The Truffle

Thus far, Mike "More than a Feeling the GOP Doesn't Like Me" Huckabee refuses to bow out of the race. Yosemite Mitt has agreed to endorse McCain, even after saying he's a liberal. Speaking of Mitt, Le Sweetie believes that even know, he's sitting in front of a calendar, marking off the dates until Election 2012. Maybe Huckabee will go the third-party route, since he's willing to see this through to the end. Do we dare hope?

Poor Nancy Reagan. She looks like she'd crumble if you tapped her shoulder. And now she's got to try and say hello to the yahoos of the 2008 slate. Yosemite Mitt is talking about how he saved Massachusetts from financial ruin. He avoids the question of whether the USA is better off than they were 8 years ago. Of course he won't say no. Just says there were problems. See? McCain says everything's just ducky. Despite the housing crisis and the coming recession and the stock market, uh, wait...some things need to be fixed. "I think we are better off overall if we look at the entire 8-year period," McCain said. But still, "we've got to get our fiscal house in order." Dude, it's okay to raise your voice when you talk. Finally, Huckabee says no we are not better off. Somewhere, a National Review editor is yelling at the TV screen. They've all been caught in a trap, it seems. Can't wait for Ron Paul's response. And, of cour...

For the past week, it's been All-Iowa, All the Time on the cable news channels. Mornings, I'd flip on the TV to hear more punditry on Iowa. Le Sweetie would then ask, "When is this all going to be over?" Iowa has come. Iowa has gone. The netroots denizens are pleased as punch about 2008's new state of Obamarama. La Hill, meanwhile, is scrambling to regain her footing , because--soo-priiiiiize!--her current tactics aren't working. Some advisers say that the campaign miscalculated in having Mr. Clinton play such a public role, that Mrs. Clinton could not effectively position herself as a change agent, the profile du jour for Democrats, so long as he stood as a reminder that her presidency would be much like his. Other advisers say that Mr. Obama now owns the “change” mantra and that Mrs. Clinton needs a Plan B. “Hillary says she’ll change things, but then voters see Bill and hear them talk about the 1990s, and it’s clear that the Clintons are not offering c...