November 7, 2008
We know this because every single thing this African American Republican strategist has publicly said up until today has been towing the party line on McCain and the party line against Obama no matter how utterly stupid and wrong it clearly was.
Until today, when he (as I see him commenting on…
November 7, 2008
By the way: You know that at the moment, the current vote count (with nearly three million votes cast) in the Coleman - Franken Senate race in Minnesota is just over 200 votes and fluctuating. This raises the possibility of a perfect tie. Minnesota law stipulates that at tie be settled by lot.…
November 7, 2008
We took an informal survey of the PDN staff to determine our picks for the most influential still photographs of the 2008 election. Below are our top five, plus some runners up. What do you think? Your comments are welcome.
Go HERE to see these very interesting pictures.
November 7, 2008
Well?
I wish I could give you the video right now. It is just before six o'clock central time, and the discussion on MSNBC just got interesting. Interesting enough that some of you are going to want to write letters to make sure the producers don't do the wrong thing...
Stay tuned!!!
Oh, the…
November 7, 2008
Cure B Palin
More evidence that the Republican Party is about to fly apart into little pieces.
November 7, 2008
A pilot who suddenly went blind while flying his plane at 5,500ft (1,676m) was guided in to land by an RAF plane.
A plane was scrambled from the RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire to help stricken pilot Jim O'Neill, 65.
He was flying a two-seater Cessna aircraft from Prestwick airport in…
November 7, 2008
Obama held his first press conference as PE, following a meeting with everybody who is anybody in finance. The conference itself is, indeed, about the economy, and comes on the heels of news about yet another major drop in employment rate in the US.
Obama pointed out the obvious fact that we…
November 7, 2008
Hat tip: Virgil Samms
November 7, 2008
Both Norm Coleman (R, Incumbant) and Al Franken have set up legal oversight teams for the impending recount in the Minnesota Senatorial race. However, Coleman's lawyer is regisning from the team. Acorrding to the West Central Tribune Online, Coleman's campagin ...
... announced Wednesday evening…
November 6, 2008
.... that is the latest number. The difference between Coleman and Franken in the Minnesota Senate vote count, according to the evening news, just reported.
November 6, 2008
... of the geography game:
...Perhaps one of the most astounding and previously unknown tidbits about Sarah Palin has to do with her already dubious grasp of geography. According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin…
November 6, 2008
There is some nasty stuff happening in Minnesota. I'm thinking the Franken-Coleman election was rigged, and we may be able to prove this over the next few weeks. Meanwhile, in Winona county: Rocks thrown through Democratic Headquarters window: Local authorities are saying that this was revenge…
November 6, 2008
Coming back to the research base camp, one day, in the Ituri Forest (DR Congo) the first thing I noticed was that our cat was quite dead and even stiff. Her neck had been broken by some sort of carnivore, but strangely, she was not eaten. A leopard or some other creature would have eaten her.…
November 6, 2008
This is from Seabeck, Washington, across the water from Seattle.
Ursus americanus is one of those species with a LOT of variation in adult body size. Males can run from 46 to 409 kg (100 - 900 lbs) [ADW], with the average around 100 - 120 kilos. Record size black bears include:
North…
November 6, 2008
Some of you have been asking "What has happened to Ann Coulter lately? We have not seen much of her." Well, I've been seeing a lot of Ann, so I'm not quite sure what you are asking about. Coulter has continued to write for her usual outlets, including her column in Human Events which, which I…
November 5, 2008
But this time I was not too far off. This graphic shows my electoral map (on the right, which to you is down until you tilt your computer monitor 90 degrees to the left) and the actual map (on the left, or top).
November 5, 2008
Earlier today, three voters of Somali origin at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis told me -- and two told an election observer -- that a translator working there was instructing people to vote for Sen. Norm Coleman.
Wow. Given that Coleman may win this race by around 500 to 700 votes, this is…
November 5, 2008
And if THEY'RE happy, I'm happy.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Tuesday's poll historic and said he and Mr Obama "share many values".
Chinese President Hu Jintao said he looked forward to strengthening dialogue. France's Nicolas Sarkozy said the poll had raised "enormous hope".
...
UN…
November 5, 2008
... at the untimely age of 66, of cancer.
There is a story here.
November 5, 2008
Rumors are quickly circulating and even congealed in the Wikipeda bio for Emanuel ... He is likely to be Obama's chief of staff, or at least, is being offered.
November 5, 2008
One last dig at Sarah Palin. I love the piano playing moose. No more digs after this, I promise.
HT: JoAnn
November 5, 2008
Obama's full speech:
This is the scene in front of the White House:
Yes, we did:
A little music/cartoon parody:
McCain Concession Speech: Note the behavior of the crowd.
For fun:
November 5, 2008
No one is happier about the election of Barack Obama than the people of one small town in Japan!
...the citizens of Obama, Japan, were ecstatic. Dozens of supporters swarmed the stage and joined hands, jumping up and down as they chanted "Obama! Obama! Obama!"
A delegation has been dispatched to…
November 5, 2008
Good Morning America!
Well, after I went to bed last night, the Minnesota Senate Race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman tightened up. The Associated Press is reporting, I hear, that Coleman has won. They are wrong.
The difference between the two candidates is now (at 6:30 AM) just over 1,000…
November 4, 2008
McCain is conceding . The crowd is booing Obama, McCain has to calm them down.
Now, here, and over the next couple of weeks, McCain has to put the horrors back into the Pandora's Box that he and Sarah Palin opened.
Some people are probably going to die because of the way they ran their campaign…
November 4, 2008
Bachmann is ahead of Tinklenberg enough to be pretty sure that she will win the night.
Paulson is beating Madia by enough to be pretty sure that Madia will not be going to Washington as our congressperson.
Coleman has pulled ahead of Franken, and my estimate is that Franken-leaning precincts…
November 4, 2008
Quiz: Who are the only Democrats that will "lose" their seats in the Senate?? What? Nobody wants to guess????
These are the races I'm watching. And live blogging (by the way, Biden won his seat in the Senate in Delaware)
Oregon: Dem is ahead, not called yet but he could win.
North Carolina:…
November 4, 2008
I said I might produce one more electoral vote estimate. Instead, I've produced this map (using RCP web resources):
Every state that is blue is a state that Obama will win no matter what. The recent polls all show way beyond the margin of error an Obama victory. Same fr the red states but for…
