Wednesday, February 6, 2008   Or is it Obama-Haybama-Bama-
Bama-O?  Well, no, it's a toss up, and the struggle for Dem
delegates goes on. The situation parallels 1968, though the mood
of the country is quite different, the zeitgeist as it were, on
another level altogether.  McCarthy was eclipsed when RFK got
into the primary race in 1968. Nixon just plugged along. The
nomination would have been RFK's -- almost by acclaimation -- if
he had lived, but his victory in the California primary in June
(imagine that), which sealed the nomination for him, ended with
his assassination. By a Palestinian. Keep that in mind.
Humphrey, who had been the Establishment candidate all along,
became the presumptive nominee, what other choice was there?
McCarthy of course, but that was not to be.  The Democratic
Convention disturbances (to put it mildly) were captured well in
the film "Medium Cool" -- along with a strong element of general
media criticism, in a highly melodramatic storyline, but what
the hey? The struggles outsid