yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/5/2008
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Barack Obama bringing Indiana and Virginia into the Democratic column for the first time since the 1964 landslide reflects the enduring “center-right” nature of American politics.
Seriously — what would falsify the center-right thesis if not a political sweep by ...
dailykos.com - 11/5/2008
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dailykos.com —
Something to look at in the next couple
of days -- turnout sucked . Not all ballots
are in, but we're currently at almost 119M for the night. We had 122M vote in 2004. So we may get to 2004 levels. A quick spot check confirmed numbers down in many ...
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Final thought
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/5/2008
marginalrevolution.com - 11/4/2008
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marginalrevolution.com —
Most of what you do is for expressive
value anyway, so you shouldn't feel guilty about voting,
if indeed you vote. The people who think they are being instrumentally rational by not voting are probably deceiving themselves more. They are...
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My simple thought on voting
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balloon-juice.com 2/6/2009 — From the comments to another post :
You know, I’ve been on this blog almost all day and I’ve about had it. Can we just get the pitchforks out and get this over with?
You know, putting aside the stupidity of the Republicans, I ...
On Second Thought...
obsidianwings.blogs.com 11/9/2008 — by publius
Ok - you guys win. The Utah boycott is a bad idea. I think the Prop 8 thing just really angered me, and I posted something quickly without thinking it through.
Specifically, a statewide boycott is extremely overbroad. As a commenter ...
Thought of the Day
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/14/2008 — John McCain might want to worry about his large, outside-the-margin-of-error lead in both national and state-by-state polling before he worries about the prospect of someone voting in Florida, then coming back and trying to vote a second time under ...
Just When You Thought It Was Over...
confederateyankee.mu.nu 12/9/2008 — ...Scalia adds another Obama citizenship case to the Supreme Court's Dec. 12 docket, Wrotnowski Vs. Bysiewicz. Let the fun and games begin continue!...
Just A Thought
balloon-juice.com 11/19/2008 — For those freaking out at the Kathleen Parker column , a couple quick thoughts:
1.) Justice (“Just Us”) Sunday
2.) Schiavo legislation
3.) Jesus is my philosopher .
4.) Michael J. Fox must be mocked for wanting stem cell research. ...
One Other Thought About the "Real" Virginia
blogs.abcnews.com 10/19/2008 — One other thought about McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer's assertion Saturday that Northern Virginia isn't the "real" Virginia. Um...isn't the Pentagon in Northern Virginia? Didn't 184 people die there on 9/11 at the hands of terrorists? -- jpt
Thought of the Day
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/3/2008 — It would have surprised me — a lot — if two years ago you’d told me that conservatives would be hailing Hillary Clinton’s appointment as Secretary of State as a great ideological victory for the American right.
Thought for the Day
blondesense.blogspot.com 11/7/2008 — Karl Rove dreamed of a one party system. He should be careful of what he wishes for.
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Spewing over at Faux News, Rove is claiming now that Obama is too liberal for this "center-right" country and he tricked them into voting for him by running a ...
Thought of the Day
theagitator.com 3/31/2009 — Borrowing from this Hit & Run comment : It was easier for Obama to fire the CEO of a private company than it is to fire most federal employees.
Thought for the Day, December 7
mudvillegazette.com 12/7/2008 — ...1941 or thereafter.
Theodore Roosevelt, from his autobiography (MacMillan, 1913):
Chapter 7:
The War of America the Unready
I suppose the United States will always be unready for war, and in consequence will always be exposed to great ...
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Wash Post Elections 11/5/2008
E lection Day dawned with a quiet hope and more than a little anxiety. People who had been raised to believe that He would make it plain some day waited through rain and raw winds to add their voice to a gathering storm.
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