Douglas Mackinnon wrote a very good, reasoned op-ed for today’s New York Times online blog, Campaign Stops. It is worth the few minutes it takes to read the entire piece.
By way of a teaser, here are two highlights — some incisive quotes from Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post:
“If, as a former McCain strategist [...]
November 3, 2008
Are You Ready to Rumble?
Legitimate or not? You decide.
Florida Democrats file lawsuit against GOP
This time, it’s not about ballot recounts, as in Bush v. Gore in 2000. It’s a Democratic legal salvo accusing the Republicans of plotting a last-minute challenge of registered voters with potentially bad addresses, which may prevent them from casting a regular ballot at the polls [...]
November 3, 2008
Two Weeks Notice
Today at an Obama-Biden rally at the University of Florida, the Independent Florida Alligator interviewed Josh Simmons, erstwhile chairman of Gators for McCain group on campus.
“I wanted to see the next vice president of the United States,” said Josh Simmons, Gators for McCain chairman.
Simmons said he voted for Obama about two weeks ago.
“I’ve seen a [...]
November 3, 2008
A Third Party?
Sarah Palin, to a crowd in Lakewood, Ohio:
“And there must be something about San Francisco and [Obama],” she continued, drawing laughter and cheers from the crowd. “Because it’s like I heard on Fox News today, it’s like a truth serum, where when he’s there he seems to be more candid. Remember it was there that [...]
November 3, 2008
GOP, RIP?
Paul Krugman has a dire prediction for the Republican party, in the event Barack Obama wins the general election tomorrow.
“You might think, perhaps hope, that Republicans will engage in some soul-searching, that they’ll ask themselves whether and how they lost touch with the national mainstream. But my prediction is that this won’t happen any [...]
November 3, 2008
Federal Election Follies
Our current voting system, in all its high-tech glory:
“Millions of voters will encounter an unfamiliar low-tech landscape at the polls on Tuesday. About half of all voters will vote in a way that is different from what they did in the last presidential election, and most will use paper ballots rather than the touch-screen machines [...]
