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Posted at 12:22am on Jul. 1, 2008 "It is but the deep breath before the plunge."

And now we wait for the election to start.

By Moe Lane

Yes. Now. Everything up to this point has been merely the prologue. The actual election will start when one side or the other releases its June fundraising totals: at that point, the clock starts ticking for the other to follow suit. The longer the delay, the worse the results; the worse the results, the more unfavorable conclusions that may be drawn.

I won't waste anybody's time by writing out my snapshot assessment of the race right now: you'll either agree with me, call me a partisan shill, or agree and call me a partisan shill. Suffice it to say that I like our chances. But one thing is for certain: this is going to be the first Fishbowl Presidential election, and there are very few people who are really aware of that, let alone prepared. It's going to be a fun election, folks.

It's not going to be a nice one, though.

Moe Lane

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Posted at 9:46am on Jun. 26, 2008 All hail the steadfastness of the Constitutional Law Scholar! [Updated. Bumped.]

You know, I almost wish that the USSC upholds the DC handgun ban, now. Almost.

By Moe Lane

[UPDATE: Well, now we have a good range on this new revelation by Obama. It had to have happened after February of 2008:

Oddly enough, this video predates the Beltway primaries. Fancy that.]

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I don't, of course, because not being a Constitutional Law Scholar! I retain this naive belief that the 2nd Amendment is simply a straightforward confirmation of my individual right to own weapons, and that the typical reaction of the Founding Fathers to suggestions otherwise would be horrified laughter. Said naive belief is also shared by my party's candidate for President (H/T: Snowflakes in Hell), along with what looks to be most of the rest of the Congressional/Senate GOP.

But not the Constitutional Law Scholar! Back in 2007, the Chicago Tribune noted:

But the campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said that he '...believes that we can recognize and respect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and the right of local communities to enact common sense laws to combat violence and save lives. Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional.'

What a refreshingly unambiguous statement made that he made ther...

Obama Camp Disavows Last Year's 'Inartful' Statement on D.C. Gun Law

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Alexa Ainsworth Report: With the Supreme Court poised to rule on Washington, D.C.'s, gun ban, the Obama campaign is disavowing what it calls an "inartful" statement to the Chicago Tribune last year in which an unnamed aide characterized Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as believing that the DC ban was constitutional.

"That statement was obviously an inartful attempt to explain the Senator's consistent position," Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells ABC News.

Err, right. May I suggest that Senator Obama start putting a "Freshest if used by" date on all his speeches? It'd be a help, really.

Moe Lane

PS: Just in case the DC gun ban is upheld, I suggest that Obama supporters bookmark this site. Actually, bookmark it anyway: you're going to need it.

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