Thursday, July 10, 2008

Matt Yeglesias:

Am I the only one who still doesn't understand why Jesse Jackson said he wanted to cut Barack Obama's nuts off? Jackson seems to be so deep in apologizing-and-backpedaling mode, that we're not getting much of an explanation of what he was saying.

UPDATE: Why Jesse Jackson attacked Barack Obama. "Barack Obama represents an existential threat to Jesse Jackson. If he succeeds he badly undermines Jackson and his methods. Jackson needs Obama to fail, even if he must avoid having anything to do with the failure." Ironically, however, nothing is more likely to help Obama succeed than a public attack from Jesse Jackson.

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