Every day, the Democratic nomination fight seems to get nastier. Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns are good at taking offense at everything the other (or their surrogates) has to say. I don't see any way for Hillary to get the nomination at this point and I consider that a good thing. The question is whether she is spoiling a golden opportunity for Democrats to take the presidency, which Republicans have dominated since the 1960s. I am of two minds about how to interpret this dogfight for the nomination while McCain gets to snipe from the sidelines.
On the one hand, the biggest complaint against Obama is that he doesn't have enough experience to be President. Clinton rightly points out that he has not yet faced the Republican Slime Machine (tm). Is she doing him a favor by allowing issues like his religion, his pastor, and his leadership qualities to be brought up? Its possible that getting some of these stories out now will make them "old news" by the time McCain's campaign tries to flog Obama with them in the fall.
On the other hand, McCain and his people can say: "See, even Democrats have problems with Obama." He also gets months to raise money while the Democratic candidates (who used to have a huge advantage) spend their money beating on each other.
As a Democrat, I am saddened to see my party so divided that in a recent poll, a number of Clinton and Obama supporters said they would support McCain in the fall if their candidate loses. If he were the McCain of the 2000 election, I might agree with them, but I am a lot more suspicious of the 2008 version.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Go Wildcats!
What an exciting run for Davidson Basketball in the NCAA Tournament! Their resilience and heart were amazing to watch as they played teams that were much bigger and better-known. Stephen Curry was named the most outstanding player of the region even though Davidson lost to Kansas in the regional final.
Even in their final game, they had a chance to win at the end. Davidson was down five with the ball, and I noticed Curry standing clutching his shorts as they inbounded the ball. He was clearly exhausted, but he still caught the inbounds pass and hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to two. After the Davidsdon defense held Kansas without a good shot at the other end, Curry brought the ball up himself with sixteen seconds left. Double-teamed by two bigger Kansas players he passed to Jason Richards, the senior point guard, for a desperation three as the game ended.
Curry did not have the kind of game he did against Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin. He missed seven threes in a row in the second half. Still, the game was called pretty tight, which kept Kansas from simply overpowering the Davidson players. I felt like the whole team ran out of gas at the end. They turned the ball over much more than they did in the other three games, and often Kansas players were able to outfight them for rebounds.
If you are a fan of basketball, the Box Score of the Georgetown games has to be one of the strangest things you have ever seen. The Hoyas shot 63% overall and 55% from three point range and lost!
It would have been very interesting if Davidson had won. I would have been faced with my favorite sports team since I knew what a basketball was (North Carolina) against my alma mater in the final four. It would have been a fun problem to decide who to support.
Even in their final game, they had a chance to win at the end. Davidson was down five with the ball, and I noticed Curry standing clutching his shorts as they inbounded the ball. He was clearly exhausted, but he still caught the inbounds pass and hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to two. After the Davidsdon defense held Kansas without a good shot at the other end, Curry brought the ball up himself with sixteen seconds left. Double-teamed by two bigger Kansas players he passed to Jason Richards, the senior point guard, for a desperation three as the game ended.
Curry did not have the kind of game he did against Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin. He missed seven threes in a row in the second half. Still, the game was called pretty tight, which kept Kansas from simply overpowering the Davidson players. I felt like the whole team ran out of gas at the end. They turned the ball over much more than they did in the other three games, and often Kansas players were able to outfight them for rebounds.
If you are a fan of basketball, the Box Score of the Georgetown games has to be one of the strangest things you have ever seen. The Hoyas shot 63% overall and 55% from three point range and lost!
It would have been very interesting if Davidson had won. I would have been faced with my favorite sports team since I knew what a basketball was (North Carolina) against my alma mater in the final four. It would have been a fun problem to decide who to support.
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