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Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:15 PM
DonViejo (31,556 posts)
ZOGBY: The Biden Watch Begins
Well, someone had a good week. Vice-President Biden has started talking about Iowa and New Hampshire and now others are buzzing about him and 2016. During the debacle that has been referred to as the fiscal cliff, Biden is the only name that has transcended the muck. President Barack Obama brought in the person, it seems, who could be an adult, schmooze the way Senators are supposed to, and ultimately walk away with some success. Things were at an impasse and Biden was called heroic by no less a figure than the President himself. Biden, according to the legend being spun, saved America.
So what are Biden's chances for the nomination in 2016? Up until this same week, the runaway frontrunner was Hillary Clinton. She has had a great run as Secretary of State, is wildly popular - the most admired woman in the world - and (let's admit what we already know deep in our hearts), "it's her turn".
But Hillary has two problems that converged at the same time that Biden is soaring: she needs to answers about the murders of four Americans (including the U.S. Ambassador) in Libya and now her health. Neither may prove serious problems in the long run, but they are questions that will dog her for a while. More significantly, she now has serious competition.
What are his real chances? For this pollster: good to very good. Let's look at his strengths. First is his experience, his resume. Elected to the Senate in 1972, served six terms and has chaired several major committees including Foreign Affairs and Judiciary. Indeed, it was this very quality that made him the perfect choice to be Obama's running mate in 2008. No one can doubt that Joe Biden is prepared to be President.
Second, there is none of the usual elitism associated with big liberal Democrats. Joe from Scranton seems never far from his working class roots and has shown an ability to mix with the guys on the campaign trail. When he referred to the passage of the Affordable Healthcare Act as a "BFD" to the President at the White House ceremony, he demonstrated the degree to which the F-word has become merely a prefix to millions of us.
He is an eloquent speaker and can win a debate. In 2008, while the attention in the Democratic debates was focused on Obama and Clinton, it was Biden who seemed the most prepared. While he was a tad supercilious (perhaps, at times, obnoxious) in his debate with GOP Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, he clearly scored a victory among both pundits and the public - especially coming on the heels of the President's botched first debate.
He has some problems, too. He will be 73 if he runs in 2016. Ronald Reagan was 73 when he ran for re-election in 1984 and we know that issues about his health that were raised then were possibly very relevant. Bob Dole was 73 in 1996 and appeared tanned and trim, but age was an issue. In 2008, John McCain was 73 and his age was hardly a factor. In 2016, one-third of Baby Boomers will be 65 or older, looking forward to mountain climbing and skydiving at 73.
Biden also talks too much. Very much. But so did Teddy Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.
There will be other issues as well - notably, his punishing treatment of Anita Hill during hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Supreme Court and his plagiarized campaign speech when he was forced to drop out of the 1988 campaign - and they will be aired. Being a sitting Vice President also means being at the mercy of his boss' reputation, and lots can happen over the course of four years. But let's just call this a week that may have changed the dynamics a bit.
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Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:23 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
1. Damn it! No!!
I like the guy, but HE'S TOO OLD and not Left enough.
Response to patrice (Reply #1)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:24 PM
still_one (54,109 posts)
2. It is a long way off, however, zogby has not been accurate for quite some time /nt
Response to still_one (Reply #2)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:28 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
3. I should be more patient with the process. Feel like I already am almost too patient as it is.
Response to patrice (Reply #3)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:57 PM
still_one (54,109 posts)
5. What I would like to see the Congress do, besides incentives for job creation, is to insure that
people do not lose their right to vote.
The republicans went out of their way to try and disenfranchise Democratic voters, and luckily we were on top of it, and the courts ruled in our favor. However, we should not wait for two years to make sure this does not happen again.
It won't matter if it is Joe or Hillary or someone else, if we cannot insure our votes count
Just my two cents
Response to patrice (Reply #1)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 12:07 AM
Drunken Irishman (28,550 posts)
11. He's not too old.
Biden wears his age well. He looks younger than someone who will be 73 when elected president in four years. He's energetic, charismatic and I think a formidable opponent.
Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #11)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:12 AM
MADem (135,421 posts)
35. He's had medical issues, serious ones, requiring brain surgery to clip aneurysms.
That and his age work against him.
Maybe he'd like to try his hand as SECSTATE in the next administration?
Response to patrice (Reply #1)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:13 AM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
19. And neither is Hillary. Her views are no "left enough".
Response to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #19)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 12:33 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
22. Hey! I'm not expecting much here! Can we just have a center< of center< of Left of center here??
Something that would include only another 25-45 degrees of the arc of political demographics??
I mean, for the sake of pie???? We need a Democrat who definitely leans LEFT and if we can kick Republican, no one has to expect that a candidate with Leftie leanings is going to operate on zero-sum false dichotomies.
Response to patrice (Reply #22)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 01:49 PM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
23. LMAO!! I agree, but it's hard to find a person like this who can get through the nominating process.
Hey, I'm all for it. I'm a Biden fan, though, so I'm a bit biased in that regard.
Response to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #23)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 02:16 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
26. Well hell! Get Joe to see the light on the more creative aspects of Leftie economics, then.
For a lot of us it all begins with Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and how Smith says EVERYTHING economic begins with work, a.k.a. LABOR. Work is what he calls Real Value and it seems pretty obvious to at least some of us that what happened, what went wrong is that we have an economy that is NOT based upon Real Value. "Our" economy is in whole, or at least in significant part, controlled by Arbitrary Value that is owned and operated by a private entity, The Federal Reserve. Real Value, concrete work, is held hostage by completely fungible, privately engineered, encoded 0s and 1s, shuffled back and forth by means of proprietary software, running in privately owned computers (behind locked doors into "hidden" rooms behind rooms, behind rooms that are also privately owned by foreign financial powers).
