http://garnetdonkey.com The online home of the Swarthmore College Young Democrats Fri, 16 May 2008 22:49:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now I'm not saying that Obama's the nominee (though everyone else is), but this article is a truly fascinating look at the "new delegate math" that comes with an Obama/McCain matchup. It's ungodly early to be considering this stuff, and a lifetime of things can happen, but I think it ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/05/16/a-first-look-at-the-delegate-math/ After her last hopes for winning the nomination were crushed on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton declared her intention to remain in the race. In south Dakota on Friday, she decried Obama's weakening support among "hard-working white Americans." Even if Obama's support among whites was weakening (it's not, he did better among ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/05/09/hillary-clintons-hard-working-base/ I've heard many declarations of it's over, it's done, it's all over the media, the blogs, even our own Clinton supporters here at garnet donkey seem to think that this is over. I just don't get it. Nothing that happened on Tuesday was unexpected, Obama won a state with a ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/05/09/before-we-all-start-hashing-out-the-vp/ Well, it's over.  I hate to say it, because I was feeling optimistic after Pennsylvania, but it is over.  The nomination will be decided by early June.  Obama will get the nomination.  But he's not that bad, I always supported him, just not as much as Hillary.  Now it's time ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/05/08/its-over-dubya/ I know its a bit early for NC and IN predictions, but I wanted to toss this out there now: Hillary Clinton will win Indiana and North Carolina. NC: Clinton +2 IN:+10. But the real question is WHY? A month ago, I would have told you, "It would ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/05/01/how-hillary-will-win-nc-and-in/ This'll be the funkiest Presidency ever! http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/04/30/the-winning-ticket/ The "Talk of the Town" section in this week's New Yorker paints a very complicated portrait of the former President, his role in his wife's campaign, and his feelings on the likely heir to his throne. The piece, by Ryan Lizza, is even-handed and well worth a read. It outlines ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/04/29/bill-clinton-and-barack/ After the mythical Northwest Passage between Alaska and Greenland was opened for the first time in recorded history late last summer, it became clear as day that an ice-free summer in the Arctic Circle was only a matter of time. Still, few were prepared for that monumental change to happen ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/04/28/ice-free-summer-at-the-north-pole-this-year/ For a new type of politician, Barack Obama has been just about every politician imaginable. He was JFK, he was the left's Reagan, he was Abraham Lincoln! (though only to the very delusional, aka, the blogosphere) Now that he's "fallen to earth", as David Brooks put it, he's every Democratic ... http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/04/24/what-dead-politicans-are-we-facing/ It was a ton of work.  I was contacted the Tuesday before (less than 48 hours) and Wednesday morning had to start the machinery.  Here are a few articles that talk about the event: http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2008/04/18/chelsea-clinton-visits-swarthmore/ http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2008/04/18/chelsea-clinton-at-swarthmore/   http://garnetdonkey.com/2008/04/21/chelsea-clinton-speaks-at-swarthmore-part-2/