go obama!

After Bill Clinton beat Bush the First, way back in 1992, I threw a big party on Dover Road in Redwood City, inviting everyone I could think of.

Now it seems Obama is going to knock Hillary out, and

[ I would be fine with Hillary winning, and I'm actually a fan. But I've had lingering doubts whether she would beat even a weak Republican in the general election (although no one else seems to think that). She somehow seems scheming and/or insincere—is it just me? ]

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THANE: Hmmm—this is just too good. But I'm afraid someone's going kill that guy. I hope he's got good Secret Service protection.

GLORIA: I was thinking the same thing.

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From today's (7 Jan 2008) NYT, "In New Hampshire, Bill Clinton Is Finding Less Spark," by Mark Leibovich:

Former President Bill Clinton has been drawing sleepy and sometimes smallish crowds at big venues in the state that revived his presidential campaign in 1992. He entered to polite applause and rows of empty seats at the University of New Hampshire on Friday. Several people filed out midspeech, and the room was largely quiet as he spoke, with few interruptions for laughter or applause. He talked about his administration, his foundation work and some about his wife.

"Hillary's got good plans," Mr. Clinton kept saying as he worked through a hoarse-voiced litany of why his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, is a "world-class change agent." He urged his audience to "caucus" on Tuesday for Mrs. Clinton, before correcting himself ("vote"). He took questions, quickly worked a rope line and left.

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Ho hum.

GO OBAMA!