Ask Joe about why, the people of the USA being the single largest holder of our own debt, WHY don't we set the rate of interest on our own bonds? Even Ron Reagan was known to observe how deficit cap "discussions" affect bond markets, but I suppose that's an unavoidable point for anyone who recognizes that we first legislate policy, then we vote again on appropriations, and NOW, since 2010, AFTER all of the voting is done, we're returning to what "we" said "we" already "decided" and fight over whether we're actually going to finance it or not. How many opportunities to corporate-owned Congress critters and lobbyists WANT to fuck with the relationships between publicly funded debt and WALL STREET through the Federal Reserve, which sets the interest rates on CREDIT (and let's admit that, except for actual Real Value/Work, it's ALL CREDIT at this point) for both public and private economic policies.
My solution, and need I say, this is a LEFTIE idea: Respect LABOR for what it most authentically is, consider co-operative, or at least profit sharing, exchanges of Real Value/work for Real Value/work and take a look at what that does for some government policy balance sheets.
Response to patrice (Reply #26)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 02:38 PM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
28. I couldn't agree with you more. And my main criticism of this administration--Biden included--is
that they fail to redefine the terms of the debate. Democrats, in general, have allowed the Republicans to move the goal posts; to move the argument to the right. Now the political middle is really a rightwing policy position. And now you have Democrats screaming about deficit cutting and supporting--even enthusiastically promoting--supply-side rhetoric. Both Biden and Obama do it, but Obama has an excuse: he's a neophyte when it comes to politics (I mean at the federal level, not in IL). Biden should know better. He's been around for far too long not to. Though he is one of the least wealthy people serving in politics today, he comes from a corporate state: Delaware. I used to jokingly refer to him as "Mr. MBNA". Biden has done some great things throughout his career, but he and the rest of the Democratic Party need to stop being afraid to embrace classic Smith-sonian economics. Yes, I understand that the Corporate Media propagates the narrative set by the political right. And yes, it is difficult to penetrate that wall, but the Democrats should take the blame, too, for tragically surrendering this issue to the right. Tom Frank's "What's the Matter with White People" and "The Wrecking Crew," along with Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" and Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the U.S.," ought to be required reading for all.
I hear what you're saying, loud and clear!
Response to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #28)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 02:53 PM
patrice (47,992 posts)
29. It's still middling early. Some NEW demographics need to put themselves together, agree on what they
are doing and DO what it takes to get to "the table" and then be prepared to react constructively, and that does include both positive and negative construction, to whatever happens at the table.
PO is a CENTRIST; his base is whoever CAN get to "the table". If we can do that, he MUST deal with us.
Response to patrice (Reply #29)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 04:45 PM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
31. I think he's really a liberal; at least, he was when he was IL. I think he has become too much
of a senator. Senators make deals. They compromise. To his detriment--and ours--he is a pragmatist. I don't hate him for it, but it is frustrating sometimes.
Response to patrice (Reply #1)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 03:00 PM
Jennicut (25,415 posts)
30. Biden pushed Obama to the left on certain things, actually.
I do agree about the age part, though he is a very young 70.
Response to patrice (Reply #1)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:41 PM
Mojorabbit (16,020 posts)
51. I agree. It is too grueling a job for 73.
I am younger that that and could not do it.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:32 PM
Adenoid_Hynkel (13,673 posts)
4. A Biden vs. Christie campaign would certainly be entertaining
the debates would be must-watch TV
Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #4)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 10:33 PM
Sunlei (20,143 posts)
8. would be very entertaining TV today :)
However, when Republicans were searching for a VP choice this very recent election they did not want Christie at all. Romney didn't even team with him for campaign trial runs. They just used Christie for some primary and 'news' time filler because he was popular with their votes.
Now with Christies speak out at them like he did over their treatment of American people in the disaster...I think Christie is dead to the current republican party.
Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #4)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:21 AM
bigdarryl (13,190 posts)
20. A fat man as President I don't think so
Response to bigdarryl (Reply #20)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 02:59 AM
TeamPooka (11,422 posts)
34. Jury results on your comment
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A fat man as President I don't think so
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Response to bigdarryl (Reply #20)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 04:39 PM
Myrina (12,296 posts)
43. Ever hear of a President with the last name of Taft?
Response to Myrina (Reply #43)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:32 PM
mythology (7,195 posts)
47. Taft was elected a long time before television
Like it or not, politics are a visual game these days.
Response to Myrina (Reply #43)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:09 PM
Confusious (8,317 posts)
50. Taft got stuck in a tub
How do you think he would fare in today's media?
He would have been savaged for however long he remained in office. Unbelievably ugly.
Sad, but true.
Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #4)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 10:47 PM
SteveG (3,109 posts)
46. They would call them the Memorial Bridge debates
or the Lewes-Cape May debates. Those are the two locations that link DE and NJ.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 10:11 PM
Sunlei (20,143 posts)
6. Democrats are fortunate to have many excellent possible Presidents
There is much power, respect and love in the good guy side
Response to Sunlei (Reply #6)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 04:33 AM
NYC Liberal (17,973 posts)
13. Isn't that the truth? We have so many really good potential candidates (and presidents).
Sherrod Brown
Who does the GOP have? Jeb, Mitch Daniels, Newt, Jindal, Rubio? A bunch of clowns. Most likely many of the same clowns who ran in 2012.
Response to NYC Liberal (Reply #13)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:38 AM
WI_DEM (33,497 posts)
21. Castro is the Mayor of San Antonio and isn't ready to run for president
he should try governor or Senator. Warren was just elected and should serve a term in the senate. The others are good.
Response to WI_DEM (Reply #21)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:03 PM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
32. Agree...Castro for the next cycle...think it's his to lose. Great family, too.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 10:16 PM
aaaaaa5a (4,356 posts)
7. If Hillary can't run or if she falls... I would have no problem supporting Biden. nt
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 11:12 PM
jimmy the one (2,333 posts)
9. add zogby to rightwing spindoctoring
zogby, the spindoctor: There will be other issues as well - notably, his {joe bidens} punishing treatment of Anita Hill during hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Supreme Court and his plagiarized campaign speech when he was forced to drop out of the 1988 campaign
Zogby misleads, exaggerates the facts to rightwing spin;
Joe Biden voted AGAINST clarence thomas approval to supreme court justice (thus supporting anita hill in the sense), when anita hill made her claims about thomas' lewd behavior towards her (which were true, she passed a couple lie detector tests he refused them iirc).
