As of this morning, Norm Coleman is beating Al Franken by a scant 221 votes. If the trend continues, he may come to rue his strange his claim that "too much is at stake" for a (legally mandated) recount.
As of this morning, Norm Coleman is beating Al Franken by a scant 221 votes. If the trend continues, he may come to rue his strange his claim that "too much is at stake" for a (legally mandated) recount.
I agree with Charli that McCain gave an amazing speech, but I fear that it is only a small step towards reversing the embers of hate that he, and his campaign, helped stir. A shield of bulletproof...
7pm in the east, first polls close. Too early to call most key states, but Indiana is too close to call, which is telling, I think.Consider this an open discussion thread, will update as things...
I have graded one paper since 10:30am this morning. Anyone else getting basically nothing done?
A one day sample in one tracking poll shows McCain +1.Wake me when there's some real evidence of tightening.
Russians can make the funny on YouTube too!
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Remember when Bill Clinton promised to put together a Cabinet that "looks like America"? Then, to his credit, George W. Bush "appointed a more diverse set of top advisers than any president in history."Now, however, Governor Sarah Palin defines "real America" in a substantially less inclusive manner: "We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation."As anyone paying attention...
Forget Powell's endorsement of Obama. The most noteworthy part of his remarks was his public denunciation of those members of the GOP who have engaged in a sickening pattern of Muslim-baiting over the last year or so.Powell's short, but powerful, defense of Islamic Americans earned back, at least for me, a lot of the prestige he squandered during the campaign to sell the Iraq War.His remarks on the subject start around 4:30.
I actually enjoyed last night's debate much more so than the previous three. Part of it could be that I watched with a real-live crowd of college-aged students instead of by myself at home with only my minuscule live-blog audience. But mostly, I think, it was because it was, finally, more of an actual debate and less of a set of parallel talking points. The two actually had to speak to each other and were given sufficient time to articulate a campaign position, criticize the opponent, and then respond directly to that criticism. It made for a much more lively show.Overall, I thought that...
ACORN is on the brink of "perpetrating the greatest vote fraud" in American history? About to "destroy the fabric of democracy"? As I said before, we're through the looking glass, people.... Oh, and the Asian markets are tanking right now.
The third "debate" turns out to be an actual debate. Other than that, no live blogging tonight. Had to finish a midterm for one of my classes.I may post some general impressions after the debate. My gut reaction now is that McCain isn't pushing a consistent line of attack. In consequence, his digs at Obama are rebounding to the latter's benefit by making him look cool, reasonable, and collected. In some respects, this may prove a real problem for McCain, insofar as it gives Obama a platform to answer the least persuasive ones (ACORN, Ayers) head on. At best, the McCain campaign can hope that...