Jonah Goldberg received a phone call yesterday from the Huckabee campaign, and here was his response:

I just got one! I’m part of the process!

I can’t tell you how rare this sensation is for me as conservative who group up in Manhattan and lives in the District of Columbia. A Republican candidate called and asked for my vote.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is his one substantive promise was to help DC get representation in Congress. I couldn’t care less about  that. Why couldn’t he promise to make DC federal tax free because we don’t have representation? That’s what I want.

 It’s hard to take Mike Huckabee’s candidacy seriously when he makes promises like this so easily, promises he shouldn’t keep.

I think a large part of Obama’s success is that he uses “we” where Hiliary uses “I”.  Right now the red states are giving Obama a lead in the state count.  Let’s look ahead to see what happens in February.

Feb. 9 Washington and Nebraska caucus, Louisiana primary

Barack Obama has won every caucus except for Nevada, and on Super Tuesday he won Alaska, Idaho, and Colorado caucuses handily.  Those states demographically should be similar to Washington, except for a slightly higher Asian population in Washington.  Remember, Bill Clinton wanted to break up the microsoft monopoly?  Obama wins latte-sippers and Washington is the capital of latte.

Louisiana…done deal for Obama.  It is a closed primary so most whites are voting in the GOP primary.  New Orleans is still king in the state.

Nebraska…considering Obama won Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota, and Illinois, and that many of these western states were caucuses, you can’t help but think the momentum will swing his way by Saturday.

Maine will caucus.  It seems that if there are no black people in a state, Obama wins.  This might be a toss up with the Hillary win in Massachussets giving her momentum here…on the other hand there are a lot of independents (i.e. cranky white dudes) who will vote for Obama.  Remember it’s a caucus so this is a toss up.

Then there’s next Tuesday, with Virginia, Maryland, and DC.  Maryland and DC are in the bag for Obama.   Virginia has a 19%  black demographic, and my sources on the ground in Northern Virginia have told me that the latte-sipping elites tend to lean Obama.

Then there is Wisconsin, which may be for Obama what New Jersey was for Hillary.  Obama won Minnesota and Iowa, but those were caucuses.  It could be close, but it is conceivable that Obama wins Wisconsin as well, especially once the funds get spent and momentum can be generated from Washington and Maine.  That leaves Hawaii, which could very well break Clinton but with another caucus it could be close.

We could see Clinton win one (Hawaii) or maybe two (Maine) small states for the rest of the month.

Barack Obama is really hitting Hillary Clinton in the mouth.

I figure if the New York Times can endorse for both primaries, so can Logipundit.

#1 Obama is his own man. He earned his spot the hard way. He was in the state Senate of Illinois for 6 years before becoming Senator. Although he only has two years of experience before running for president, how much experience do you need to be a Senator? How many years of experience as a Senator do you need to qualify for running for president. Neither Hillary nor Obama crafted “fantastic” legislation like McCain-Feingold, or McCain-Kennedy, yet that probably works in their favor. If this nation is really going to vote for a Senator for president, then a Senator who has spent the least amount of time in Washington is probably best. Republicans don’t need to wonder what Michelle Obama’s agenda is because Barack has been forthcoming about his liberalism (unlike Bill was) and doesn’t need Michelle or Oprah to wag their fingers at reporters to climb ahead of the polls, like Hillary needs Bill.

#2. Republicans want a clean fight. Barack presents straight up, unapologetic liberalism. No third way nonsense. Also, it seems like we won’t have to worry about interns and Michelle Obama being a lesbian, they seem like a normal family. See, that’s a fine contrast from Lady Macbeth and her stupid cackle. Can you imagine four years of that hideous cackle? Hillary can mention Rezko all she wants but she is living in a house of thin glass walls and may want to be wary of calling the kettle…uh, black.

#3. Barack Obama has been opening up cuts in the Billary machine for all the country to see, which provides so much fodder for the GOP should she win the nomination. The crying, Bill pouting and throwing temper tantrums, that hideous fake cackle, fake rhetoric, and absolute shallowness that the Clintons exude simply would not have come to pass had this been a Billary coronation. Then when the GOP would try to expose some of these flaws it would be a right wing conspiracy.

Anyhow, the polls look close and I’m inclined to think Obama will do better in Tennessee, Alabama, and even Arkansas, Missouri, and New Jersey than the polls say. Thus far every state Obama has visited, he’s been close or won in a landslide, including New Hampshire and Nevada. Hillary was not close at all in Iowa (1.1% black) or South Carolina. In an election where proportional delegates are allotted from most states, this favors Obama. If he can stay close in rural states and California and win in the south and mid-atlantic states by wide margins, he could well take this nomination.

Also, can anyone imagine putting a Hillary speech to music, and people listening to it? No, right?

Vanity Fair

“It’s okay. And we’re not hung up about it. And we won anyway. We fought hard. And we won.”

In other words, We are running for president. Not Hillary. Not the junior senator from New York. But We—Bill and Hillary—in a de facto end-run around the 22nd Amendment.

Thomas Sowell on National Review

Unlike Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton before him, Obama has not been running as a black candidate for symbolic purposes but as a serious contender who happens to be black.

Frank Rich in the NY Times

Asked by Tim Russert at a September debate whether the Clinton presidential library and foundation would disclose the identities of its donors during the campaign, Mrs. Clinton said it wasn’t up to her. “What’s your recommendation?” Mr. Russert countered. Mrs. Clinton replied: “Well, I don’t talk about my private conversations with my husband, but I’m sure he’d be happy to consider that.”

Not so happy, as it turns out. The names still have not been made public.

Just before the holidays, investigative reporters at both The Washington Post and The New York Times tried to find out why, with no help from the Clintons. The Post uncovered a plethora of foreign contributors, led by Saudi Arabia.

Billary distorts Obama’s record and tells lies, followed by a tomahawk dunk of recording straightening by Obama. I watched about a 1/3 of the debate and Obama was by far the least nauseating candidate, least scripted, least shrill, and most intelligent.