game changer?

I know the night is early and there are a lot of votes out in California, but I’m looking at Obama 13,786,707 — McCain 13,533, 528 as the popular vote stands right now.
That’s Obama’s 49.9% to McCain’s 49.2%.
Sure, the electoral college is 174 (Obama) to 69 (McCain), but where is the big landslide?  Where is [...]

McMarginalized

you know that thing people sometimes say, when they’re trying not to sound racist or bigoted, that only makes them sound vaguely racist/bigoted as well as kind of hokey and old-fashioned… they say something like:
I don’t care if you’re white, black, yellow, orange, purple, whatever…
because sure, there are yellow people.  and when they refer to [...]

the politics of dancing

if you love our democracy, you must watch this video.  [sorry, can't embed.]
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[headline reference; watching that, I don't blame the Russians for wanting to bomb us back to the stone age back in the 80's.]

my biggest fear for this election cycle

it’s not the Obama – McCain race that is all that interesting to me.  neither guy wins my vote.  neither guy is scary enough to compel me to vote against him.  I’ll argue for one and against the other based more on the issue/position of the person that I’m talking with…  (more on that in [...]

overheard

[paraphrased somewhat]
“my [daughter, nephew, niece, whatever] had a teacher that started teaching them evolution.  she said not to tell their parents or anyone what she was teaching them, and last year it seemed to be OK, but this year somebody must have slipped… it’s not like you can teach kids that in school, and this [...]

I feel like I’d vote for this guy

unfortunately he’s a candidate we’ll never get a chance to vote for — he’s too honest.  here’s the highlights:

Fellow Americans, I know you worry about the economy. So do I. But, frankly, if you elect me, I won’t do much about it… [it's too big; the President can't really do anything to manage it]
What [...]

it’s not how many runs you score, it’s when/where you score them

ah, George Will:
Hillary Clinton, 60, Illinois native and Arkansas lawyer, became, retroactively, a lifelong Yankee fan at age 52 when, shopping for a U.S. Senate seat, she adopted New York state as home sweet home. She may think, or at least would argue, that when she was 12 her Yankees really won the 1960 World [...]

alarming

One GOP strategist took Paul’s level of support in Pennsylvania as a cautionary sign, calling it “alarming.”
Yeah, I’d say.
I’ve followed Paul pretty closely, and to hear he took 16% in PA, after the Paul campaign had basically halted and where McCain was the only legitimate candidate… well, what do you think that says?
[OK, not such [...]