Tagged: 2008

Franken All But Winner in MN Recount

Several hours after Senator Norm Coleman’s first term officially expired, challenger Al Franken all but officially took the Senate seat away from Coleman. Franken has a 226-vote lead at the moment. But Coleman has...

Election Day Is Here

Damn, I accidently deleted my last electoral college projection. I remember it was something like 306-176-56. (A gain of 20 for Obama and 2 for McCain, and the 56 are tossups.) High turnout A...

Dole in Trouble?

Before next week’s financial deadline, and before new polls come out of the first debate, I’ll update my Senate projections now. To run the table and get to a 60-seat Democratic majority (even counting...

Ole Miss Recap

I’m not going to get into a lot of the particulars of tonight’s event. Tonight was supposed to be McCain’s strong suit, because of foreign policy. While I think Obama was weakest in the...

Palin’s Rape Problem

Consider these two recent news stories about Sarah Palin: 1) Trying to spin herself out of trouble, Sarah Palin defends a controversial firing by saying the Public Safety Commissioner was too aggressive in setting...

John the Maverick

Here’s what I’ve noticed about John McCain in his current iteration: 1) He wants the benefit of being a POW, without the baggage of being called out for using it as a crutch. 2)...

The Hail Mary Pass That Missed

My sister is a small-l libertarian who has voted for President Bush and President Clinton in the past (and she voted for Libertarian Harry Browne in between). She is now a registered undecided voter,...