Biden only enforced some sanctions about what could be presented as evidence against clarence thomas, obviously to prevent later counter claims from thomas's lawyers. There was no punishing treatment towards anita hill that I am aware of, just precautionary measures from joe.
Joe Biden's 'plagiarism' against british member of parliament neil kinnock was trumped up, trivial. Biden yes, used in a speech some of Kinnock's remarks, but had PREVIOUSLY in early speeches acknowledged they were from Kinnock, so it was trumped up crap. Kinnock even later said he was 'flattered' that biden had quoted him. Kinnock held no grudge.
So, add john zogby to the declining list of rightwing pigs.
Response to jimmy the one (Reply #9)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:27 AM
allrevvedup (408 posts)
16. hey Jimmy thanks for that!
Welcome and please stick around, we can use you!
Response to jimmy the one (Reply #9)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 01:51 PM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
24. Adding to this: Joe Biden is the author of the Violence Against Women Act. Zogby is full of shit!
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 12:01 AM
Drunken Irishman (28,550 posts)
10. If Hillary passes, it's Bidens job to lose and I'll support him 100%.
Is he old? Eh. Biden wears his age well (unlike McCain). I think he'd make a potential pledge to serve only one term (I suspect Hillary would do the same) and run with a younger VP.
Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #10)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:14 AM
MADem (135,421 posts)
36. No one wants a "one term pledge" president. I think that's a horrible idea.
The best stuff happens in the 2nd term, when the "legacy building" happens.
Response to MADem (Reply #36)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 04:16 AM
Drunken Irishman (28,550 posts)
37. The best stuff doesn't happen in the 2nd term...
That's mostly just window dressing. FDR, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and Bush all struggled in their 2nd terms advancing anything of substance.
Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #37)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:41 PM
MADem (135,421 posts)
39. Nixon is a poor example--he resigned in his 2nd term to escape impeachment. He HAD no real 2nd term
because Ford, unelected and selected, had to caretake it for him.
FDR was in mid-stream when his 2nd term came around. He wasn't "wrapping it up" because there were no term limits. He was elected 2x after his second term, so he isn't a good example, either--though even at that, you can find plenty of accomplishments for FDR (minimum wage, for example--that's not nuthin') in his 2nd term if you just have a look.
Clinton was in the throes of an impeachment process that hamstrung him badly. Despite that, he played a key role in halting ethnic cleansing--that's an accomplishment that I think really matters. A Republican would have let 'em all die because they had no oil.
Reagan was mired in Iran-Contra, but notwithstanding that, he "accomplished" plenty--he was perhaps the most productive of all your examples, even if one doesn't like the character of all of his "accomplishments." He "cracked down on illegal immigrants," he bombed Libya, he "ended the Cold War" and signed the INF treaty--all in his 2nd term.
The 2nd term (post term limits) offers presidents opportunities to do what they really want to do, and say what they really mean, without having to sweat a reelection. It is a "legacy opportunity."
POTUS hasn't even taken the oath yet--he'll have four years to make a mark. I think he won't waste the time.
Response to MADem (Reply #39)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 04:12 PM
Drunken Irishman (28,550 posts)
42. Okay...
Maybe you have a point...but then why haven't any of the last few reelected presidents done anything remotely on the level as their first? You can excuse it by scandal - but it still counts. I'm sorry, but we haven't seen one extremely productive second term out of any president in modern history. So, this idea that it's their time to get things done is an illusion. You even admit it, if not only indirectly, in your post.
Just look at Obama - the #1 accomplishment of his presidency, even if he somehow gets immigration and gun reform, will be the healthcare reform. When did that happen?
You know why the good stuff happens in the first term? Because a president doesn't plan on the off chance he'll be there for eight years. If Obama had done that, if Obama bought your line of reasoning, he would've pushed off healthcare reform until his second term. He didn't. There is a reason why.
Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #42)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 05:15 PM
MADem (135,421 posts)
44. Because they're REPUBLICANS!
Republicans aren't going to do anything FOR us--but when it comes to advancing their agendas, they did very well. Bush2 and Reagan weren't sleeping under a bush in the garden during their 2nd terms, not in the slightest. They got stuff done that their crew thought was just swell.
Look at the Presidents we've had in the last half century and change--JFK had no second term, he was shot; LBJ had no 2nd term, he Sherman'd out; Nixon resigned, Carter had no second term, Reagan got some shit done--not always nice, but he cemented his legacy; Bush 1 had no 2nd term, Clinton got a few things done despite being dogged, dissed and impeached (completing the Cheney-initiated military drawdown; growing the economy and leaving us with a surplus was a nice touch) and Bush 2 certainly has left us with a "legacy" though it's not one many would prefer (Roberts and Alito on the Supreme Court, e.g., the Katrina disaster--which could have been a postively defining moment, had he done it right, for how America approaches relief efforts--happened; and Bush successfully fucked with the Constitution by power-grabbing and acting unilaterally in a number of instances vis-a-vis the conflict in Afghanistan and the War on Terra). Not all of these are "positives" from the perspective of those of us on the left, but where you stand depends on where you sit. His "just a goddamned piece of paper" Constitutional follies were met with glee by his allies, so it's not like he didn't get some shit done--it was simply stuff that we didn't like at all.
The "stuff left undone" happens in the 2nd term. Obama has plenty of "stuff left undone" to keep him busy.
