Thank you, Mr. Sullivan. I’ve been looking for a good picture to post today. From the Daily Dish: Pumpkins at an Obama rally, Wicker Memorial Park in Highland, Indiana. By Joe Raedle/Getty.
Archive for October, 2008
they’re the great pumpkins of hope, charlie brown.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Halloween, Obama pumpkins on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
nate silver: today’s polls 10.31.08
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 538, battleground state polls, fivethirtyeight.com, McCain polls, Nate Silver, national polls, Obama polls, state polls, swing state polls, today's polls 10.31.08 on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Heads up! Nate’s on Charlie Rose tonight…
Your polls here, your analysis here. The short of it (phew; a Rick Davis refutation):
Contrary to Rick Davis’s assertions, there is absolutely no reason to conclude that McCain is competitive in Iowa, and there is a slew of evidence that Obama is on track to win New Hampshire, even [...]
bill clinton: no on prop 8
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Bill Clinton opposes Prop 8, California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, marriage equality, no on Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Andrew Sullivan quotes this recorded message that went out to Californians overnight:
“This is Bill Clinton calling to ask you to vote NO on Proposition 8 on Tuesday, November 4th. Proposition 8 would use state law to single out one group of Californians to be treated differently — discriminating against members of our family, our friends [...]
vote no on prop 8: end the discrimination
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, civil rights marriage, no on Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage on October 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
(h/t Daily Dish)
alaskans saying thanks but no thanks to felon stevens?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, AK Muckraker, Alaska politics, Alaska polls, Mudflats, Stevens convicted felon, Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens reelection campaign on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AK Muckraker reports on the state of the race up north (more good internal poll numbers in the full post):
The Ted Stevens/Mark Begich Senate race in Alaska was a toss-up before the jury came back with the verdict of guilty on all seven felony counts for failure to disclose gifts and services totaling more than [...]
actually, nevada GOP, we DID hear that. (those darn speakerphones.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, 538, battleground states, fivethirtyeight.com, GOP vote suppression, GOP voter fraud, Nevada, Republican legal challenges to voting, Republican voting lawsuits, Sean Quinn on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sean Quinn rocks. From his opening line, “Gambly and whorish, Nevada is one of 2008’s biggest battlegrounds,” to this lovely vignette:
The strong Democratic turnout has Republicans mulling possible legal challenges. “We question whether these are valid registrations,” said Smith, the Washoe County GOP chairwoman.
While talking to Smith, she was interrupted by a cell phone call, [...]
sarah palin v. fruit flies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, autism research, earmarks, fruit flies, fruit fly research in Paris France, funding special needs, Norexin, Sarah Palin, The Rachel Maddow Show on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This comes full circle so beautifully. Behold the demonstration of what ignorant ideologues get you.
