Bask in the Glory.
A stunning series of superb quality photographs from Election Day.Epic.Click here to see the pictures.Credit to Atlantic.com for photography.
View ArticleThe day after....it still feels good!
I wish it were always this good. I am feeling what I suspect many, if not most, of you are feeling. Relief, anticipation, fatigue, and so many more complex thoughts and emotions. The beast has...
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For You, Nate! With Love!
*In the ACTUAL map, Alaska had yet to b e called - but of course, we know how it went.51 for 51!!!Keep up the great 'skewing', my friend!
View ArticleA Great Day
Just want to share a few words of congratulations all around. Just spent the afternoon monitoring Mr. Rush, and then, topped it off with his 'mini me' on FM no less (they got kicked of the Big...
View ArticleParadigm shift
My 94 year old mother in law, a life long Republican, who stated emphatically in 2008, "That BLACK MAN is not MY President!", voted a straight Democratic ticket yesterday. Obama. Baldwin. Pocan.
View ArticleDropping a Fist into Conservative Politics
While every Democrat and progressive in the country has at least some reason to be happy today, it's important that we don't forget there's a lot of work to be done over the next four years. Dancing on...
View Article“Get with the times, pundits!”: How Nate Silver’s “Predictions Model” Works
Now that everyone here seems to have caught on to the idea that polling composites are just plan better than individual polls, I feel I have to write about how Nate Silver’s composite polling model...
View ArticleRomney's Internal Polls: Oops.
CNN got ahold of them. Someone's got pie on their face.Tuesday's outcome laid bare this truth: The two campaigns placed very different bets on the nature of the 2012 electorate, and the Obama campaign...
View ArticleThank You, Republicans
Thank you, Republicans.Thank you for marginalizing the moderates in your midst while embracing the extremists.Thank you for the longest-ever campaign season with its way-too-early primaries and endless...
View ArticleTalking points for the GOP
Once again I'm offering talking points our GOP friends will need in the wake of last night's election results.
View ArticleRomney Donors Complain They Were Ripped Off And Lied To
This Politico article is awesome. In it we got donors bitching they were lied to. Their money stolen. Essentially they're saying they were victims of consumer fraud. Their donations taken from them on...
View ArticleIs America Stupid?
No. And that is the answer in my book. So, to all the people who thought my answer was yes, and to those who didn't (or couldn't) see that it was a question and not a statement- and therefore would...
View ArticleAn idea for abolishing gerrymandering
Here's a very simple idea, and I'd love to hear reader feedback as to the pros and cons of why this would or would not work.With an election that was a rousing success for the progressive movement...
View ArticleWhy Did More People Vote?
This is a take-away from the Romney campaign: “We didn’t think they’d turn out more of their base vote than they did in 2008, but they smoked us,” said one Romney operative. “It’s unbelievable that...
View ArticleCongratulations unqualifying Obama supporters!
You won.If this election demonstrated anything, it's that a President no longer has to keep the employment-population ratio up in order to win an election, and that there really is nothing to the left...
View ArticleA Post Election Republican Survival Guide
The Obama inspired Caliphate notwithstanding, I’m here to urge you, in the spirit of “just say no,” to look at your political glass as fully half-full, your present as truly not lost, and your future...
View ArticleNo, you cannot have your country back. America is moving forward.
That is the first line of Picket Fence Apocalypse, today's New York Times column by Charles M. Blow, who in my humble opinion is overdue for his own Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Read that first line...
View ArticleNate Silver as a Result of Conservatives Working the Refs
In addition to checking KOS/538/Sam Wang, like most of you, I spent much of the last 10 days watching the back-and-forth on social media over Nate Silver (Jay Rosen has a nice compilation of the major...
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