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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Ohio for Obama, It's Over

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If one assumes that Obama will win California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, and their 77 electoral votes, and add them to the 175 Obama al...

Obama within 100 EVs. Udall 4th Dem Senate Pick-up

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Tom Udall defeats Steve Pierce in New Mexico, another pick-up for the Democrats. A slew of states were just called for Obama, including New ...

Hagan Ousts Liz Dole in NC

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Another Republican Senate seat goes down. Hagan whips Dole in NC. Sununu (R) is also out in New Hampshire, beaten by Jeanne Shaheen on her s...

Pennsylvania Goes for Obama

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All networks confirming the Keystone State and its 21 electoral votes belong to Barack Obama. This is great news for Obama, but it brings Co...

The Anxiety Level is Rising Fast

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Strange. At 7:20, PBS has Obama ahead 50-49, while ABC has McCain winning by the same percentage. Polls in Georgia, Vermont, Indiana, Kentuc...

Exit Poll Trends via ABC

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ABC just released preliminary battleground state exit polling data. Stunningly, the economy was the #1 issue for 60% of voters. The War in I...

Four Key Senate Races

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There are 35 Senate races this election year and a good number of them are close. There may also be some sizable unexpected outcomes, especi...

Randomly Towards a Decision

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Just posting some ideas... Will we get this one right? Or will be be subjected to the whims and wishes of a hidden power elite? Did enough p...

No Early Exit Polls

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Exit polls and other early indicators are under tight security, especially since the 2004 election showed the early exit polls favoring Kerr...

Live Blogging: Stocks UP, Gold UP, Oil UP

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Here's a quick and dirty look at what happened on Wall Street today. Some odd trading brought stocks and commodities higher as Americans...

Today is the Day!!

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Live Blogging to Begin at 5:00 pm ET. Well, I voted at 10:00 this morning, and was planning to start blogging while simultaneously hitting t...
Sunday, June 08, 2008

ABC This Sunday: Not Worth Watching

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Somebody needs to crack a two-by-four over the heads of ABC's Round Table discussion participants. Claire Shipman, George Stephanopolous...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

ABC: Attack Barack Continuously

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Last night's nationally-televised debate between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could not have been more of a di...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Republicans Walk Out, Americans Pray They Won't Return

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Republican lawmakers in Washington, DC, did today what voters and citizens across the country have been trying to do for the better part of ...
Monday, January 28, 2008

State of the Union Drinking Game

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Tonight, the world will cheer President Bush's State of the Union address... because it will be his last. Personally, I intend to be alr...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Media in the USA: Who's Watching?

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It's getting pretty stupid out there in Mainstream Medialand. Last night was the Republican version of the YouTube/CNN debate featuring ...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Ken Burns "The War"offers perspective for today

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If you are at least half aware of your world, you probably have tuned into PBS to view at least a couple episodes of Ken Burns' opus on ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Bush talks Burma to UN audience

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Today, President Bush spoke to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and sadly, with three major issues - Global Warming, Iraq, and Ir...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

You, your kids and the Federal Reserve

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Later today, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, will announce some kind of cut in the Federal Funds rate, the base rate upon whi...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

Bush Wins in 17 Minutes

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Well, the drinking only got me through one beer and the start of another. I am disappointed. Mr. Bush didn't say "we are winning...
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