Comments on: Confidence

By: RedPhillips

RedPhillips — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:04:26 +0000

BTW, is TAC going to do an endorsement issue this year? Last time we got two Perotka endorsements. (Taki and Francis.) I think Baldwin can do better than that unless Barr scarfs the endorsements up.

By: RedPhillips

RedPhillips — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:31:26 +0000

I would find Webb more intriguing if he hadn’t sold his soul on abortion to please his new party.

We eagerly await future Baldwin coverage.

By: Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:55:04 +0000

I’ll be glad to write about Baldwin in the future, and Eunomia is hardly “all Obama all the time.” I do try to cover the other campaigns and Congressional races, and non-election matters to some extent (though I know it has been more election-oriented since January for obvious reasons). Certainly I have had a lot to say about his campaign because the nominating contest has been continuing up until now, he is, despite my reservations about his other foreign policy views, something of a major party antiwar candidate and now talk of selecting Webb interests me because I find Webb an intriguing figure. This week has been more Obama-focused than most, I grant you, but a lot of that has been driven by Obama-related commentary that I thought needed some response.

By: Benny One Six

Benny One Six — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:46:09 +0000

It looks to me like the rubber is hitting the road for the Democrats like it always does: do they embrace tribalism/leftism and pick a woman because she’s a woman etc. or do they go to the right and choose someone who has a broad appeal in the country like Webb…

By: RedPhillips

RedPhillips — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:37:40 +0000

Um … err … you know Chuck Baldwin is running for President and is actually a conservative. Perhaps we could get a little coverage of his campaign, instead of all Obama all the time. :-)

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:23:31 +0000

Interesting point to ponder. Kerry’s “reporting for duty” meme was truly goofy from one who had so dissed the military at the time.

Would BHO be better with Slow Joe Biden or some governor who could pretend to gravitas? Perhaps.

By: davegnyc

davegnyc — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:14:23 +0000

Jim Webb would be the Democratic nominee

I think that would be (would have been) possible in 2012.

By: Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:17:05 +0000

Unfortunately, that’s right. In a really right-side-up world, Jim Webb would be the Democratic nominee and we would be speculating over which person he should be selecting.

By: John

John — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:14:41 +0000

The point is that Democrats cannot defeat todayâ€™s GOP in a bidding war over who is more militaristic and irresponsible in foreign policy …

The irony here is that – at least as I understand things – Webb’s history of opposition to the Iraq war has been far more consistent than Obama’s, which suggests that he’d be the less militaristic and irresponsible of the two. In a right-side-up world, as opposed to the bizarro universe we are graced to occupy, Obama would select Webb as his VP candidate and say that the reason he was doing it was because Webb had shown better discretion on this crucial matter than he had, and he’d prefer to have such a thoughtful and restrained mind in his White House. But as you say, the reality is that he’ll just come across as a weakling who needs a tough redneck at his side to help knock some heads.