I don't know what insight we can glean into November 2008 by comparing the previous two primary elections with the current, but I will say that if Vegas is taking bets, bet on a record breaking turnout for the presidential election. … [Read more...]
Election 2008: Ronald Reagan vs. John F. Kennedy?
Disclosure: I voted for Obama in the primary and strongly prefer him as our next president over Clinton. I was not around to witness the Jack and Bobby era first-hand, but before this latest wave of JFK comparisons I felt that in Obama I … [Read more...]
3 Questions About Yesterday’s Numbers: A Deval Correlation, High Dem Turnout, and Exit Polls
Question 2: Barack Obama was trounced by Clinton in MA by 196,000 votes, yet second-place Dem Obama still beat first-place Repub Romney. In fact, with 511,887 votes, more people voted for second-place Obama in MA than all republican votes … [Read more...]
Run Mitt Run – from a sick dude in a wheel chair!
Here's a little primary day fun. Stolen from Crooks and Liars. For my money, this funny and concisely expository music video is the highlight of the Mitt campaign. Trust me, you'll want to watch this. Bob, what's your famous Romney-realted … [Read more...]
Video of the O’Reilly / Obama incident in Nashua
Voila! [Earlier: Pushy Bill O'Reilly and Me at Rally in Nashua, NH by jutson.] … [Read more...]
Should we “take this nation back for Christ”? Huckabee thinks so.
In 1998 Pastor Governor Huckabee attended a Salt Lake City Southern Baptist Convention to speak and promote his book, Kids Who Kill: Confronting our Culture of Violence. Coincidentally, along with Huckabee's book, an anti-mormon book titled … [Read more...]
Should we “take this nation back for Christ”? Huckabee thinks so.
In 1998 Pastor Governor Huckabee attended a Salt Lake City Southern Baptist Convention to speak and promote his book, Kids Who Kill: Confronting our Culture of Violence. Coincidently, along with Huckabee's book, an anti-mormon … [Read more...]
Lott to Resign Senate Seat
Bye bye, Senator Lott: PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, announced Monday he will retire from the Senate before January, ending a 35-year career in Congress in which he rose to his party's … [Read more...]
ASK BMG: How many illegal immigrants *might* enroll in SCHIP?
I ask because I don't know and I can't be bothered to do the homework. I gather two things: Vetoing SCHIP denies 12 (?) million American children of working-class families access to SCHIP. Ogo's/Eabo's argument against SCHIP is that … [Read more...]
General David Petraeus: Sycophant Savior
Additionally, Bacevich illustrates how sound military strategy dictates that when a surge is working, it's time to fall back on "one of the oldest principles of generalship: when you find an opportunity, exploit it. Where you gain success, … [Read more...]
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