Herbert: Obama Has Dems Worried About a 'Debacle in November'

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Bob Herbert: voice of reason? On economics and the role of government, no. On the dynamics of the Dem nomination race? Actually, yes. In both his TV appearances and columns, Herbert, an Army veteran who grew up largely in a comfortable New Jersey suburb, comes across as more clear-eyed and down-to-earth, less angry and ideological, than his NY Times confreres like Paul Krugman or Frank Rich.

Take Herbert's column of this morning, Heading Toward the Danger Zone. My sense is that, at heart, Herbert backs Obama. But that doesn't deter the columnist from offering an unblinking assessment of the very perilous electoral path on which Obama finds himself. Let's work backwards from Herbert's stunning conclusion [emphasis added]:

One of Senator Obama’s favorite phrases is “the fierce urgency of now.” There is nothing more fiercely urgent for him right now than to reassure voters and superdelegates that an Obama candidacy will not lead to a Democratic debacle in November.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Excellent analysis by Bob Herbert [no typo!] ping to Today show list.

[Fresh Wind]

One of Senator Obama’s favorite phrases is “the fierce urgency of now.”

That sounds like something a hippie or beatnik poet would have written.

[Iron Munro]

Herbert: Obama Has Dems Worried About a 'Debacle in November'

I think there is justified cause for their concern but Village-Idiot-John-McCain is working hard to ensure a democrat victory no matter how screwed up they are.

[Comparative Advantage]

He probably borrowed it from Saul Alinsky.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Groovy, man. I can dig it! ;-)

[TheWasteLand]

I wonder if he says it when he has to use the toilet.

[counterpunch]

You can almost feel the air seeping out of the Obama phenomenon.

I sure felt it. But that wasn't the air slowly seeping.
It was a huge gust when the Obama bubble burst.
 

[counterpunch]

One of Senator Obama’s favorite phrases is “the fierce urgency of now.”
That sounds like something a hippie or beatnik poet would have written.

Actually, it was Martin Luther King.
Nothing Obama says is original.
But at least he's moved on from plagiarizing Malcolm X and Deval Patrick.
 

[srmorton]

I agree. McCain is the perfect candidate to attract those Democrat and Independent votes, but he keeps doing so much to alienate the conservatives that he might manage to lose the election anyway.

[Fresh Wind]

Actually, it was Martin Luther King.

OK, then, what MLK Jr. said sounds like something a hippie or beatnik poet would have written, and Obama thinks like a hippie or beatnik poet.

[Ronin]

Republicans have only a very limited ability to influence this Dem steel-cage match. But that won't stop them from sitting back and observing/enjoying the most remarkable political spectacle in recent American memory.

That much is true!

[NurdlyPeon]

I wonder if he says it when he has to use the toilet.

I feel it when I've had too much exposure to Obama.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“the fierce urgency of now.”

Bladder control commercial.

[Zakeet]

What we’re witnessing here — in what was supposed to have been a championship season for Democrats — is a potential train wreck.

From the article ... bears repeating.

Let's hope Jug Ears lives up to his full potential.

[kjo]

The problem is that if Herbert is right...this still leaves us with McCain.

[tgusa]

Proposed new bumper sticker:
“McCain. Because I suck less.”

[Savage Beast]

"What we’re witnessing here — in what was supposed to have been a championship season for Democrats — is a potential train wreck."

Yes. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving gang of sociopaths, morons, fools, nutcases, and anti-American thugs.

[Savage Beast]

Maybe the Democrats will reword Irving Berlin's beautiful song for their upcoming convention using their de facto battle cry, viz. "God, damn America!"

[Waco]

Give us the best of both worlds, don’t nom. either one of them.