So. I put this morning’s post up after making the rounds of my fave blogs, but without consulting The Oracle. And Jeez! I would be remiss indeed if I didn’t mention today’s Big News, which is news in the same sense that announcing the sun rose in the east this morning is news. Inevitability, and all that.
The Captain speaks for me when he says:
Of course, it wouldn't be Hillary without getting Sillary. She tries for an Oprah-like chatty tone to her announcement, and winds up offering this laughable little nugget:
"I'm not just starting a campaign, though, I'm beginning a conversation with you, with
It has? What happened on November 7th, a tea party? Puh-leeze. The Democrats have hardly been silent during Bush's six years in office. They have been shrill, hysterical, and well-covered by the press and bloggers on both sides of the partisan divide. What they haven't been, until the last midterms, is convincing.
Hillary's announcement changes nothing. No one seriously thought she'd take a pass, and all this does is confirm what everyone already knew. It's interesting that she committed this early, though. Normally, candidates who already hold national office or governorships like to wait until later in the cycle so as to allow their natural access to the media to work as de facto campaign appearances. As long as they haven't announced, equal-time provisions won't apply. The early announcements of candidacies or of explorations by people like Barack Obama may have forced her into an early commitment.
So in one day we've had Hillary and Sillary. Perhaps we'll soon get Shrillary, who never stays quiet for long.
What he said. God Save Us.
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