Ken Is Speaking Blog

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...

An Orange and Blue Revolution?

I tried to convince myself to not blog about UF or Student Government any longer. I’m six years plus in being removed from that campus, so my insights are losing their edge. Unless, of...

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...

Faltering Liberals?

Canada will hold another general election on October 14th, as Harper make a bold move to reestablish his mandate and possibly grab a majority government. (Its such a bold move he broke his own...

Electoral Map Tightens

White House 2008 Obama – 243 McCain – 227 Tossup – 68 Safe Republican (88) – AL, GA, ID, KS, KY, LA, MS, NE, OK, TN, UT, WY Likely Republican (69) – AK, AR,...

Where were you 7 years ago?

I was still in Gainesville, working on my second-to-last semester at UF. I woke up just in time for my Portuguese class, and didn’t find out anything had happened until quarter to 11, when...