Healthcare without a profit motive: Obama v. Clinton
Yesterday, there were this anti-Obama diary and this pro-Obama diary comparing the candidates' health care plans, with much wide-ranging discussion on both diaries. I would like to focus on one issue:...
View ArticleUPDATED (3x): WA 43rd goes HUGE for Obama!
oscarsmom and I just returned from helping run a site with 15 precincts in Jim McDermott's legislative district in Seattle.Quick results: 67 Obama delegates, 19 Clinton delegates, no Uncommitted....
View ArticlePerspective on race and the election (w/poll)
I got curious about who had won the "blackest" states and the "whitest" states this election season. So I found a list of the states, ranked by the most recent estimates of African Americans per 100...
View ArticleVoter suppression in Michigan and Florida
Suppose the GOP told Democratic voters in Michigan and Florida that their votes wouldn't count, and it reduced turnout by 10%. Would that be voter suppression?YES.How is that different from what...
View ArticleUPDATED: Electability in 9 states, according to Rasmussen and SurveyUSA
Head-to-head national polls don't mean much, because the electoral college is determined winner-take-all on a state-by-state basis.Rasmussen has a summary of head-to-head polls in six states. Let's...
View ArticleUPDATED: Hillary v. Code Pink and NOW on Iraq, w/poll
Yesterday, this diary by Sam Wise Gingy unearthed a video that sheds light on why Senator Clinton supported the invasion of Iraq. The video is 15 minutes long, but I was so struck by its contents that...
View ArticleUPDATED: Electoral Math: Obama Yes, Clinton Maybe (w/Poll)
Looking at the states within 5% in the 2004 general election plus a few interesting states outside that range, I find I come up with pretty much the same set of states Rasmussen has done head-to-head...
View ArticleEdwards: YOU can end this madness (w/poll)
Right now, the biggest threats to our success in November are of our own making: the mess in Florida and Senator Clinton’s recent tack of cozying up to John McCain. An endorsement from John Edwards...
View ArticleMy letter to Hillary's campaign
As I write this, Chris Matthews is talking about the Clinton scorched earth campaign, and whether Democrats will be able to win this November if Clinton's campaign continues to poison voters against...
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It's not you, it's me (GBAB)
It is with great reluctance that I once again bid you GBAB--goodbye, addictive blog.I thought I could handle just a little blogging every day, but I have to admit (again) that I can't. It takes over...
View ArticleIn Louisiana, "critical thinking" = Creationism
Every time someone lops off Creationism's head, it sprouts two more. This time it's couched in terms of "critical thinking" and supported by that dark horse in the Republican VEEPstakes, Louisiana...
View ArticleA vision of hope for the world
I get a lot of one-sentence emails from friends; they get a lot of three-paragraph responses.Kavita Garg is a friend of mine from Delhi, India, who sent me a simple congratulations; I hope you will...
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