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Expanding the youth vote: myth or reality?
The Next Right — ... Chris Cilliza argues there were 5 myths about the 2008 election.  However, on #2, I'm not sure the data necessarily supports his conclusion... ...

5 Myths Of The 2008 Presidential Campaign
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — Discussed here . Myth Number 3 deserves to be excerpted, since it will cause the netroots some serious heartburn: 3. Now that they control the White House and Congress, Democrats will usher in a new progressive era . Not likely. At first glance, the numbers do look encouraging for proponents of a new New Deal era in government: Obama claimed at least 364 electoral votes and more than 52.5 percent of the overall popular vote, while Democrats now control at least 57 seats in the Senate and 255 in the House. But look more closely, and you see a heavy influx of moderate to ...

5 Myths Of The 2008 Presidential Campaign
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Discussed here. Myth Number 3 deserves to be excerpted, since it will cause the netroots some serious heartburn: 3. Now that they control the White House and Congress, Democrats will usher in a new progressive era. Not likely. At first glance, the numbers do look encouraging for proponents of a new New Deal era in government: Obama claimed at least 364 electoral votes and more than 52.5 percent of the overall popular vote, while Democrats now control at least 57 seats in the Senate and 255 in the House. But look more closely, and ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... Congress will represent districts that Bush carried in 2004. The fact that roughly a third of the Democratic House majority sits in seats with Republican underpinnings (at least at the presidential level) is almost certain to keep a liberal dream agenda from moving through Congress. The first rule of politics is survival, and if these new arrivals to Washington want to stick around, they are likely to build centrist voting records between now and 2010. More here ************************** Racism is dead . . . and we killed it! ...

Now that they control the White House and Congress, will Democrats usher in a new "progressive" era?
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... Congress will represent districts that Bush carried in 2004. The fact that roughly a third of the Democratic House majority sits in seats with Republican underpinnings (at least at the presidential level) is almost certain to keep a liberal dream agenda from moving through Congress. The first rule of politics is survival, and if these new arrivals to Washington want to stick around, they are likely to build centrist voting records between now and 2010. More here Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist ...

Now that they control the White House and Congress, will Democrats usher in a new “progressive” era?
Stop The ACLU — ... Democrats in the 111th Congress will represent districts that Bush carried in 2004. The fact that roughly a third of the Democratic House majority sits in seats with Republican underpinnings (at least at the presidential level) is almost certain to keep a liberal dream agenda from moving through Congress. The first rule of politics is survival , and if these new arrivals to Washington want to stick around, they are likely to build centrist voting records between now and 2010. More here Posted by ...

End of the Era of Error. Part Two
N/A — ... conservative pundits and operatives singing this song. Take Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, who wrote an Oct. 27 cover essay entitled “America the Conservative,” which argued that Obama will have to “govern a center-right nation” that “is more instinctively conservative than it is liberal.” The only problem: It isn’t true. Or at least, not anymore. It’s the end of the world as we know it. Or not. Now that they control the White House and Congress, Democrats ...

Obama Surfed To Victory On Wave Of Black And Youth Votes
small dead animals — November 16, 2008 Obama Surfed To Victory On Wave Of Black And Youth Votes Or not. Posted by Kate at November 16, 2008 5:16 PM Comments Post a comment Before submitting, review the post to ensure your comment is on topic and does not contain words that might get caught in the spam filter (eg: insurance, viagra, online, poker). This is not a forum or a repository for off-topic link dumps. Profanity is discouraged. Take your extended debates and/or flamewars to private email. Thankyou. Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Yes No Comments:

Stuff of Note
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Not a particularly productive day in terms of blogging. Still, here are a few stories that I noted that may be of interest to some of you out there (after all, I have had the tabs open all day, so I hate to waste ‘em): Via the LAT: Mexico drug wars spill across the border Via the LAT: Calls grow to overhaul 401(k) retirement plans Via WaPo: 5 Myths About an Election of Mythic Proportions And I just liked the tile of this Maureen Dowd column: Team of Frenemies