December 09, 2003

AlGore Waddles with Duck

AlGore endorses Duck, M.D. The tree backs the waterfowl. I give it a "ho hum" because I already thought Dean had the nomination in hand. Steven Taylor agrees with me:

What, precisely has been remade? Prior to the Gore announcement everyone was saying that it's Dean's to lose, and that he was the prohibitive favorite. The polls in Iowa, NH, SC and MA were all looking good for him (to name a few key ones). So how does Gore's endorement "remake" or "rock" anything aside from Lieberman's ego?

I do think this is good for Dean, but only as another brick in a wall that was already 3/4th complete.

It was pretty classless for AlGore to not even bother to give his former running mate, Sen. Joe Lieberman a call letting him know his was endorsing Duck, M.D.

Michael Van Winkle notes that Duck, M.D.'s big issues are "polarizing issues" with nothing to go after the middle with.

Oliver Willis spotted Duck, M.D. waddling on the Charles River.

With Dean sure to have the nomination wrapped up after the South Carolina primary this will make for an extremely long Presidential race. Maybe the longest in U.S. history. Will the public even pay attention to the shots Duck, M.D. makes at President Bush and vice versa? Or will they just go about their business and start focusing around Labor Day? This may be great for political webloggers and professional pundits, but besides us, will anyone be listening?

[This is a late entry to the Beltway Jam. Traffic was really bad here in Wisconsin, ok?]