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nate silver: today’s polls and final projections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, 538, final electoral vote projections, fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver, today's polls 11.04.08 on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s see how accurate our man turns out to be… hold on to your scorecards, folks, it might be a bumpy night! See all of Nate’s final comments here (before the returns commentary starts). I had to shamelessly post all his nifty charts, just this once.
Our model projects that Obama will win all states won by John [...]
obama draws crowd of 90,000 in manassas, virginia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Chicago Sun Times, Obama rally Manassas Virginia, Obama Virginia rally 11.03.08 on November 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Manassas, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2008
From the Chicago Sun Times. Photo by Lynn Sweet
david foster wallace: there is no such thing as not voting
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, David Foster Wallace, Foster Wallace on McCain 2000, John McCain, Rolling Stone, The Weasel Twelve Monkeys and The Shrub, Vote!, voter turnout, youth vote on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zut alors! I found this old article of his shortly after his death (RIP David), and it got lost in the shuffle till election eve. My very bad. From his Rolling Stone article covering, of all things, the McCain campaign of 2000. It’s a lengthy read, and worth every word of it. Eerie parallels to the [...]