harpers.org - 11/8/2008
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Election Day did not go off without a hitch, but compared with the last two general elections, 2008 seems to have functioned well–even given the historically high voter turnout. Moreover, the results suggest to us that the pollsters are getting ever better at their trade. (A salute once more ...
harpers.org - 11/4/2008
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As Ken Silverstein and others offer their election
predictions, I’d like to contribute one of my own.
This will be a transformative election. The focus, appropriately, is on the likely victors. But I believe the longer-term consequences can be seen in ...
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SCOTT HORTON—The Southern Strategy Comes of Age
harpers.org - 11/16/2008
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What makes a bad prosecutor? It’s simple: Does
the prosecutor’s longing for the public limelight, his aspirations
for public office, come to overwhelm his dedication to justice, to simply doing the right thing? It’s said that a famous chief prosecutor ...
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SCOTT HORTON—In Praise of a Prosecutor
harpers.org - 11/14/2008
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harpers.org —
Gene Burns is one of the nation’s most
popular talk radio hosts. For years he has dismissed
accounts of torture; America, he has said, does not torture. But last night, after watching Torturing Democracy and realizing that he had not understood how ...
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SCOTT HORTON—A Ticket to The Hague for Dick Cheney?
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Ted Stevens may not have won in Alaska
Majikthise —
... It seems unlikely that turnout would drop by 14 percent in Alaska given
the presence of both a high-profile senate race and Sarah Palin at the
top of the ticket.
But even if Begich were to make up
ground and win a narrow victory, this would seem to represent a
catastrophic failure of polling, as three polls conducted following the
guilty verdict in Stevens’ corruption trial had Begich leading by
margins of 7, 8 and 22 points, respectively.
I agree with Scott Horton, the more likely explanation is that someone has simply "lost track" of a good chunk ...
Can You Guess Which State Was The Most Reactionary In This Year's Elections? Hint: Think Rodgers and Hammerstein
DownWithTyranny! —
... Alaska (62%), its own crazy world. But the state least connected to the American mainstream and most politically isolated on Tuesday was poor, sad, ...
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Crooks and Liars —
cab drollery: Not To Do List
3quarksdaily: Ever further into the cocoon
naked capitalism: AIG: The Looting Continues
democracyarsenal: America has rejected the anti-intellectual wave that flooded the nation during the Bush era.
Scott Horton: Something aint right - besides Palin - about Alaska
unbossed: A fallacy about the election turnout
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How Accurate Was The Republican Party "Death List" Memo?
DownWithTyranny! —
... As for the races where the GOP feared they were most likely to lose red seats, they guessed much more accurately. Of the 11 they were pretty certain of losing, they only managed to hold on to one-- NJ-07 where a moderate Republican, Leonard Lance, beat Linder Stender. There's still confusion in the at-large Alaska seat, where crooked wingnut Don Young is ahead. ...
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