Saturday, February 05, 2005

Miscellanea - Goodbye to Our Foggy Bottom Friends Edition

Sadly, the Diplomad is calling it quits. Best of luck and thanks for all the good posts (hat tip to Chrenkoff)...

The Daily Kos is running a poll for the Democratic candidate for 2008. Surprisingly, the two top vote-getters so far are Russ Feingold and Wesley Clark. This requires a little explaining, though; first of all, Barack Obama and Barbara Boxer are missing from the list, as is Harry Reid. Obama's appeal is self-evident; Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer are the heroes of the hour for 'progressives' for sticking it to the Bushies, but have no real shot (I'll be profiling both soon, starting with Harry Reid, tomorrow). Al Gore is also missing, and he has a better shot at it, realistically, than John Kerry, currently pulling 7% in the Kos poll. I'm not surprised Hillary isn't running high in this poll - she probably (don't laugh) isn't liberal enough for this crowd (and I'll get around to profiling her, don't you worry) (tip of the hat to the Museum of Left Wing Lunacy)...

Currently reigning Weekly Jackass Eric Alterman thinks George W. Bush wants to poison your children (Eric, adjust the dosage, please - for the sake of us all)...

I just might offer Rodger Morrow a job editing the Progressive Dictionary; he's certainly well acquainted with their etymological roots...

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