Because Democrats have a propensity to recklessly lose elections, and Republicans will literally do and say anything to win, it’s difficult for me to take the position I’m taking now:
Advantage: Obama
To be clear, that is not a prediction of November’s outcome. There is much tennis yet to be played. Was that too [...]
The silliness of the financial ‘crisis’ and the first ‘debate’ is finally blowing over, and more critical matters are moving back to the forefront.
In that spirit, it is time for the latest update to the Hot Free Press Godometer and Antichristometer. I fired up the meters, and found that there have been significant changes [...]
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There is a near-total disconnect between the media opinions about the Obama-McCain debate last night, and what debate viewers are saying. The news media is reporting the debate as a McCain victory or a tie, while polls of viewers show that a significant number favored Obama. A composite of the polls I could find, [...]
Continue reading about Wrap Up of First Obama-McCain Debate, Preview of Biden-Palin Debate
Tonight, Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama squared off in what could have been a game changer.
Here’s the recap:
Set in Mississippi, this debate would have been an ideal time for Senator McCain to reveal Obama’s blackness, but he did not. Obama himself arrived in full ethnic attire of dark skin and dark hair [...]
Continue reading about September 26, 2008, a Day Which Will Soon Be Forgotten
Tonight, drunken frat boys and sorority scamps, for your drinking game, take a swig of tequila every time a newscrunt incorrectly refers to the lecterns as podiums, or, if they’re feeling particularly uppity, podia.
Remember kids, you can stand on a podium, but you lose debate points for standing on the lectern.
I wanted to put out [...]
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John McCain, long known for his temperament and recklessness, has just proven again that he’ll do anything-no matter how transparently political-to get back in the spotlight as his floundering campaign slowly sinks under the weight of its own ineptitude.
What kind of hard-fighting, maverick warrior gives up on the fight of his life to sit [...]
As we near the end of September, several States are still up for grabs in the presidential election. State polling data is sparse and erratic.
I am obsessed, not with polls, but with polling data, and trying to make sense of what one of my least favorite professors from back in the day would have called [...]