I've been told that CNN has the best political team on television. (That honor used to go to the Clintons.) So tonight I'm watching CNN.
Wolf Blitzer is working the big board, crunching the numbers. Anderson Cooper, meanwhile, is consulting the panel of experts (David Gergen, Jeff Toobin and Gloria Borger, among them) for analysis. The experts sit side-by-side behind laptops, along tables that look more like counters. My snarky friend Jeremy says they look like cashiers at Chipotle. That's a cheap shot.
It's obvious that the arrangement is modeled after an airport rental car center. It's a clean look and it's handily hierarchical: The A-team (as in Avis team) includes Gergen, Toobin and Borger.
The B-team (as in Budget) tonight includes Paul Begala, Bill Bennett and Carl Bernstein. This is a pretty strong B-team. Sometimes it's more of an E-team (as in Enterprise).
More later - but it looks like Hillary has won two of her three home states. (Won Arkansas and New York. Lost Illinois.)
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 2)
1. I said it before and I'll say it again, Mo!
I am endorsing Hillary!
I read her LGBT- address and I found it touching. I cannot say the same thing for Mr. Obama. Yeah, he's charismatic, but I refuse to endorse him just because he is a man.
I'd like to tear apart the stereotype that Americans are willing to have a black president, not because of this fact or because of his ideas, but rather, because he is a man!
I am a Rodham man!
EXPERIENCE A CHANGE OF SEX!: HILLARY'08
Miguel Cane at 9:13PM on Feb 5th 2008
2. Oh, and lest I forget and you think me rude:
Spain reads you, Mo!
(Many, varied hugs)
Miguel Cane at 9:14PM on Feb 5th 2008
3. Oh, and lest I sound like a rube:
What is Chipotle?
EXPERIENCE A CHANGE OF SEX! HILLARY '08
Miguel Cane at 9:16PM on Feb 5th 2008
4. Well, I voted for Obama today but obviously my state (New Jersey) has chosen Hillary.
So, we'll see where this goes.
Blayze at 9:34PM on Feb 5th 2008
5. Oh and Miguel, Chipotle is a corporate chain of Mexican restaurants that serves a typical range of Mexican food such as tacos, burritos, etc. It’s a step up above a ‘Taco Bell’ but it’s not by much. To be honest, it's not really all that impressive.
Blayze at 9:34PM on Feb 5th 2008
6. So Blayze,
Would it be an accurate comparison to say that John McCain is the Taco Bell to Mitt Romney's Chipotle???
Rocca the Vote '08
FINN at 9:43PM on Feb 5th 2008
7. You tell me Finn...
http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/2/5/liebermanwe128467402203772276.jpg
More information as Super Tuesday continues here on Mo Rocca 180
Blayze at 9:57PM on Feb 5th 2008
8. I missed you Miguel. I am sorry to say I am watching the weather channel more than cnn - bad weather in the midwest. Flood watches, tornado watches. I have already had my basement flood once, but I believe we got that ironed out. House full of the flu, and I am on mom watch. You gentlemen keep me updated, if you care to.
Gabrielle at 10:32PM on Feb 5th 2008
9. I missed you toooo Miguel. I felt so lonely...
Gab, our restaurant is rght beside a creek, were supposed to get 2 more inches of rain and the crick has already risen above the level wed like it to be, its going to be a bad week. ugh...
Me and Blayziepoo are cuddled up on the couch watching the outcome of Clusterf*ck Tuesday. Were making quesadillas.
Mo, id much rather you be on top of these things on MSNBC than that white haired tool Chris Matthews. Make it happen!
Question of the day, does anyone know how many delegates Pennsylvania has? Winner gets a quesadilla maker!
Jacqueline aka Mashka at 10:49PM on Feb 5th 2008
10. Actually, Blayze, Chipotle isn't even Mexican. No god-fearing Mexican would put white rice in their burrito. At least not one I would want to meet. (I'm a tex-mex snob, I admit.)
I don't think it's the case anymore, but it was at some point owned by McDonald's - another reason to stay away.
And since I still have no access to CNN, I think I will cozy up with my kitty and watch the Lost premiere on the ol' interweb.
mo-NEEK-a at 10:56PM on Feb 5th 2008
11. Tornado sirens just went off, but no break in on the news. Sideways rain - feel like I'm back in Florida again. Checked the basement and prepped the oldest kid, just in case - everyone else sleeping the sleep of the sick. Guess there was a reason I was on mom watch, after all,
Gabrielle at 11:22PM on Feb 5th 2008
12. Well then...
It is now officially "Tornado Tuesday"!!!
And this election is tearing this country apart!!!
Rocca the Vote '08
FINN at 11:32PM on Feb 5th 2008
13. To make everyone giggle on a lighter note, here is my best conversation al night...
Jackie: "Cindy McCain looks very manish tonight."
Blayze: "Ugh, must I break out the picture again to clarify that she is a Demon?"
LOVE IT!
Be safe Gabba Gabba. Sending you positive vibes.
Jacqueline aka Mashka at 11:44PM on Feb 5th 2008
14. LOL! She is kinda scary...
She has the face of a chihuahua, the brains of Britney, and the fashion sense of Barney!
Rocca the Vote '08
"Yo quero Juan McCain!"
FINN at 11:55PM on Feb 5th 2008
15. Good F---in Gravy! I have just been sitting on the basement floor videotaping storm runoff that should NOT be coming into my basement - thank God my brother built a run off to the sump pump after this happened the last time. 40 minutes of nasty sewer water, my basement would have been under about 3 feet of water. And the city engineers say it can't be happening. Well, I gots the proof now! And I made sure to note how great it was to have the flu and sit there smelling that gorgeous port a potty smell invading my domicile. Sorry to bitch. thanks, Jackie, you be safe too, worse shit coming. Hug B for me and tell him that he is right, her face is too tight to be ok with me. Finn, tornado tuesday is cool with me, but torture tuesday feels more accurate. But, of course, now it is wednesday...
Gabrielle at 12:28AM on Feb 6th 2008