Two other quick inauguration notes:
1. Seriously, does Joe Biden EVER stop talking?
2. Dick Cheney?
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But those values upon which our success depends – hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism – these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is [...]
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Crazy making days, an Iowa kind of night. What a country.
It’s an unusual thing to think about today, but I have in my head the infamous Obama “bitterness” comment. I was one of the people critical of him when he said it, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t ‘get’ what he meant.
I’d add [...]
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Mark Warner is ahead in the race for Virginia’s open Senate seat by a greater margin (26 points) than John Kerry leads his opponent in Massachusetts (24 points). How weird is that?
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For the purposes of these predictions, I went with the loosest possible definition of “battleground” states. Some, like Florida or Ohio, are legitimate battlegrounds. Some (Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, Pennsylvania…) lean one way consistently. A few (West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin…) need that loose definition to even make the list. Here’s my [...]
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Tuesday weather report:
The statewide forecasts are sunny for Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Ohio, so turnout should be high in both Democratic and Republican areas. No obvious weather advantage for either side. Slight possible weather advantage for Obama in Florida – the only part of the state where rain is predicted is Jacksonville in Duval [...]
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Posted in 2008 General Election, Politics, tagged Begich, Chambliss, Coleman, Collins, filibuster-proof, Franken, Gilmore, Gordon Smith, Hagan, Jim Martin, John Kennedy, Landrieu, Liddy Dole, Lunsford, McConnell, Merkley, Musgrove, Schaffer, Senate races, Shaheen, Steve Pearce, Stevens, Sununu, Tom Allen, Udall, Warner, Wicker on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Prediction time…
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Just for fun, I started playing around with the RCP map to see what the final tally would be if Obama swept every battleground state – including a few Lean McCain swing states that haven’t been put away by the McCain camp (West Virginia, Georgia, Arizona, Montana and North Dakota). The Obama ceiling? [...]
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Alright, I’ve gotta give some credit to the McCain campaign today. In response to a speech by Joe Biden about Obama’s economic plan vs. McCain’s “anger” issues, the McCain campaign issued the following Biden-esque statement: “Ladies and gentlemen, the fact is that Barack Obama and Joe Biden will literally raise your taxes.”
That’s not quite [...]
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Posted in 2008 General Election, Politics, Post '08 Campaigns and Elections, tagged Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Brian Schweitzer, Chuck Hagel, Claire McCaskill, Dan Quayle, David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, Jim Webb, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, John McCain, Jon Corzine, Lindsay Graham, Mark Warner, Mike Huckabee, Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Sherrod Brown, Tim Kaine, Tom Ridge on October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
23 days left in the campaign, and it seems like a fun time to start some post-election predictions (originally, I was going to go back through old predictions I’ve made here and see how I did. I still might after the election, but that doesn’t seem like nearly as much fun right now.)
Alright, first [...]
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