Response to MADem (Reply #44)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 06:46 PM
Drunken Irishman (28,550 posts)
45. There is stuff left undone...but the bulk of Obama's legacy has been created.
And he'll have more to his name in the first four years than the next.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 12:43 AM
Rosa Luxemburg (28,627 posts)
12. Biden would have a good chance if Hillary doesn't stand
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:21 AM
JDPriestly (57,936 posts)
14. Joe Biden is great, but 73?????
That would make him 81 in 8 years. No way. Supreme Court justices do it because they have young law clerks to do the work and the justices stay out of the limelight. Some of them are probably fine, but others . . . .
We need someone younger. Someone the age Obama was in 2008.
I'm older myself. I know what it is like. I'm sorry. There are lots of jobs older people can do, but president of the US is not one of them. It is simply too stressful and too demanding. It requires a quickness of spirit and an ability to recall and respond without hesitation.
We need another Obama.
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #14)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 02:19 PM
demwing (16,916 posts)
27. You're adding years
Biden was born in 1942. He'll be 73 during the 2016 campaign, turns 74 in December of that year.
The guy has earned his chance, and then some.
Response to demwing (Reply #27)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:42 PM
MADem (135,421 posts)
40. No--he's saying he'll be 81 when he finishes, not when he starts. nt
Response to MADem (Reply #40)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:48 PM
demwing (16,916 posts)
41. Thanks, re-read, and you're correct
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #14)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:19 AM
treestar (67,974 posts)
38. Depends on what kind of life you've lived
Biden's been involved and gotten around. That makes a person stay alert.
Response to treestar (Reply #38)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:44 PM
JDPriestly (57,936 posts)
48. The problem is having enough energy to do what a president have to do.
The presidency has become a series of exhausting days. I hate to be ageist, but I am just a bit younger than Biden and I don't think a person in our age group should be president. No matter how healthy or strong you are, things start to go wrong. Our genetic fate begins to catch up with us.
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #48)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 12:55 PM
marlakay (5,308 posts)
55. I agree
I work out, hike, and try to keep fit and eat heathy. And even doing that at 56 1/2 I get tired easier. There is a ton of stress being president, you can see that on Obama and he is young.
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #48)
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 12:51 AM
treestar (67,974 posts)
56. Depends on the individual
People vary greatly. Physically the job is not so demanding and offers plenty of help. It's a state of mind. McBoob was too old because he did not embrace modern technology, not due to his chronological age.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:26 AM
allrevvedup (408 posts)
15. Morbid title, swell idea.
We could do worse. I just hope Joe doesn't let this go to his head as he suffers from chronic LHP (low humility pressure) and this might start a gaffe attack. But I'm glad he's having a good year!
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:31 AM
whistler162 (8,592 posts)
17. So Zogby is just
Biden its time .
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:10 AM
davidpdx (22,000 posts)
18. I fundamentally disagree with the "it's my turn" argument
That being said I'll support whomever the nominee in the GE is. I'm more concerned with what needs to be done in the next two years which is to support Obama's agenda and find and support candidates for the mid-term election in 2014. It would be nice to have both the House and Senate for his last two years.
Response to davidpdx (Reply #18)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 01:54 PM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
25. But that's how the Corporate Media and many Democrats, here and otherwise, are behaving...
....like it's Hillary's turn to be president. We're not Republicans. This is not how Democrats are supposed to behave. We have a nominating process and that process is democratic. We don't do things like the Republicans.
I totally agree with you, especially the part where we need to concentrate on the upcoming two years. There's still much work to be done. And if the Democrats lose the Senate in 2014, that's a much bigger fish to fry than who we'll run in 2016.
Response to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #25)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 12:12 AM
Hippo_Tron (25,453 posts)
53. The rule with Republicans seems to be that you have to run at least once and lose in the primary....
Before you get the nomination. Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, Bob Dole, John McCain, Mitt Romney all did. Idiot son of course had the nomination handed to him on the first try, just like everything else in his life.
Response to Hippo_Tron (Reply #53)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 11:55 AM
Liberal_Stalwart71 (20,450 posts)
54. Yes. And my point is, we're not like Republicans, so we need to stop acting like them. In 2008,
Hillary was coronated as the leader of the party by the media and most in the Democratic Party elite. This sense of entitlement was her undoing. Let's not make the same mistake again. If she is the nominee, I will work hard for her, just as I have for other Democratic nominees.
Response to davidpdx (Reply #18)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 12:05 AM
Hippo_Tron (25,453 posts)
52. Don't worry, it was Hillary's "turn" last time too
Republicans are big on "turns" and seniority when it comes to picking a nominee. Democrats have a tendency to let Iowa and New Hampshire catapult someone who isn't leading nationally into a stronger position before they decide who to pick.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:18 PM
libdem4life (12,715 posts)
33. I think Joe would be great..the point that the Boomers have reached Social Security age is important
The "Don't trust anyone over 30" generation ... now applies to our grandchildren. We pushed the envelope at most every juncture and hopefully this one will be another challenge of the Status Quo. Also Jill Biden...and the kids they raised...class acts all.
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49. Zogby's advertising budget a little light these days?
No one paying enough attention to him, so he feels a need to make stuff up? What is this, a new medical condition called the Dick Morris Syndrome?
Joe Biden will not be seeking the White House in 2016, and, for that matter I'd wager a bet that Hillary will pass, too.
Howard Dean told me in Feb. 2009 that he'd prefer to see 45 to 50 year olds seeking the Presidency so as to infuse the office with some youthful energy and dynamism (wistfully noting that he had just taken himself out of any future runs).
I wouldn't make that an ironclad rule, but he has a point: no one knows how a new president will govern. Experience can be a boon or a burden.
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57. No
It's still Hilary's if she wants it.


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UPDATE (3:43 p.m.):
House Speaker John Boehner said the SOPA and PIPA bills were not ready to go to a vote in Congress, according to the Wall Street Journal, while the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch (Utah), released a statement Wednesday deeming the PIPA bill that is currently in the Senate "simply not ready for prime time," and urging his colleagues to "continue working together to find a better path forward."
These admissions come as at least six lawmakers have abandoned their support of the legislation Wednesday amid protests from Google, Wikipedia, Craigslist and other web sites against the proposed bills.
