2008 Election

Nate Silver Blows it by over 600%

Dec 17th, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: 2008 Election

Franken projected to win in a, uh, landslide?



2008 Election Results

Dec 16th, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: 2008 Election

2008 Election Results ALMOST Final
With the exception of a few races around the country (most notably Coleman v. Franken) the results below are pretty much a done deal.

I would presume that Google will update this map to reflect the outcome of unresolved races at some point.
Same goes for MSNBC’s election results, below.
MSNBC’s Fancy Flash [...]



Qualifications (Part II)

Sep 12th, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election

by shep
Reasons you shouldn’t be a 72-year-old-heartbeat away from commanding the biggest military machine and nuclear war capability on the planet:
1) You were the two-term major of a remote town of 6,000.
2) You were the Governor of a remote state of 675,000 (for 20 months).
3) You are a “hockey-mom”.
4) You have “small-town American values”.
5) You’re a devout Evangelical Christian.
6) You’re [...]



Qualifications

Sep 4th, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election

by shep
“She’s the first journalist ever to be nominated, I think, for the president or vice president, and she was a sportscaster on local television. So she has a lot of interesting background. And she has a lot of experience. Remember that, when people worry about how inexperienced she is, for two years she’s been [...]



Happy Groundhog Day

Aug 29th, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election

by shep
If 72-year-old two-time cancer survivor John McCain were to be elected President (god forbid), the person who would be one heart-beat away from the job would be a “non-partisan” Republican Christian cultist with (not even) one term as governor of a large state full of yahoos, no knowledge of foreign policy and strong ties [...]



Two Faces and No Brains

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Media, Politics

I wonder if the Village Gasbags will be able to figure out who is demeaning whose service?
“I can’t speak for them, but we all know that General Clark, as high-ranking as he is, his record in his last command I think was somewhat less than stellar.”
– Orson Swindle, John McCain Campaign
Just in case there’s still [...]



Playing by the Rules

Jun 30th, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Media, Politics


Poor, Stupid Joe

Jun 30th, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election, Media


You Shall Know Them by Their Fruitcake

Jun 24th, 2008 | By shep | Category: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics, Religion


A Saner Head On FISA

Jun 21st, 2008 | By Mark | Category: 2008 Election, Democrats, NSA, Politics