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There is something particularly pathetic about what is going on right now over on the left. All the horrible, nasty things they accused Republicans of are being played out, Democrat on Democrat. This is going to be a very long, very ugly, very bitter primary on the Democratic side. Whoever stumbles out of the train wreckage of it at the end of it all may be too wounded by it to be effective in the general election. It isn't pretty when the Clinton machine turns on their own.

I suppose there could be lots of tea leaf reading in this one, but now its AG Andrew Cuomo on Talk 1300, minutes after the governor came on. Cuomo, to be fair, has been on the radio show a few times, if memory serves me, but his take on Hillary’s win in NH is that that small-state primary with its retail politics is a good thing.

”It’s not a TV crazed race. Frankly you can’t buy your way into it,” Cuomo said. “You can’t shuck and jive at a press conference,” he added. “All those moves you can make with the press don’t work when you’re in someone’s living room.”

The immediate spin from Cuomo was that, of course he didn't mean Obama. (Note, if a Republican had used the words "shuck and jive" they would already be under nonstop assault by the media and the left.) The nutroots are going ballistic (as they did yesterday when they began charging that the New Hampshire vote was rigged.) Meanwhile, the Obama surrogates are also playing just as nasty back with Jesse Jackson deriding Clinton's tears in New Hampshire saying she never cried for Katrina victims.

Like I said, long, ugly bitter and self-destructive as well. Others: Classical Values, Dan Riehl.

Politics | Gaius Thursday, 10 January , 2008

By Mwalimu Daudi, Thursday, 10 January , 2008 @ 8:05 pm

I wonder if Hilly the Hun has an acute case of “ijustcannotlosethenominationtothatinferiorcreatureophobia”.

At any rate, it is fun to watch Clinton Inc. in action - when the target is another Democrat.
By feeblemind, Friday, 11 January , 2008 @ 9:33 am

A rare instance where I disagree with Mwalimu. I don’t like watching a rattlesnake no matter who it bites.
By martian, Friday, 11 January , 2008 @ 12:52 pm

This lends itself to the idea that a number of analysts have put forward since the NH Primary - that Hillary will go after Obama by playing the race angle. There have been a couple of posts here at BCB that mentioned the strong possibility. With days we we have Cuomo talking about candidates shucking and jiving. It’s about to get really ugly folks. Fasten your seat belts and try not to cover your eyes on the really sharp hairpin turns!
By Mockin'bird, Friday, 11 January , 2008 @ 5:33 pm

Somebody need to wash Cuomo’s mouth out with a bottle of Russian vodka.