The Impossible is Possible
So I decided that watching election returns on CNN and MSNBC was a too stressful and at the same time boring, so I decided to watch The Devil Wears Prada on HBO instead. I’m thinking that if Anne Hathaway managed to lose 20 pounds, get better makeup and be all Prada’d in about 15 minutes, then Obama closing this two percent gap is nothing.
Serious political commentary time: Even if Obama manages to pull this out, the storyline will be all for Clinton, about how resilient she is, a “comeback kid” and what not. And sure, I’m pretty impressed and surprised she’s seemingly managed to close a ten point gap in the polls, the more pertinent “narrative”, if there has to be one, is that Clinton was the frontrunner all year, was up ten points a few weeks ago, and is now barely scratching by with a victory.
On a second note, why hasn’t there been a Washington political mag version of this movie? I mean, who wouldn’t want to see Harold Meyerson shouting orders at a few terrified Prospect writing fellows? I’m thinking maybe Paul Giamatti as Meyerson and then maybe Shia Labeouf and Scarlett Johansson as the fellows?
