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It’s kind of sad when well-known personalities get suckered into bad internet conspiracy theories. I might have expected this of Alan Keys (via the Los Angeles Times): In a video (see below) released Friday, Keyes, who lost to Obama in the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Illinois that launched the new president’s national political career, calls Obama [...]
I’m getting ready for a business trip to Minneapolis this week. Minneapolis is, of course, in Minnesota where the 2008 Senate race is still not resolved. An amusing thought crossed my mind: I wonder if, at least until the court battle is resolved, it would be Constitutional for Minnesota’s governor to appoint an interim senator. Political sensitivities [...]
You may remember all the fun red/blue/purple maps that floated around the net after the ’04 elections, trying to put some perspective in the redness and blueness of the U.S. Well, the 2008 maps are out. The two samples below show relative (on a logarithmic scale) redness/blueness of the counties, first on a regular map, and [...]
Remember 2000, when Ashcroft lost his bid for Senator to a deceased candidate? I can’t help but wonder which is worse – losing to a corpse, or losing to a felon? From the Anchorage Daily News: Orthodox wisdom should dictate that voters would flee in droves from an incumbent who had just been convicted of felony crimes. But [...]
Seen in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Sen. Norm Coleman is leading Democratic challenger Al Franken in one of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history. With 100 percent of the 4,130 precincts reporting, Coleman had an unofficial margin of 601 votes out of nearly 2.9 million cast. Recounts are required in races with a [...]
This post at Libertarian Republican…and its comments…caught my eye this morning. So, I wonder how many Obama supporters will remember what it was like back in 2000, when many of them were just shocked that America…or at least the Supreme Court…could elect someone like George W. Bush, and in 2004 when those same folks could [...] 
I’m poking around some of the stats on various initiatives around the country. A few interesting ones to me: California Measure 8 (same-sex marriage ban) has been called to pass. (Note to same-gender couples, Connecticut would now love to host your weddings.)
Congratulations President-Elect Obama. My boss and I camped out at a restaurant in Westwood Village which was running multiple TV’s. We hung around until 8:00 Pacific when, as I expected, the networks declared Obama the winner, when polls in Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii all officially closed, and were deemed so blue as to be callable. [...]
So, I spent most of the day in transit. I have to admit that it was nice to be unplugged for much of the day; yes, I’m a news junkie but it was nice getting into the hotel just as the first polls were getting ready to close. The hotel where I’m spending the night features [...]
All the cool kids seem to be making their pre-election predictions…so I’ll join in as well. I think it’s going to be a fairly good night for the Dems. I’ll bet that Obama wins with 338 electoral votes, the Dems achieve 58 seats in the Senate (including Lieberman), and 249 seats in the House. |
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