And hang in all summer. Obama will be begging her to take the nomination by the time it's all over. Well -- maybe not. His ability to avoid reality seems endless.

Still, I do believe that Democrats will lose patience with his games before this is settled. Or is it all about the money.

(sigh) Weirdest election ever.

[Update to add] Lambert, Thanks for this post -- it's really got me thinking.

One thing I've noticed is that although the media in reporting this story does say "majority of pledged delegates" they don't seem to understand that that is a nuanced term. They seem to think they're saying Majority of delegates.

Because Dean has said some delegates from MI/FL will be seated. So he's won a majority of pledged delegates until May 31.

Which when you think about it is even better. He's going to announce that he's won something only to probably have the DNC correct him 11 days later.

Because Dean has said some delegates from MI/FL will be seated. So he’s won a majority of pledged delegates until May 31.

Make this stop.

From the previous coronation thread:

I Fully Believe Obama Is Going To Walk This Thing Back
Submitted by elixir on Mon, 2008-05-19 10:52.
and say “Coronation? What coronation?! I’m just making a speech here. Can’t a guy make a speech w/out everyone asking me all these questions?! I just want to eat my waffle.”

I love this job!

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because polling showed his campaign had dropped the ball in proposing this arrogant idea in the first place.

according to btd at talk left, polling in oregon shows a much closer race, compared to earlier times, with a LOT of undecideds.

axelrod does not want those undecided to break for clinton because they are pissed at the obama campaign.

too bad they canceled this deal. i was silently predicting a real train wreck for the b 'n o.

that's it,

waffleman.

This is from the article "Obama: No victory declaration Tuesday". Axelrod, etc., Thank You For Your Concern! It's worked so well, hasn't it?

"Right now, it is all about unifying the party," said Peter Fenn, a Democratic strategist unaffiliated with either campaign. "This election should be won by the Democrats if the Democrats unite behind a candidate. The one hope that McCain has is if the party splits. For Obama, WHO HAS SO FAR BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANTAGONIZING CLINTON'S SUPPORTERS, you are walking a fine line."

And now, off-topic... How do I close "strong" or "blockquote", etc.? I thought you just typed the same <*> after what you highlighted, but that does not get the job done.

How much do you want to bet that he'll time his [whatever he is going to say] speech to knock Senator Clinton off the airways when she is celebrating her Kentucky win?

a few levels. Clearly (at least to me), the "Waffle" represents Obama's soul, his inner boy, just yearning to be 'imself without everyone getting up in his stuff. Challenging the Waffle makes him vulnerable and cranky leading to missteps like 57 States and the big flip off. Another use of the Waffle is the traditional use as an adjective describing Obama's stance on issues such as social security or healthcare - "waffling" on an issue. This hasn't been applied yet (to my knowledge) so there's more fun ahead.

I love this job!

Listen to Obama defend his wife, he sounds more professorial than Kerry. The GOP is going to eat him alive.

Oh, and fun fact I just found out or rather re-found out because I had forgotten, Walter Mondale's campagin slogan was "America Needs Change."

the image:

kind of like squarebob spongepants.

the super-hero outfit?

dunno. it would have to include a grid of little squares though.

Somewhat OT, but riverdaughter posted a link to register for a protest

A fair outcome on that looming debacle would pour a lot of rain on the Presumptuous Nominee's Victory Parade I think.

Any of the Massachusetts area people interested in sharing a bus or even just meeting up there?

I'll check the comments to see if there's any interest and then we can make plans via email.

Thanks!

Ali and phantom punches, Patriots breaking out the bubbly on the field...and the waffle, potent giver of all manner of aggressive and defensive maneuvers. One caution on that latter one; be aware that the waffle as cultural talisman has been a favored trope in one of Dowd's worst columns/public psychotic breaks. No matter how intense your hostility to Obama, no one is allowed to entertain for even a moment any notion that Dowd is onto something. Not ever. For those of you who are tempted to think that she might be, Corrente will offer virtual re-education seminars by request. None of which precludes non-Dowd uses of all manner of waffle images and metaphors.

BTW, no one is better at explaining HTML than Lambert. After several years of not being able to memorize the code for embedding links within the text, then thinking I had finally done it, and then finding, especially in commenting on blogs not my own, I couldn't ever get it to embed, Lambert finally explained the logic of the code, and from that moment on, I never had so much as a momentary lapse into cluelessness, at least about that particular issue.

Lambert, that is an intense post. I especially like the double implication in the use of "meta," i.e., going for a process "win," and then stepping back from the line, so that it becomes a faux-win, but enough on both levels to convince people of his own "inevitability."

I have some quibbles, but I think I'll address the larger subject in a post.

and if I'm picking up anything she has said, even unintentionally, I want to know so I never use it again.

well

maybe something involving "sweetie" or "syrupy" or "sugar daddy".

or "will go with/goes well with" anything.

or "corned beef hash"

or "fluffy whipped cream"

and of course that e-bayed sausage has to be worked in somewhere, though it might be riske.

Do people not realize that Clinton can still be the nominee? Am I delusional for insisting that the superdelegates still have the option to maximize their GE chances by having Clinton at the top of the ticket and that Obama/Clinton would only serve to highlight his glaring weaknesses, in terms of accomplishment, experience, and demographic appeal (i.e. they would still lose and Clinton would be blamed for it)?

Besides, Clinton can't neuter the dangers of Obama's personality-based campaign: being exceptionally vulnerable to personal attacks. And since the GOP will make sure to present Obama (and the DNC) as having stole the nomination from Clinton and the anti-Democratic media will focus on how Obama exploited and rode a wave of anti-female bigotry towards the nomination, her being second to him will backfire with many women (Again, the media will do this only to hurt the Democratic nominee, not out of concern for social justice).

Considering how many top Democrats are all of a sudden praising Clinton (talking point: she's the most powerful woman in politics), it seems that they believe that since women are used to deferring to men, including those who are vastly inferior to them, it's much more acceptable in terms of identity politics to have Obama/Clinton than Clinton/Obama. The Party has shown itself to be quite clueless when it comes to women and winning in November (hint: identity politics alone won't work).

I like one of the comments from TL: Maybe Obama is playing nice to make sure Clinton picks him as VP!

Puppies forgive me, I should have written:

This waffler is more like Texas toast.

Now all we need is an artist who can do a rendering of our two heroes saving the democratic party from some poor lunch bucket worker exclaiming "It's a New Coalition, Sweetie!"

a rosie-the-riveter type, hair peeking out from under her hard-hat

looks up from her job (maybe putting wire ties on rebar) in one of these giant construction holes in large cities whose sides are reinforced with steel beams and cross-ties

just as obama is being being carried by on his gilded litter, born by eight silicon valley money men.

"it's a new coalition, sweetie.

i be back later to listen to your problems."

i'm on the way to my coronation as king of a new coalition, sweetie.

i'll get back to you later.

(phrasing is awkward, too obvious)

or

???????

never heard of him before?

waffleman,

the democrat from area 51.