Super Duper Tuesday

Every Tuesday with primaries and caucuses is "super" these days. With record numbers of voters turning out for the election process, we know more Americans are on the move.

Whether this will carry on through November is anyone's guess.

An article I'd like to point out today comes from the New York Times' David Brooks. In his piece, he makes a point of picking a day (of course, that one!) when Sen. Obama defined his campaign.

He breaks down the atmosphere and the contrast in speeches given by he and his opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton --

Clinton had sounded like a traditional executive, as someone who gathers the experts, forges a policy, fights the opposition, bears the burdens of power, negotiates the deal and, in crisis, makes the decision at 3 o’clock in the morning.

But Obama sounded like a cross between a social activist and a flannel-shirted software C.E.O. — as a nonhierarchical, collaborative leader who can inspire autonomous individuals to cooperate for the sake of common concerns.

Clinton had sounded like Old Politics, but Obama created a vision of New Politics. And the past several months have revolved around the choice he framed there that night. Some people are enthralled by the New Politics, and we see their vapors every day. Others think it is a mirage and a delusion. There’s only one politics, and, tragically, it’s the old kind, filled with conflict and bad choices.

New politics versus old, fresh versus rehashed, experience versus novice... we've seen the arsenals of both sides, today in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island, voters may finalize which Democratic candidate will be the contender for the big, White House in D.C. come this time November.

BONUS:
I really don't remember hearing Reagan's name mentioned in so many comparisons in any other presidential election. Here's one columnist's take on why "Obama Lacks Reagan's Audacity"