Thursday, May 29, 2008

And now, the end is near......

First off let me just say, you would think that with a 4 day vacation from husband and baby I would be all over my blog. I chose to spend my time on the phone to husband making sure baby hadn't broken a limb, and was eating and sleeping ok, also cleaning the house, and yes having a little "me" time which included hanging out with one of the best-est of best people, having some dinner, going for massages, mani pedi's., etc All something that I hadn't done in a long time and I was glad to have a partner in crime to share some "me" time with.

But now both baby and husband are back and it's back to "normal" around the realpolitik house for at least another month before I and baby leave for a 7 week vacation. Can you really call it a vacation if you are just moving location but still have all the responsibilities of being a mother and taking care of a house?

This is not the true reason for this blog. News has broken that it looks like only half the delegates from Michigan and Florida will be seated at the Democratic Convention come August, but that the Clinton campaign may be able to contest this decision the first day of the Convention. Now this isn't a done deal yet, Rules and By-laws Committee doesn't meet until Saturday, but this is a likely scenario. I had this discussion with some other women/moms earlier last week, but nothing was really resolved or discussed about what will happen or their feelings about Hillary. I of course, was the first to say, Ms. Clinton needs to hit the bricks and everyone needs to find a way to unite the Democratic party to see the Dems win come November. I think that maybe a better question to ask is how do the Michigan and Florida delegations feel about not being seated at the Convention. Each state's Democratic Committee, knew what the consequences were for pushing up their primaries, so why the complaining. I know I've said this before.

Lastly, Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's book. I am taking a small poll. Interested in reading it? Don't care? What's that all about?!

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Anyone read the NY Times today?

After realpolitik baby went to bed, rather than clean up all the toys off my living room floor, I decided to do a little Google News browsing. What to my surprise do I see? "Clinton Invokes 2000 Recount". Did it really take this long for the Clinton campaign to decide this. For as much as the Clintons and the Gores didn't get a long, did Hillary really not pay attention to the debacle of 2000? The war of words and the clinging on till the bitter end just continues to give the Democrats a bad name. John McCain was spot on during the Weekend Update on SNL,
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let the Democrats continue to fight it out. As he just sits back works his campaign and watches the possible implosion of the Democratic party. We have another week, but I hope that after the May 31st Rules and By-Laws Committee, whatever the outcome is, doesn't continue to drag this out any further, otherwise I am going to have serious reservations, dare I say it, if the Dems can pull it off in November.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Didn't we learn our lesson the first time?

The subject brings two subjects to light. The first political and the second mom-ical.

1. In the past and specifically over the weekend, the Clinton campaign continues to bring up the fact that she has won the "popular vote", meaning that more people have voted for her than for Obama over the primary season, but he has more the the delegates. So, again I ask. Didn't we, the democratic party, learn our lesson 8 years ago? This is the same argument that the Gore campaign used in 2000, but it didn't change the outcome of the election. Why would it change the outcome of this primary?

2. The past couple of days I have caught realpolitik baby hanging off the side of his crib ready to take the plunge to freedom and the beyond. Today it happened. I was brushing my teeth and all of a sudden I heard a thump, and then cries. I rush to find my son on the floor, no bones broken but just a little freaked out. After a few minutes of consoling and explaining that hanging off the highest point of the crib wasn't such a good idea, he went back into the crib with a book and a little Micheal Jackson music for 5 more minutes. Well, as the title of this blog goes......didn't we learn our lesson the first time? Yet again on the floor, but this time a little less shocked. I knew this day would come.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Portrait of a Wanna Be President

After Tuesday's primaries, there has been much talk about Hillary Clinton and if it is mathematically possible for her to become the nominee for the Democratic Party. Senator Clinton has been very adamant that "it ain't over until it's over" and she is going to see this through to the end. I admire Senator Clinton and her determination, but why don't we look past the primaries and general election into the future when Senator Clinton is President. I think we look at the Senator's performance and attitudes during the election to get a good portrait of how she will be as the Commander in Chief.

What makes me nervous about this portrait is what I've seen so far from Hillary. I don’t believe she has painted a very good picture of herself and how she, as President, would bring this country together after 8 years of division. A big criticism of the current administration is that they do what they want and then ask questions later. I don't see this being any different in Hillary. The attitude of what will happen with the delegates from Michigan and Florida and the Clinton campaign crying “foul” after an agreement had been settled that those delegates wouldn’t count, gives a good snapshot of what may happen. She is very strong minded, which is needed to be President, but is also not willing to budge on issues or arguments – prime example, not exiting the race. While Clinton One (that would be Bill) I thought was very good to broker agreements and work with many to accomplish legislation and policy, I don't see that same characteristic in Hillary. Of course the same charisma of Clinton One is not there, and maybe that is where it all starts for me.