4:40pm, we were about 20 feet outside the Grand Wayne Center.

The people around me in line were extremely nice (even though my Republican roots were clearly printed on the back of my …

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Indiana hasn’t gone to a Democrat since Johnson in 1964. It hasn’t mattered in candidate selection in past presidential years because of the date of its primary. But we all know 2008 is unlike any past presidential election year in modern times.
Last night’s results in the Democratic contest in Mississippi only reemphasize the sentiments that have been discussed since the Texas/Ohio behemoth of a political contest–
Congrats Indiana - you matter!

Since Senator Obama did not give a knock out blow to Senator Clinton’s campaign on March 4 and since Obama bounced back from the Clinton victory in the Ohio and Texas primaries with …

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Did I just say that? I just complimented a Democrats website. Yikes. (Patrick, could you please help me out here? I think I may be going insane.)

Many of the candidates bulk their website up with blogs that are filled with polls and “campaign-speak.” However, Barack Obama’s website offers a wealth of information. The writer of the copy for Obama’s website did an excellent job articulating Barack’s position on everything from civil rights to fiscal policy.

Although, I don’t agree with Barack on many of his policies (quite naturally) I actually enjoyed reading through his campaign website. Instead of focusing on delegate counts (aka John McCain), Obama focuses on the issues.

Obama offers his position on a whole range of issues. These positions …

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For the Democrats, Super Tuesday was a bag of mixed nuts.

One would have assumed that with the exit of John Edwards his supporters would shift one way or another. One would have assumed that since what seemed like every state was up for grabs, one of the two remaining candidates would take charge and become the presumptive nominee. One would even assume that if one candidate won major states over the other candidate that candidate would be finished.

Welp, if one assumed all or even any of that, one would assume wrong.

The fact was that Hillary won the biggies – New York, California and even some of the upsetties (doesn’t work as well) - namely Massachusetts and New Jersey. …

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