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By Mark Bahnisch on February 11, 2010
If you like stats and maps, you should have a look at Nate Silver’s post on Sarah Palin’s chances in the primaries in 2012. Silver doesn’t mention this explicitly, but what jumps out at me is the sheer irrationality of [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged FiveThirtyEight.com, nate silver, political strategy, presidential election, presidential nomination, primaries, sarah palin, US election 2012 |
By Kim on November 4, 2008
Excitement, or maybe nerves, is building: I’ll admit it. I just can’t concentrate. How many times can I check 538, pollster, or real clear politics? Hundreds of times a day. I arrived at my office at 8AM with the best [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Polls, Religion, Sociology, USA | Tagged analysis, barack obama, blogosphere, Bradley effect, Christopher Shays, commentary, John McCain, links post, New England, sarah palin, South, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on October 31, 2008
Not the Sarah Palin campaign… or???
Posted in Film, TV, Video etc, Foreign Elections, Levity, Race, USA | Tagged GOP, political satire, Republican party, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on October 24, 2008
I’m not sure what it is about the dynamic of this campaign, but I haven’t turned my mind to what will happen to the GOP if the McCain/Palin ticket loses. I’m not sure all that many others have either, outside [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged 2008 USA election, 2012 US election, 2012 USA election, barack obama, blogosphere, conservative movement, GOP, John McCain, Republican party, sarah palin |
By Kim on October 16, 2008
With Obama reaching new heights in the polls, Nate Silver more or less sums it up: It’s fairly unusual for a candidate to have such a sustained run of momentum so deep into the campaign cycle. And it does appear [...]
Posted in USA | Tagged barack obama, John McCain, liveblogging, presidential debates, sarah palin, third debate, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, William Ayers |
By Kim on October 13, 2008
With less than a month to go til America votes, barring any more mad game changing moves or even an October Surprise from Osama Bin Laden or the tattered remains of the Bush administration, all the smart money is on [...]
Posted in Activism, Culture, Film, TV, Video etc, Foreign Elections, Nationalism, Race, USA | Tagged barack obama, base, Culture Wars, economic crisis, financial crisis, GOP, hate speech, hate talk express, John McCain, Lindsay Beyerstein, macaca moment, maverick, Peter Martin, Republican National Committee, RNC, sarah palin, us economy, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, youtube |
By Kim on October 8, 2008
Here they go again! Televised, streamed, etc. in all the usual places. Comment and link as you will. Recycling of partisan talking points strongly discouraged. A couple of discussion starters – Nate Silver: Are John McCain’s negative attacks succeeding in [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Polls | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, debate, John McCain, negative campaigning, polling, Polls, presidential debates, sarah palin, second debate, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 7, 2008
The McCain campaign has gone into full on negative smear mode, with Governor Sarah Palin playing the traditional attack role of the Vice-Presidential candidate. Apparently Obama has been consorting with terrorists, because he once knew a member of the Weathermen [...]
Posted in Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, Sociology, USA | Tagged barack obama, Bill Ayers, Culture Wars, domestic terrorism, financial crisis, John McCain, negative campaigning, Rev. Wright, sarah palin, Sociology, us economy, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Wall Street, weatherman, Weathermen |
By Kim on October 4, 2008
Jennifer Schuessler at the New York Times has been boosting the “turn the Veep debate into a poetry slam” movement. Two poems selected from her Paper Cuts blog post: Haiku’s not the form For Senator Joe Biden Because the last [...]
Posted in Culture, Foreign Elections, Language, Levity, Media, Politics, USA | Tagged american election 2008, comic verse, haiku, Joe Biden, light verse, palindrome, poetry, poetry slam, political debates, political verse, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Veep debate, vice presidential debate, Writings |
By Kim on October 3, 2008
As everyone probably knows, the Veep debate will be televised live at 11am AEST on both ABC1 and SBS (which also has live streaming online if you’re not near a tv). Any links to liveblogging of the debate appreciated. Context [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Media, USA | Tagged american election 2008, debate liveblogging, Joe Biden, political debates, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Veep debate, vice presidential debate |
By Kim on October 1, 2008
[I'm borrowing the pun from Michael Bérubé] In the absence of any more “game changing” impulsive madness from Walnuts, all eyes will probably be on the Veeps debate on Friday – although our friends in the House Republicans or more [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged Culture Wars, debates, financial markets, GOP, John McCain, mainstream media, Michael Bérubé, Paulson bailout, political strategy, postmodern politics, Rebecca Traister, sarah palin, TARP, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, vice presidential debate, Wall Street |
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By Kim on November 4, 2008
Excitement, or maybe nerves, is building: I’ll admit it. I just can’t concentrate. How many times can I check 538, pollster, or real clear politics? Hundreds of times a day. I arrived at my office at 8AM with the best [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Polls, Religion, Sociology, USA | Tagged analysis, barack obama, blogosphere, Bradley effect, Christopher Shays, commentary, John McCain, links post, New England, sarah palin, South, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 25 Responses