The Schrug

David Schrag examines his navel and the world around it

You’ve seen one political analysis …

5th January 2008

I am so tired of seeing pundit after pundit and reporter after reporter use the same canned analysis during the primary season. It feels more like they are covering each other’s coverage than covering the campaigns themselves. I think there should be a one-month moratorium on the following words and phrases.

  • Candidate of change
  • Inevitability
  • Phenomenon
  • Movement
  • Reinvent himself / herself
  • Tapped into
  • Momentum
  • Rock star
  • Strong organization
  • Appeals to the base
  • Values voters (thanks for this suggestion, Lori)

It would be interesting to see if the talking heads could come up with anything original to say.

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