Additionally, though Facebook did not take part in any blackout today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a statement via his personal Facebook page, stating that Facebook is against the two bills and that "the world today needs political leaders who are pro-internet," before directing users to a site that outlined the company's position on online piracy (screen shot below).
UPDATE (2:51 p.m.):
The latest reports as of Wednesday afternoon indicate that at least six legislators have dropped their support of the anti-piracy SOPA and PIPA bills now under consideration by Congress.
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Co-sponsors Senators Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, and Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat will no longer support their own legislation. On the house side, Republican Representatives Ben Quayle of Arizona, Lee Terry of Nebraska, and Dennis Ross of Florida also withdrawing their support of the House bill.
The report interestingly cited social media sources: a Facebook post today by Sen. Rubio that said that the bill could create a "potentially unreasonable expansion of the federal government's power to impact the Internet"; and a tweet by Congressman Ross (see below) that said he could no longer support the house bill.
Representative Dennis Ross (R-FL) tweets that "#SOPA is dead".
SOPA 'Blackout' Sites Include Google, Wikipedia, WordPress in Protest Against Anti-Piracy Bills
You know the protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has gone mainstream when the headline of the Drudge Report on Wednesday morning reads, "Hands Off the Internet!"
Numerous Internet companies engaged in a "blackout" protest Wednesday against two anti-piracy bills, SOPA and its counterpart in the Senate, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The bills are supported by the RIAA, MPAA and countless other creative and business organizations.
A handful of leading Internet sites are showing that fear is a great motivator. The logo on Google's home page is covered by a black rectangle. Following the link takes the reader to an "End Piracy, Not Liberty" page with information on the bills and an online petition.
At Wikipedia, a black welcome screen asks the visitor to "Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge" and warns that Congress is "considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet." The page offers a zip code-lookup that returns the contact information of a visitor's local representatives.
Craigslist's home page contains the questionable warning that "News Corp, RIAA, MPAA, Nike, Sony, Comcast, VISA & others" want a world without Craigslist, Wikipedia and Google. A page with information about SOPA contains the dubious charge that neither SOPA nor PIPA contain provisions for judicial oversight or due process.
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A military appeals court in the West Bank town of Ramallah ordered a retrial last week of the case of the case of a Palestinian who was sentenced to death for plotting a fatal terror attack.
In mid-November, Said Badarneh was sentenced to death for involvement in the Hadera suicide bus bombing. In the attack, which took place April 13, 1994, five Israelis were killed and 30 people were wounded.
In their ruling last week, the judges ordered a retrial because of irregularities in the original trial. Among the irregularities cited were the lack of an evidentiary hearing and the illegal use of evidence from a Hamas activist.
The lawyer representing Badarneh welcomed the decision. In the initial trial, Badarneh, who never denied the charges against him, was found to have played a central role in the planning of the attack.
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WASHINGTON — A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
Five deaths appeared to have been caused by the storm system, which stretched from the Carolinas north to New England and also spread into some Midwestern states.
The 14 inches of snow that fell at Reagan National Airport outside Washington was the most ever recorded for a single December day, while about 9 inches fell in Philadelphia.
Those who did venture out were treated to nearly desolate stores on what is usually one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
The National Guard used Humvees to rescue stranded motorists in Virginia and some 500 people sought warmth and refuge in emergency shelters.
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More than two feet of snow fell in some areas since Friday, and the nation's capital was under a blizzard warning. Public transportation nearly ground to a halt, but it wasn't enough to keep senators from staying in session to debate health care reform.
The slow-moving storm was headed to the Northeast, where forecasters said parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachussetts could see more than 16 inches by tonight. Forecasters expected the storm to drop as much as 10 inches on New York.
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R.I.P. Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng
Billboard reports that Chi Cheng, the Deftones bassist, has died. He's been in a semi-conscious state since his 2008 car accident. He was 42.
Cheng co-founded the band along with Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, and Abe Cunningham. He performed on their first five albums, up until 2006's Saturday Night Wrist, and was working on an album with the band in 2008. After the accident, the band shelved the project, hired bassist Sergio Vega, and have released two albums.
Cheng was also a poet-- his spoken word album The Bamboo Parachute came out in 2000. In a 2003 interview with Bass Guitar (via Rock's Back Pages), Cheng discussed his influences as a player, which ranged from metal (Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden) to punk (Operation Ivy and Bad Brains). He would hear basslines in his sleep, so he kept a notepad by his bed to write them down.
Cheng's family released this statement (via Billboard):
Our dearest Family,
This is the hardest thing to write to you. Your love and heart and devotion to Chi was unconditional and amazing. I know that you will always remember him as a giant of a man on stage with a heart for every one of you. He was taken to the emegency room and at 3 am today his heart just suddenly stopped. He left this world with me singing songs he liked in his ear.
He fought the good fight. You stood by him sending love daily. He knew that he was very loved and never alone. I will write more later. I will be going through the oneloveforchi and any other information may not be reliable. If you have any stories or messages to share please send them to the onelove site. Please hold Mae and Ming and the siblings and especially Chi's son, Gabriel in your prayers. It is so hard to let go.
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Two Approaches To Measuring The Economic Impact Of Starlink Corn On U.S. Producers
The discovery of StarLink corn in U.S. food products caused considerable disruption in the corn markets in 2000 and 2001. We estimated two models on the impact of StarLink corn over the 2000/2001 marketing year. In the first model, to segregate the U.S. corn market, identity preservation costs (IP costs) were imposed on the U.S. grain handling system to deal with both domestic and export sales of food corn and export sales of non food corn to Japan. In the second model, structural changes in corn demand were taken into account. Without taking into account Loan Deficiency Payment Program (LDP) payments, significant costs were incurred by producers as a result of StarLink. However, the effectively reduced the loss in revenue that would have been caused by StarLink, since there were periods of time immediately following the discovery of StarLink during which the market price dropped below the loan rate for corn. It was estimated that StarLink caused U.S. producers to lose between $25 and $290 million in revenue.
