Re: Obama's economic advisers

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think that there's more to it than a horse race. In addition, the
media don't like Edwards (because he's a "populist").

On Jan 9, 2008 9:42 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
>
> > Last night as I was on my stationary exercise bike, I was watching
> > early MSNBC news coverage of the New Hampshire primaries prior to
> > vote totals being reported. The pundits were falling all over each
> > other in praise of Barack Obama's campaigning skills. I was
> > especially struck by Tom Brokaw's describing the Black candidate as
> > "A thoroughbred who has broken away from the pack," a perfect
> > encapsulation of the idiotic horse race character of these elections.
>
> WHen there's basic agreement on the fundamentals, there's nothing
> else but the horse race.
>
> Doug



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