Still two candidates to go
by John McCormick
DES MOINES -- It is roughly 10:30 p.m. here, and Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have still not spoken to the roughly 9,000 Democratic activists gathered here for the Jefferson Jackson dinner.
For the record, dinner was over hours ago, and it's mostly now just drinking. The crowd is still paying attention, sort of.
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa just took the stage, so don't look for Clinton or Obama until after 11 p.m. A few in the crowd may be nodding off by then.
On one table below where the Swamp is now seated, there are seven wine bottles. Most look to be empty.
Comments
Hopefully, Mr. McCormick gets overtime pay for having to sit and listen to the same tired old rhetoric from the same tired old candidates. At least Obama has some fire. No one else does. Hillary is one big yawn with cliche' after cliche' and not even her planted questioners to answer with, "I'm glad you asked that question (wink, wink)." Maybe all those empty wine bottles gave everyone a good nap during the looooooong night.
Posted by: Georgina | November 11, 2007 9:15 AM