Hillary wins, Andrew bitter

Hillary, with a 10-point win, certainly got enough to stay in it. Andrew Sullivan is somewhat bitter, arguing that the Clintons won this one by taking the Rove-Atwater close-to-dirty route. But he's been in the tank for Obama for months. Here's a link to the Register's Horserace'08 election blog, where I live-blogged the results.

Plus ca change!

Here's a link to the piece I did for the Register's Sunday Commentary section yesterday on the mantra of change in the presidential marathon. I hope I got a little deeper than simply deploring the use of an essentially empty slogan, given that change means little without a hinto or two as to what direction the proposed change is going. I discuss Andrew Sullivan's thought-provoking article in the December Atlantic, but conclude it's a bit pollyannish. The interests that control the two parties are still dominant, although we may be in a transition to different issues than those that have fascinated the baby boomers. But when it comes to real change, it will come from the private and independent sectors, and the politicians will deplore it or take credit for it, depending on their disposition (or how it affects their most cherished interest groups).