Slog - Comments on Obama's Smartest Staff Pick Ever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever There's lots of talk today about Obama nabbing Patti Solis Doyle, the former Clinton campaign manager who may or may not have a grudge against the Clinton campaign for pushing her out, and who definitely has strong ties to the Hispanic community. Solis Doyle's new job in the Obama campaign? Chief of staff to Obama's VP pick, whoever he or she ends up being. (Which, to my mind, makes it a lot less likely that the VP pick will end up being Clinton.) This is all part of a larger staffing up that Obama is doing as he heads into... Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:10:01 -0800 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:50:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Odrama Yeah let's see how many of these fickle young uns are gonna show up at the poll in November.

]]> Odrama http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051588 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:23:55 -0800 Comment by PC Yes it's a good pick. Yes the internet dudes were good picks. but the unearned revenrential tone is still there.

"juggernaut" -- WTF??

not an apt metaphor if you lose most of last 14 primaries and just barely win popular vote

and win the delegate race mainly because superdelegates did NOT follow the vote in their own states


Better metaphor: he built up a huge lead his rival got up speed and closed the gap then he won by a nose. He didn't roll right over her as the word juggernaut implies.

Also note: we want change/HRC is old school/HRC people are old school/oops now he picks one/wow that's brilliant.

The wild swing from scorn to reverence again.

More impt. than who is on the VP vetting team is getting the right pick and indeed, getting on with it asap so VP can campaign starting August not Sept.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051592 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:27:56 -0800 Comment by elenchos I think that's ageism, and that's, that's being prejudiced against people because they're old. Maybe their mouths don't work as well as yours.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051593 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:28:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Who's this McCain guy you keep talking about - was he that guy who got captured by the Japanese in WW II and thinks computers are the size of a small house?

I hear he wants to triple the US federal budget and trade deficits for his Comrades .... and invade Iran, Iceland, and Ireland.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051595 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:32:38 -0800 Comment by ru shur @2:

No one gives a shit about anything you have to say, Susan. Go back to NoQuarter with all the other racist shitbags and leave the thinking to the adults.

]]> ru shur http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051607 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:39:37 -0800 Comment by brandon PC:

"money-making juggernaut". "MONEY-MAKING juggernaut." not primary-winning. M-O-N-E-Y-M-A-K-I-N-G.

and where does he say picking patty solis-doyle is "brilliant"? it's "great and all... but doesn't mean much" without the tech guys. this "wild swing" you speak of does not exist.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051628 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:57:49 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Everything McCain knows about technology he learned from Ted Stevens.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/obamas_smartest_staff_pick_ever#c1051692 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:50:02 -0800