Convention Calamaty Jones

In the run-up to the 2008 North Carolina Primary, I frequented the sites of the State's Daily Newspapers to gain insight into how the Democrats would view the Obama/Clinton race. The article that stands out isn't the one about the poll that quoted North Carolinians as saying they'd vote for Change, Obama, etc...Given NC's proximity to Virginia and South Carolina, this seemed consistent with the area.
It was the one about Dems taking the cardboard cut-out of Hillary to the sidewalks and people were buying "photo ops" with it.

Obama was having his crooked ass pampered up one side and down the other, being lauded for his vaunted judgement and superior management, strategic planning and ground 'game' as affirmation that he was, despite what everybody with a brain could see, qualified to be President.

Once. He was good enough once. To read "Game Change" and "Audacity to Win," one would think the entire Obama Team was something other than a cash flush, rolling beer fest promising to "Party the Party" to any half-wit that glanced their way. Their self-evaluation consisted of a string of superlatives and bragadoccio about their man. The one thing Hillary Clinton shared was the audacity to expect to be taken seriously. The message: Any Male, even an unqualified one, is more fit to serve than even the most accomplished Woman. He never won a contested election in his career, served less than 2 years in the Senate yet his colleagues were tripping over themselves to advance his career without mentoring him in the courtesies of political battle.

The DNC celebrated their Rules & By Laws coup by moving the headquarters to Chicago reflecting Obama's ownership of the Party. They had great difficulty funding their Roman Orgy in Denver and appealed to the kegger kids they had scammed to kick over $5 bucks a head to get into the convention as a maneuver to elbow out Clinton supporters.

They're losing North Carolina and cancelled the kick-off scheduled to roar out of Concord in a NASCAR event and have been snubbed, first by the West Virginia trio that includes the Governor and Senator, a Pennsylvania Congressman and yesterday, Claire McCaskill confirmed she'll be taking a Pass-a-dina on Labor Day in Charlotte. No sympatico with Claire at all. She's toast. Expect Bill Clinton to deliver a severe blow to her campaign around the 23rd of October. As we close in on the actual convention, keep an ear to the ground for rumblings as to whether Bubba even attends. Bet there'll be intense "negotiations" about whether to even have him speak. I'm betting not.