The international word

With a sample size of one, the following is by no means an accurate poll.  In fact, when one has a sample size of one, doesn’t that mean that the margin of error is 100%?
But regardless, an Indian friend in New Delhi’s high-tech sector emailed me the following:
… thank the-powers-that-be Obama won. Congratulations, staunch supporter.

How McCain could still win (and the math to back it up)

Before anyone pops the champagne, it’s worth taking a close look at this article on Salon.com.
Using recent election results, Republican operative Bill Greener shows how in races between a black and white candidate, almost all the “undecideds” end up voting for the white candidate.
No matter what the party affiliation.
Forget the Bradley Effect.  Call it the [...]

An Al Qaeda Endorsement?

There are reports that an Al Qaeda – affiliated website is endorsing John McCain.  Articles ran in the Associated Press, Washington Post, and in a New York Times column.
Nicholas Kristoff’s entire column in The New York Times is worth reading, but here’s a quick excerpt:
Yet the endorsement of Mr. McCain by a Qaeda-affiliated Web site [...]

My reputation

The my.barackobama.com site was goading me on.   The website had given me a list of 20 voters to call in a key swing state.  And no one was home.
It was to be expected on a Saturday afternoon.  But what I didn’t expect was what the webpage said next.  As I moved on to a second [...]

Political video antics

This partisan stuff is fun to watch, but you shouldn’t take it too seriously:

McCain wanted to be president.  He opposed Bush … because he wanted to be president.  After he lost to Bush, he supported Bush … because he wanted to be president.

The Palin weave…

So now Governor Sarah Palin is talking about abortion.  At a time when the economy is front and center, why is Sarah Palin veering from the “Obama hangs out with terrorists” line to the “Obama is an abortion radical” line of attack?
Simple — it’s a headline.  And when two headlines compete for an editor’s biggest [...]

Palin: The attack behind the attack

The McCain campaign has been quite clear:  the gloves are coming off.  Governor Sarah Palin has already started leveling tired accusations of Obama hosting fondue parties with former 60s terrorists.
But why?  And why now?  Why right now?  Yes, McCain’s behind in the polls.  Yes, the economy is bad.  But there’s even more at stake:

Stop that simile!

“The campaign season is like the hurricane season,” said Bill Schneider, CNN’s senior political analyst. “Florida lies directly in its path. Hurricane Obama hit Florida, and Hurricane McCain. Tropical Storms Biden and Palin made landfall in the Sunshine State. The impact? Over the last two weeks, Barack Obama has been gaining support in Florida.”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/01/battleground.polls/index.html

Palin’s own words

Katie Couric: Why isn’t it better, Gov. Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?
Gov. Sarah Palin: That’s [...]

The downside of “experience”

As we sat in the urban-chic diner, Michael ticked off the reasons why he thought the election was Obama’s to lose.   Among them?  Support for the Democrat in the media.
It was a funny moment — a liberal friend siding with the conservative accusation.
Later, as I did my nightly newsjunkie dance across the web, I once [...]