Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Bill Maher is my hero! Last nights show simply reminded me of that fact. While one could argue that his acerbic tongue alienates the religious right and those voters who might be persuadable, I've come to the conclusion that it may be the only way to fight a war with ...
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Union’s Pouring it on for Obama
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Politicians just love union endorsements but they really love unions when they are pissed off at their opponent. One union overwhelmingly endorsing Obama is the United Steel Workers and they are going into attack mode against John McCain and his distortion of facts campaign. The national USW website is a ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Made it to Austin for Netroots Nation without incident. Random thoughts about travel:
I forgot my book, so when I got to Orlando International Airport, I looked for a kiosk to buy a book. There was a grand total of 9 titles, and everyone of them was formulaic lightweight crap I ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
If one can believe the latest Gallup poll, the ideological distance between John McCain and George W. Bush is way too small for a large number of voters. In fact, nearly fifty percent of voters are very concerned that John McCain would pursue the same policies as his predecessor.
McCain faces ...
Posted in 2008 elections, BIO, Barack, Bush, Campaign News, Election News, George W. Bush, John McCain, Obama, Politics, Poll Results | 8 Comments »
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Pew released a great report today. I'm still digesting it, but this jumped out at me. Despite the huge uptick in voter registration, the rock star crowds turning out to see Obama, the invigoration at precinct level of Dems thanks to the 50 State Strategy and the DFA, and the ...
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Ground Zero for 2008
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
MSNBC put up their list of the current "likely scenario" for the electoral map.
Base Obama: CA, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MD, MA, NY, RI, VT (153 electoral votes)
Lean Obama: ME, NJ, MN, OR, WA (47 votes)
Toss-up: CO, FL, IA, MI, NV, NM, NH, OH, PA, VA, WI (138 votes)
Lean McCain: ...
Posted in 2008 elections, John McCain, Obama | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Who's your Party now, baby?
The Democratic Party maintained its huge edge in party identification during the month of May. Barack Obama's Party now has the largest partisan advantage over the Republicans since Rasmussen Reports began tracking this data on a monthly basis nearly six years ago
During the month of April, ...
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Denial of Politics
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Many of us at one point in time in our lives face denial. Denial that we might have a problem with our relationship with any of our loved ones, denial that we may be the problem simply because that is the easiest route possible without facing the facts. Alcoholism is ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
With all the back and forth of the political process between Hillary and Barack I’m ready to file the divorce papers for them. Not from their respective spouses but from one another as Democrats. Let me explain a little further.
All of the useless politics that have been going on between ...
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