Comments on: Matt Yglesias again http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2007/11/30/matt-yglesias-again/ I might have been born yesterday, sir, but I stayed up all night. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Eric http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2007/11/30/matt-yglesias-again/#comment-33812 Eric Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:02:46 +0000 http://stevesiwy.com/blog/2007/11/30/matt-yglesias-again/#comment-33812 Enter Obama. I liked the guy's book, and people like him because he seems like less of a wishy-washy chump than most. However, he's certainly not the most impressive politician (in the best sense of the word). And ironically, I think his (premature) bid for President is going to strip him of his ability to not get caught up in the current shitty dynamic before he understands it well enough to have any hope of transcending it. Back to the topic in general, I think your lunch conversation post the other day summed it up nicely (ie- the democrats won back congress? really? then explain how not a damn thing the democrats "believe" has changed). Enter Obama. I liked the guy’s book, and people like him because he seems like less of a wishy-washy chump than most. However, he’s certainly not the most impressive politician (in the best sense of the word). And ironically, I think his (premature) bid for President is going to strip him of his ability to not get caught up in the current shitty dynamic before he understands it well enough to have any hope of transcending it.

Back to the topic in general, I think your lunch conversation post the other day summed it up nicely (ie- the democrats won back congress? really? then explain how not a damn thing the democrats “believe” has changed).

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