Obama

Christopher Hitchens (Slate)

…there is something pain-free and self-congratulatory about the Obama surge. This has happened before, of course, with the high-sounding talk about the “New Frontier,” the “Great Society,” and “Morning in America.” It’s just that this time it’s more than usually not affordable. There are many causes of the subprime and derivative horror show that has destroyed our trust in the idea of credit, but one way of defining it would be to say that everybody was promised everything, and almost everybody fell for the populist bait.

Hmm.

Heh. I understand the feeling. (via Instapundit)

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama, he won a hard fought election against a centrist candidate, and he did it with class.

Three thoughts for tomorrow…
1. We need the media.(Example)
2. Republicans should look to reconstitute their party. (more…more)
3. Smile. Another peaceful election with a strong message from the American people.

From the left and the right. Some interesting and surprising, others not.

Andrew Sullivan
Charles Krauthammer
Christopher Buckley
Christopher Hitchens (especially harsh)

Better than Ross Perot’s voodoo stick. Obama has one hell of an editing team.

Official campaign email sent a few moments ago. Can you hear Rush Limbaugh? I can.

You’ve got eight days to make up your mind.

I didn’t ride today, instead I’ll head over to Biloxi tomorrow, but in sitting on my keister all day I’ve been privy to a deluge of Obama television ads, specifically this one. This might not be surprising as Obama raised $150 million in September. But I’m in Alabama where this race isn’t very close…

Note: I’m near the Florida panhandle so some of the ads could be from the more liberal Pensacola-based area. However,  media buys in the panhandle counties are a sign that Obama has no place else to spend his excess cash.

A thought or two about the election.

So if you are to believe the mainstream media, polling services, and pundits you might think the 2008 election is over. Pat Buchanan hasn’t hopped on the bandwagon yet, but says a victorious Obama will need to take note of the “center-right” nation he’ll be governing, or risk a “backlash.”

He may or may not win, but this is gold.

Also, not bad…