Category: politics
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The Truth About Pandering
One of the great things about Michael Steele is that he often accidentally speaks the truth, like in his mention of the GOP’s infamous Southern Strategy. In return, a conservative blogger complained, “Steele’s job is to make TODAY’S GOP attractive to voters, not to declare that we haven’t pandered enough to any group.” Let me…
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The Shining Rays
I don’t want to jinx anything (too late!) but the Rays prevailing over the Red Sox has given me hope about Obama’s prospects… Let me explain. For tracking the polls, the best place by far is fivethirtyeight.com, which uses some hardcore statistics to combine polling and demographic data to forecast the election results. The guy…
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Evan Bayh?
So apparently there are Obama-Bayh bumper stickers being printed up in Kansas (h/t Mark Ambinder). And then I checked and www.obamabayh.com redirects to http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_evan.php. There’s no obababiden.com, or obamasibelius.com, or even obamaclinton.com. You heard it here first.