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Archive for September 26th, 2008
What Debate?
Posted in MLB/MiLB, Sports on September 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
A Little Worried, and Open Debate Thread
Posted in Politics on September 26, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I must confess to being a little bit worried about the debate tonight. It’s not that I expect McCain to win, or even to do particularly well (I don’t). It’s just that with the way he’s run his campaign over the last couple of weeks, anything short of a complete disaster in tonight’s debate is [...]
Losing the Base
Posted in Flame Bait, Politics on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The National Review’s Kathleen Parker on The Palin Problem: Palin’s narrative is fun, inspiring and all-American in that frontier way we seem to admire. When Palin first emerged as John McCain’s running mate, I confess I was delighted. She was the antithesis and nemesis of the hirsute, Birkenstock-wearing sisterhood — a refreshing feminist of a [...]
Pollsters and Weighting
Posted in General on September 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Nate Silver of 538 has a very interesting interview with a highly regarded pollster about what goes into poll weighting. Definitely worth the read if you are interested in the polling process.
McCain and House GOP: Rewarding the People Who Brought Us This Mess
Posted in General on September 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So the McCain, in all of his Mighty Maverickness, appears to have thrown his lot in with the House GOP on the economic bailout plan. And what, pray tell, is the House GOP plan? It appears ot be nothing more than a gigantic giveaway to the very people who got us into this mess: Instead [...]