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I just had surgery yesterday and the implants seem very small, not much of a change. I am 5'4, 130 lbs.and was a 36 A. The dr. told me he tried 375 and 350 cc's but were too big on the sides. I was just hoping for a mid to full c, but I'll be lucky if I'm a full B. I also told him what I was hoping for. Is it possible that he could nto have gone bigger because of my dimensions? I just see much smaller woman with bigger implants and don't understand how they are able to get away with it??
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Breast Augmentation is a seductively simple operation performed by Plastic surgeons and non-Plastic surgeons. The operation has several rules that must be obeyed if the result is to be both attractive and long-lasting. Since ALL breast implants ripple, the implants MUST be covered by as much breast AND muscle tissue as possible. Failure to do so means the implants are uncovered, lying under the skin with both visible and palpable ripples. NOT attractive. Moreover, your skin elasticity and give, your chest dimensions, its slopes and location of your nipples would influence breast implant choice and location. As a result, even if we did not care about how the breasts looked, it is physically impossible to place certain size implants in young women who are both flat and have tight breast skin (IE you cannot squeeze an elephant into a phone booth).
I agree you SHOULD have had a better discussion with your surgeon BEFORE the operation. Realistic expectations are important as is an understanding of what can and cannot be achieved.
Breast implant size didn't achieve expected cup size increase: consider sizers
There are several factors that effect the choice of implants with breast diameter as one of the most critical measurements. Sure you could have gone larger but this would increase the risk of complications including visible folds, ripples, decreased nipple sensation, etc. How much are you willing to risk to have larger breasts. On average a 350 cc implant should increase your breast size by two cups.
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Make the trek home, Michelle! C'mon, please?! The weather really is supposed to shape up later this afternoon.
I'm *always* a fan of Buff, so I say Yup to that question, for sure. Even if we have a good turnout, I'll always say yes to Buff, especially after I got poison ivy at hodges last week on both of my legs. I'm biased now knowing I never got it at Buff!!


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Associated Press reporters at the Sundance Film Festival share what's in their notebooks:
FITNESS NEVER STOPS • Devotees of the spin phenomenon SoulCycle are known to be particularly obsessive about the classes. So it's no surprise that despite a packed schedule of movies and other events, SoulCycle had a near packed house as it set up shop at the Sundance Film Festival.
SoulCycle, with locations in New York City and Los Angeles, shipped its signature bikes to Park City for its first pop-up studio. There were just a few empty seats at its first class on Friday, as people shed parkas for spandex as they participated in one of the intense workout sessions.


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During the reign of a particular emperor in China, the role of the historian was becoming more significant. An historian sat in the Emperors throne room and recorded events, as faithfully as possible, and the Emperor paid close attention to this process.
One day, the Emperor sentenced a man to be beheaded, and the man was executed immediately. However, it was not entirely clear that this was an act of justice or an act of anger. The historian recorded the event:
"The Emperor, on becoming angry at so and so, had his head cut off, seemingly unjustly."
The Emperor, on reviewing the writings of the historian that day, became angry and insisted the historian change the record to reflect the emperor's belief that the act was just. The historian duly noted in that day's journal that the Emperor insisted that the record of that day's execution be altered, and that the historian refused.
The next entry in this historical record read something like this:
"Former historian so and so was executed under the orders of the emperor, who was angered by the historian's refusal to alter the record of the emperor's previous unjust order of execution."
…. And the next recorded event:
"Yet another historian was executed by order of the emperor for refusing to change the record of the emperor's increasingly unjust behavior towards historians…."
And so on for a few more iterations, until finally this:
"Emperor has finally acquiesced to the power and privilege of the historian and regrets the execution of so many scribes. The record of the Emperor's injustice will stand."
Did this really happen? I don't know. It was told to me in all apparent earnest by a learned Chinese scholar (a Chinese scholar of Chinese historiography) and my impression is that it is a story that has been told among Chinese historians and historiographers over the last few millennia. Kind of like an early version of those funny xerox pages that got passed around among the office cubicles in the days before email. Only if the boss finds it, you may get your head cut off. (Which is, I suppose, what makes it such a great story.)
In a more recently developed and less interesting culture, the Western Catholic Church, we may have a similar situation developing. It is a little different because it is slower moving (in time) and the "Emperor" — the pope — is not as wise.
The story probably begins before this, but one of the early rounds of denial came when Galileo Galilei was threatened with imprisonment or execution, forcing him to recant his assertion that the Earth is not at the center of the universe.
In 2006, the Pope fired the Vatican astronomer because this astronomer failed to accept the Pope's particular creationist view. That astronomer, Father Coyne, was the director of the Vatican Observatory for 28 years and an outspoken supporter of a theistic version of Darwinism.
Coyne was replaced with a Jesuit Father named Funes, who's expertise lie in the area of disk-shaped galaxies.
Now, Funes is spouting true heresy. He claims that there could be life on other planets, including intelligent life. Moreover, he claims that life elsewhere in the universe, even if it is human like, may exist without original sin.
This is, of course, a technicality, but an important technicality. Original sin was bestowed on all of the "children of Adam" … who were really the children of Eve, because you can never be absolutely certain about paternity in internally fertilizing mammals … in the Garden of Eden for mom and dad having eaten of the forbidden fruit. Until certain tenets of String Theory are confirmed, it would be difficult to assert that The Garden of Eden is or was a hyper dimensional complex space existing in several different planetary systems. No, a Pope would have to figure that the Garden was on earth.
In other words, Funes' view is OK if we believe in a single Eden and see humans as descendant of the denizens of that place. But it is not OK, don't you think, if we consider humans to be a) one of many similar beings; and b) the only ones to be saddled with original sin?
The worst thing you can do as a Catholic is to die without Baptism. This is why, if you are not a Catholic and don't want your child baptized, don't leave the child in the care off any Catholics, even for a few minutes, alone. Your baby will be baptized. (I am not making this up. I've seen it happen.)
