The Big Mo Tuesday List
February 4, 2008 at 10:13 am
In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
- Obama
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” Rocking You All The Way to The Future. pt.1 ”
01. Clothesline Revival - Wade in The Water
Of My Native Land (Paleo Music, 2002)
02. Betty Davis - Game Is My Middle Name
Betty Davis (Light in the Attic, 1973)
03. The Legendary Shack Shakers - Shake Your Hips
Cockadoodledon’t (Bloodshot Records, 2003)
04. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Sugar ‘n Spikes
Trout Mask Replica (1969)
05. The Jesus Lizard - Thumbscrews
Shot (1996)
06. John Lee Hooker - Stop Jivin’ Me
Face To Face (Eagle Records, 2003)
07. R.L. Burnside - Hard Time Killing Floor
Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum, 2000)
Note: A charged list, something more than usual MdM post. It’s part of MdM’s musical soul. Tomorrow is a big day for everybody on the ground fighting for better future. Tho’ not a downtempo and somewhat unstable as a list, the blues center drives and urges. Root. This is the type of music that MdM is attracted to. I suppose you can see this as a way to lend a hand and a shout out to everybody on the ground. Those who are fighting for better future. Shake it baby. Why him? There are general [1] and specifics [1, 2] issues that are important to MdM’s continuing operation of course. But more importantly, his promise is backed by words and action that others have yet to convincingly persuade (war, talking to regular folks, money in politics, social justice, etc) So I suppose all these are good for everybody.
k. have fun out there. another list coming soon (downtempo next.)
image: Anthony Baker
for news junkies who wants to follow the number
http://www.pollster.com/08-US-Dem-Pres-Primary.php
For Obama, his task for Tuesday is simply to survive. He needs to finish within 200 delegates of Clinton to keep it close, because the rest of the month is tailor made for Obama — Louisiana primary and Nebraska and Washington caucuses on Saturday, February 9th, Maine caucuses on Sunday February 10, the Beltway Primary on February 12 — DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and Hawaii and Wisconsin the next Tuesday, February 19. Of those states, only Maine might prove kind to Hillary (though we haven’t had any polling since October of last year, when Hillary had a commanding 46-10 lead). The rest — 563 delegates’ worth of contests, will favor Obama heavily.
So Hillary’s task is to defeat Obama decisively on Tuesday. If she can’t manage that, then her plan B is to survive February to fight in March. On Tuesday the 4th, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont go to the polls. Vermont appears the most competitive right now, though that will change with a couple of weeks to campaign in these states. Winning Ohio, in particular will be important for propaganda purposes.
Tiny Wyoming will go on Saturday March 8, with its 18 delegates perhaps actually mattering. Mississippi, with its 40 delegates, should be Obama territory on the 11th. Then…
Absolutely nothing for six weeks until Pennsylvania on April 22. Shit. Atrios and Booman may actually have a say this primary. How scary is that? And those 188 delegates will loom large. In fact, this is the only contest of significance (not including Guam) for an entire two months. It’ll be huge.
After that, another two weeks pass until Tuesday May 6, when 218 delegates are at stake in Indiana and North Carolina. A week later, 39 delegates will be decided in West Virginia, a week after that on the 20th, Kentucky and Oregon, and that closes out May. Given the demographics of NC (heavily African American, lots of creative class thanks to the Research Triangle), that’ll be Obama territory. Oregon Democrats are heavily “creative class”, so lean that one toward Obama. Beats me about West Virginia and Kentucky, though West Virginia was competitive for Obama the last time it was polled in April of 2007, back when he wasn’t competitive anywhere (he trailed 37-22, with Edwards getting 19), so that bodes well. Meanwhile, Kentucky has never been polled for the presidential contest, so who knows.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/4/121157/2906/11/449513
The list got me hyped up. Bring it on, Future!
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I was wondering if the list is going to work or not. Because it’s harsher than usual. It’s also much more temperamental. But I like up tempo blues, specially with sharp small beats. Plus I always think official campaign songs are a bit generic and boring. So, misbehaving songs they are.
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anyway, more Chicago blues. Softer tones than list above.
my fav bluesman
John Lee Hooker: Boom boom
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I`m in the mood-John Lee Hooker,Bonnie Rait
Live
Random Obama clip
So far Clinton and Obama are around 100 delegates away:
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#CA
Clinton won this match but following weeks will see the intelligent democrats giving their votes.
The big Hillary strategy is to deny Obama the magic 2025 delegates number needed to win the contest during super Tuesday. Obama strategy is to make sure he is within 200 delegates. After that he can win every little states in the race. (as of now the margin is about 50-100 it seems, they are still counting final tally.)
Hillary couldn’t win decisively. And now she will have to do long endurance fight. Most people speculate she will be in trouble if the race drag too long. She relies on big money and big media for quick win in major states.
Democratic delegates, which are awarded based on a combination of popular votes statewide and results in congressional districts, were still being tallied in states such as New Mexico and Missouri because of close margins between the two Democratic candidates.
David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, said during a conference call this morning that the candidate accumulated 847 delegates to Clinton’s 834 by winning more states than Clinton did and piling up large margins of victory in those states. That would bring the overall delegate count to 910 for Obama and 882 for Clinton, he said.
Obama’s Strategy
Obama pursued a strategy of cultivating Democrats who voted in caucuses and those who lived in smaller states that are dominated by Republicans, such as Kansas, Idaho and Alaska.
Clinton won eight states, including most of the biggest in play yesterday — California, New York and New Jersey — with an average margin of victory of 18 percentage points.
While the 13 states Obama took include some of the smallest in terms of overall delegates, his average margin of victory was 26 percentage points.
A candidate needs 2,025 delegates to secure the nomination.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRIrbsde71E4&refer=home
see spreadsheet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080206/cm_thenation/15281018
I loved this mix as well, and I’m a big Obama fan. I voted in the TN primary and am hugely encouraged by the primaries this weekend…. that first graph Squashed put up shows it perfectly: the more people get to know him, the more they support him. But either way, I already feel worlds better about this election than I did last time around.
Keep up the good music sharing!
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