Debate Fatigue?

The Washington Post had an interesting article about tonight's Democratic Debate. I hadn't realized it, but tonight is the first "official" debate. They have been debating on television so often the last couple of months that one would think the election was a few months away. In reality, it is a whole 16 months away. I haven't yet decided what I think about youtube sponsoring a debate--especially a live one. I am interested to see if campaign fatigue sets in. Right now, voters seem to be in a fury over whom they support, but with the Democrats having 2 more official debates in the next month, plus an interesting debate exclusively concerning LGBT issues, some of the support may begin to wane. Maybe I'm wrong, but I will wait until after tonight to decide. Hopefully none of the questionable youtube content will show up (or maybe it would make it more interesting if it did!).

Obama in '08?

I don't blog much on politics, but it seems Mr. Obama has some good things to say. I read his first book Dreams from My Father a little over a year ago, and came away very impressed with his story. After seeing the same faces in politics for so long (Sen. McCain is thinking of running and he is 70!), I welcome the new approaches his will bring to the arena. Although he is inexperienced, he and his campaign people have managed to turn this liability into a positive. Very swift move. The Democratic Primaries are gonna be verrrry interesting...

Iraq's Lost Generation

(click to enlarge) This picture, a part of this week's edition of "Newsweek", saddens me.