Not that Catholic baptism is so bad … it's not like Protestant baptism, where there is a real risk of drowning. With Catholics it is just a little sprinkle on the face, like someone gleeked on you. Nobody's pushing your head under water. But I digress….
My point is that this looks like an example of the academic-types up to their old tricks again. This astronomer, Funes, gets himself "in" at the Vatican, presumably by assuaging the concerns of a science-weary pope. Then he comes up with this crazy idea that humanoids exist elsewhere in the universe that are just like us but without Original Sin. That means they go to heaven, possibly with a brief stop in Purgatory if they were a little bad in life. But this is a different deal than the earthlings get!
You see, all humans who are not baptized … well, the best they can hope for is purgatory for eternity. Hell, if they were really bad. But Heaven is simply not an option. Once the word gets out that the Vatican thinks there is a group of humanoids who are in a sense, more 'chosen' than any earthling, all hell will break loose. If I can say that. (I think I can say that.)
His ass, in my opinion, is totally grass.
See also:
Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?
Pope Evicts Astronomers
Pope: Science Ruins It
Abducted by Aliens … and dropped off at the Grand Canyon
The Night I Was Almost Abducted by Aliens in Boston


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The Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia, Gennadiy Onishchenko, is unhappy about the explanations provided by the Georgian government regarding the activity of Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research (CPHR) operating in Tbilisi.
Onishchenko views the CPHR as a "direct threat" to Russia. "For example, if you have a gun you will not use it to conduct an orchestra," the Russia's Chief Sanitary Inspector said on 29 July.
According to Onishchenko, the Georgian government declared that the CPHR had been subordinated to the Ministry of Health Care, "but it could have been as successfully subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, which would be an offence to the great culture of the Georgian people."
"Special equipment in the laboratory, US military bacteriologists operating there question the desire of the Georgian government to take a path of trust rather than serve primitive legends of US military," Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia said.
In response to our concerns, "we have heard quick and unprofessional comments from the ministries of health care and foreign affairs. These comments intensify the doubts that this facility [CPHR] is not under the control of the national authorities. One can sense the US military behind the primitivism of those explanations," Gennadiy Onishchenko declared.
On 20 July, Onishchenko voiced concerns about "the operation of biological laboratory of US marine forces, which does not fall under the control of Georgian authorities."
A day before that, on 19 July, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Russia made a statement that "the biological activity of the US Department of Defense near Russia's borders is a matter of serious concern."
The Russian side expresses its concerns despite the fact that Russian experts have already visited the CPHR twice, something which the official Tbilisi confirms too.
The Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research was opened in March 2011, with the mission to promote public and animal health through infectious disease detection and epidemiological surveillance. The United States allocated 100 million USD for the establishment of the Center. Georgian and American specialists work in this laboratory.
Under the decree # 422, dated 7 May 2013, the Georgian government liquidated the Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research and transferred its assets to the National Center of Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia. A period of six months was set for the completion of liquidation of the Center and the transfer of its assets to the National Center of Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia.
Under the decree # 422, dated 7 May, the Georgian government liquidated the Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research and transferred its assets to the National Center of Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia.
"It was under the full control of US military. To the detriment of public health and state interests, the former government of Georgia completely put that center into their hands. The new Georgian government took a decision to transfer it to the National Center of Disease Control and Public Health. We will always find a common language with professional civilian doctors.
This is a huge step but not final. Georgia houses two more military labs. Hope, those labs will share the same lot and will also be transferred to the Georgian civilian health care and will serve the interests of Georgian people rather than the interests of another country's military entity," said Onishchenko.
In late May, the Agriculture Ministry of Russian Federation summed up the damage caused by the swine fever since 2008, amounting to two billion rubles.
According to the Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia, the so-called African swine fever epidemic was a planned act of economic subversion undertaken from the territory of Georgia. "No doubt that it was done from the territory of Georgia and was not accidental. That was a planned action aimed at undermining the Russian economy," Onishchenko told the Russian Interfax news agency on 2 June.
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"I really love the holiday season because I grew up on a Christmas tree farm, and it just reminds me of home and the coziness of it all," Swift told Parade in her cover story.
She continued, "I love when it gets cold and you start wearing sweaters and coats and scarves, and you start baking things with cinnamon and nutmeg in them. To me those are the smells of Christmas."
Mmm, cozy, like cloud cottage or the froth on a chai.
Swift is no joke when it comes to baking and making sweet treats. "I make raspberry jam," she said. "When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts. So I started making raspberry jam, and it is so good. You can put it on anything; you can dip pretzels into it. I don't mean to brag, but it's so good you could just eat it with a spoon."
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Gerald Schroeder, a resident of Foley, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at DVA Medical Center in St. Cloud.
Memorial Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m. Henry's Catering and Banquet Center, in Foley, with the Rev. Tim Wittwer officiating. Military honors were provided by the Foley American Legion and the Gilman VFW.
Gerald Schroeder was born March 24, 1928, in Morrison County to Henry and Marie (Lachinski) Schroeder. Gerald attended agriculture school and hobby-farmed near Oak Park for many years. He also worked for Dr. Town in Foley and drove truck for Hard Drives for over 35 years, retiring in 1990. He had 22 happy years with his wife, Theresa. The couple enjoyed fishing and hunting, snowmobiling, dancing and horse races, polka fests, church bazaars, playing cards and visiting with family and friends. Gerald was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a Life Member of the Foley American Legion and the Gilman VFW.
He is survived by his wife, Theresa of Foley; daughters; Pam (Mick) McBroom of Estero, Fla., Jane (Don) Lindell of Kensing, Fla., June Johnson of St. Cloud and Brenda Johnson of Becker; step- daughter, Michelle Isham of St. Cloud; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren, five great- stepgrandchildren and many nieces and nephews; brothers and sister, Merle of Embarrass, Rose Marie (Dale) Starr of Hillman and Don (Carol) of Norwood; and sister-in-law, Darlene Schroeder of Embarrass.
