Ana Marie Cox/Swampland: “SwampCast - Vocabulary Lesson” in light of Super Tuesday results…
Ana Marie Cox, the alter ego of the Wonkette, blogs for Swampland on Time.com. In her distinctive SwampCasts, she provides a unique, irreverent perspective on the campaign trail.
Yesterday, AMC provided us, as she put it, “new vocabulary words” in the aftermath of Super Tuesday, in SwampCast - Vocabulary Lesson… After you watch the SwampCast, here are my two cents…
My two cents, on AMC’s five new vocabulary words… I think this sort of glossary SwampCast is very cool, and hope for subsequent vocabulary ones:
1) “establishment”
I concur that the idea that Obama has somehow become the Democratic establishment candidate. is not even remotely true.
2) “superdelegates”
It seems to me that the superdelegate provisions are an insurance policy, in case a candidate grossly unacceptable to the “establishment” were to come close to the nomination. Which raises the interesting question of why they don’t exist on the Republican side. (Unless there is an inherent belief on the Republican side that Republicans would never be interested in nominatingsomeone so repugnant to the establishment, hence no need for such a provision.)
3) “self-funding”
HRC - I would agree w/ AMC that HRC’s narrower, disproportionately maxed-out donor base leads to the need to self-fund.
Mitt - this phrase has been much more bandied about on the GOP side, because of his ability to do so. Much of the speculation on the GOP side has been on the question of how much longer he is willing to do this…
4) “suicide voter”/”suicide Republicans”
worth noting: McCain’s statement that he wants them to “calm down” reflects his recognition of the phenomenon…
5) “Potomac primary”
Jonathan Martin at The Politico has opined that the phrase “Chesapeake primary” is more geographically comprehensive.
I can’t disagree with that, but since the Potomac is an integral part of DC, whereas the Chesapeake isn’t, I think “Potomac” is better. (Plus, it’s alliterative.)
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