the current landscape

Eric Martin pretty well summarizes my view of the Democratic presidential campaign, but here's my version:

• Like everybody else and their brother, I'm ready for some change.
• So that's what all the candidates are offering in their stump speeches.
• On policy, Obama and Clinton seem about equally moderate.
• Edwards is significantly more progressive than either.
• But Obama has more successfully adopted the rhetoric of change.

I've been writing a lot of bullet point lists at work.

I guess there's more to it than rhetoric; it's about theories of change*.  ( Read more... )

speaking of bipartisanship

Did you know that 18% of Republicans think Bush should be impeached?  Not just impeached, but impeached and removed from office.