24 February 2007
Isn't it a bit early for all of this?
I used to consider myself a political junkie. Then I started reading all these political blogs and watching alot of 24 hour news channels. I discovered I'm nothing compared to many, even those that just do the blogging thing "for fun".
Since this realization about a year or two ago, I've weaned myself of some of my political intake. So I missed the Obama-Clinton kerfluffle until the summaries appeared yesterday and today. I still don't get exactly what went down, or, rather, why it's such a big deal. I mean, aren't we just under two years out from the election? That's the same feeling echoed here in this article from CNN:
We ARE a long way from that. We've got, what?, 18 months more of this?
That was also my reaction yesterday when I heard that Vilsack dropped out yesterday. And I remember thinking the same thing in 1999 when Elizabeth Dole dropped out way before any primaries. I was kind of excited to see Mrs. Dole in the race, especially since I hadn't heard anything all that compelling about the guy everyone was calling the front-runner. Maybe this has been happening for a while in our country, but these long drawn out primary and pre-primary races seem both silly and a killer to interesting candidates.
I'm one of those cynical disillusioned Americans, but I like politics. And I especially like interesting and unique candidates. Obama's kind of interesting, but I'm going to grow weary of him. McCain was interesting in '00 because he seemed to come out of nowhere to challenge the designated heir apparent. Now if guys like Vilsack (who at least has the coolest logo so far!) can't stick with it or don't enter at all, what's there left for me? Nader?
Since this realization about a year or two ago, I've weaned myself of some of my political intake. So I missed the Obama-Clinton kerfluffle until the summaries appeared yesterday and today. I still don't get exactly what went down, or, rather, why it's such a big deal. I mean, aren't we just under two years out from the election? That's the same feeling echoed here in this article from CNN:
"If Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama were engaged in a day-in, day-out bashing of each other, I think it probably would help somebody like John Edwards, who could stand above the fray and act presidential," [political analyst Stu] Rothenberg said. "But we're a long way from that."
We ARE a long way from that. We've got, what?, 18 months more of this?
That was also my reaction yesterday when I heard that Vilsack dropped out yesterday. And I remember thinking the same thing in 1999 when Elizabeth Dole dropped out way before any primaries. I was kind of excited to see Mrs. Dole in the race, especially since I hadn't heard anything all that compelling about the guy everyone was calling the front-runner. Maybe this has been happening for a while in our country, but these long drawn out primary and pre-primary races seem both silly and a killer to interesting candidates.
I'm one of those cynical disillusioned Americans, but I like politics. And I especially like interesting and unique candidates. Obama's kind of interesting, but I'm going to grow weary of him. McCain was interesting in '00 because he seemed to come out of nowhere to challenge the designated heir apparent. Now if guys like Vilsack (who at least has the coolest logo so far!) can't stick with it or don't enter at all, what's there left for me? Nader?
Labels: 2008, politics, primaries
