Obama Envy

By Kleinheider Posted on May 22, 2008 at 6:42 pm

The Black Snob tries to imagine what Harold Ford, Jr. might think of Barack Obama:

Is there any envy there? Why not? Who isn’t envious of someone on the rise who could both make history and get to be the leader of the free world? But I don’t think Ford would do anything to jeopardize an administration he likely wants to join. Once the dust settles on the convention floor and Obama is the nominee it will become obvious what all the fund-raising was for. Ford is a pure politician. He may never make it to the senate or be governor of Tennessee, but he can ride the Obama wave to bigger and better things once he’s done playing pretty, pretty pundit with the networks. There is still political life left in Ford.

He’s not going to be so harsh to alienate himself from what could be his political future. There are still trails left for him to blaze.

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Bubba And The Ragin’ Cajun Talk Politics And Populism At Truman Day

By Kleinheider Posted on May 15, 2008 at 10:12 pm

R. Neal sits down with Ragin’ Cajun James Carville shortly before his speech at Knox County’s Truman Day Dinner for an exclusive interview. The pull quote:

When Franklin Roosevelt said the captains of industry and Wall Street barons hate me and I welcome their hate, I mean Obama’s clearly not of that ilk of Democrat. He’s more of a kind of Bill Bradley, Paul Tsongas, Adlai Stevenson kind of Democrat.

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Tags: Adlai Stevenson, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, DLC, Hillary Clinton, James Carville, Knox County, Paul Tsongas, populism, Randy Neal, Truman Day  

Harold Ford, Jr. Calls For Democratic Unity Ticket

By Kleinheider Posted on May 7, 2008 at 8:08 am

Former Congressman and Senate candidate, Harold Ford, Jr., now chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, suggests that being a “numbers guy” makes him a believer in the formidable nature of a joint Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton ticket. GoldnI translates what Ford is really saying:

“I’m aware that this is pretty much over and that Obama is going to win, but I can’t say that because that would piss off my DLC buddies. On the other hand, I can’t come out for Clinton because that would royally piss off the Memphis base that I need to support me if I ever run for office again. So I’ll just keep pushing for this ‘joint ticket’ so I won’t have to publicly decide.”

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Tags: Barack Obama, Clinton shill, Congressman, DLC, Hillary Clinton, Tennessee, Video  

The Audacity Of Waiting His Turn

By Kleinheider Posted on April 23, 2008 at 5:24 pm

GoldnI didn’t appreciate the advice Barack Obama was given by Harold Ford, Jr. on MSNBC and asks the undercover, Clinton supporting, former Congressman to imagine this Presidential campaign had it been him instead of Obama facing the Clinton machine:

Can you imagine what would happen if Harold were in Obama’s shoes? Can you imagine how Hillary would attack him? “Well, we all know that Harold Ford has no experience. He was only 26 when he was elected to Congress, what did he do before that? Not much. He doesn’t have enough experience. Oh, and he’s unelectable. Don’t ask us why, but he is.” And if the Jeremiah Wright brouhaha is any indicator, Harold would probably be asked to reject and denounce the vast majority of his family members.

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Tags: Barack Obama, DLC, Harold Ford, Hillary Clinton