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I have been using the Avisio Theme for my website (http://www.midtowntab.com) and it has been great! I can't tell you how many people have commented about the professional look of my site. That said, I have a problem. I just updated to WordPress 3.1.3. Once I made the change, the once-black background (I believe it was the default bg) that is behind the slideshow, behind the bottom menu and footer, and the accent stripe on my other pages (For example: http://www.midtowntab.com/about-us) has disappeared. How can I get this resolved? I haven't been able to find anything to explain it's disappearance while digging through the code. Thanks!
add following to style.css (at the very bottom):
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Hello again. I just ran into the same problem I asked about a few months ago (see above), except that it is now only my footer area that's disappeared. I still have the code that was suggested above at the very bottom of my style sheet. I've gone through the code probably 10 times and I'm stumped. I appreciate your help with this!
maybe you should try updating to the latest theme version before we continue, you're running version 1.0 while the latest version is 1.2.1. You can download this for free on Themeforest. Let us know when you've updated :)
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Review by LegatoBluesommers
"Nintendo comes through with the Gamecube's crowning achievement."
Of Nintendo's flagship game series, perhaps the most traditional and most beloved is the Legend of Zelda. While one would be exaggerating to call the series innovative at this point, the combination of a strong adventure aspect and sheer technical brilliance has kept it popular. At long last, the spiritual successor to the classic Ocarina of Time is here, and it's an honest winner.
The story for Twilight Princess is one of the better ones seen in the series. Elvish hero Link, who in this game hails from the quiet Ordona Village, is just about to deliver a certain package to Hyrule Castle in the capital city when a group of mysterious monsters attacks him and kidnaps his friend. In pursuit of the attackers, he stumbles upon an area of the world covered by the Twilight, a parallel dimension that has covered most of the land and is still spreading. In this mysterious realm, he is transformed into a wolf and is soon imprisoned at Hyrule Castle. It is here that he meets an impish creature named Midna, who offers to help him escape in return for assistance. Soon after, Link and Midna inevitably get caught up in quest to restore the realm of Light and defeat whoever it was that brought the Twilight there. While the overarching story is fresh and generally entertaining, a large portion of the objectives undertaken to progress this story are practically identical to those found in Ocarina of Time. The structure of the world itself is also essentially that of OoT on a bigger scale. While this isn't really a problem if you're new to the series, fans looking for an entirely new set of tasks might find themselves disappointed.
Gameplay has always been the solid strong suit of Zelda games, and this is very evident in this game. Playing as Link, you take sword and shield in hand and cut down the motley gang of trolls, reptiles, and the variety of other dark creatures that make the mistake of crossing your path. Aside from the basic swordplay maneuvers like the spinning and jumping slice attacks, Link also gains access to some new moves as the game progresses, like a killing blow for downed foes and moves designed especially for heavily armored enemies. Beyond the sword, Link also acquires an extensive array of other tools to aid in his exploration and combat ventures, ranging from a simple bow and arrow to more exotic trinkets like a spinning top that Link uses to ride along special walls. While Link can travel on foot, the fastest method of exploration is by horseback, and Epona makes a return appearance in this game as Link's personal mount. Perhaps the most original concept seen in this game is Link's wolf form, which plays considerably differently from his human form. While you can't access anything from our inventory while this form, it is much faster and more agile, as Link uses his fangs and claws to fight rather than his sword. The wolf form also can heighten its senses to detect specific scents and normally invisible enemies within a small area around it, and can also dig the ground in certain spots. Dungeons, like the world, carry very similar themes to OoT, and the method to besting them and their guardian bosses will feel familiar (and potentially boring and easy) to those familiar with the series. As per series standards, there is also a large list of extra things to do in the world beyond the plot-required events, such as fishing, heart piece hunting (to increase Link's maximum health), item stock optimization (bigger wallet, bigger arrow quiver, etc), and several minigames. Perhaps the only flaw to in the system is the fact that the targeting system can still not quite as responsive as it could be and its range of use is extremely limited.
While TP is indeed one of the prettier games the Gamecube has seen, the heart of its visual appeal lies in its art direction. The landscape is nothing short of breathtaking, and the environments (both in the overworld and within dungeons) are incredibly diverse. An interesting little trick that the game employs to help enhance the appreciation toward the scenery of the light realm is its stark contrast to the monochrome world of Twilight, which is considerably less pleasant to look upon and subtly drives the player to want the restoration of light to a given area. Soundwise, the game is good, though nothing overly special. The lack of creativity rears its ugly head here as well, as many of the themes are either ripped directly from OoT or closely derived from it. Another nagging point for some gamers is the lack of voice acting. While this is undoubtedly done on purpose to give the game a more nostalgic feel (as if it needed more of that), I think at this point the added theatrical effect of English voiceovers outweighs nostalgia or the novelty of being able to name the main character something other than the default Link.
It may not be the most original game ever made, but when seen as its own game Twilight Princess is undoubtedly one of the most epic and well made games in recent memory, sticking with a proven formula of success that Nintendo has been so good at refining over the years. For Gamecube owners, this is the last flicker of life for a console that has had a bumpy ride, but I would be hard pressed to find a better note to go out on.
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Jerusalem (Jun. 18)
The Jewish National Council at its meeting today decided on joint action with the Jewish Agency, the Rabbinate, and the Agudath Israel, world orthodox organization, in presenting the Jewish case before the Wailing Wall Commission. The actual advocacy of the Jewish case will be left to David Yellin, Mordecai Eliash and S. Blan.
It is understood that at the behest of Dr. Judah L. Magnes, a special council has been constituted to act as a supervisory body in the presentation of the Jewish case to the Commission which is to examine Moslem claims to the Wall. The Council consists of Rabbis Kook, Mayer and Sonenfeld, marking the first significant action on which rabbis in opposing camps have united. Professor Yehudah has also indicated his willingness to assist the Jewish case.