A Historic Election For Women
This week was a historic election for women, both on the ballot and at the ballot box. Women knew what was at stake and showed up at the polls in 2008-level numbers, making up 53% of the electorate....
View ArticleVictimology Follies: Mitt Romney's Loss and the "Demographic Winter" of...
Maybe white conservative voters should have mass orgies where no one wears a condom? Would this guarantee victory in the future?There are many theories about why Mitt Romney lost on Tuesday.Some smart...
View ArticleObama uniquely positioned to defeat Super PACs
from HuffPoThere are several reasons why Obama was uniquely qualified to run in the post-Citizens United era. His ability to draw historic levels of youth and minority support provided one element of...
View ArticleRaw vote totals say NO FRAUD would change the result
I saw a diary by Dr. Squid and I decided to add my own bit on raw vote numbers. In my case it was to analyze and put the lie to any accusation of fraud in the result of the election. I know there's...
View ArticleKing County, WA (Seattle area) prosecutor dismissing all misdemeanor pot cases
The first effects of the new legal marijuana law are already taking affect in Washington State. Finally we're able to dump the tax-payer-wasting cases so our law enforcement can focus on larger issues....
View ArticleThe 'Reagan Revolution" - A Legacy We Can ALL Relish.....
Want to see the aftermath of the 'Reagan Revolution" of 1980-1988?Well savor it below - a summary of four major national election metrics and measures, starting with the Election on 1988:
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HAHAHAHA: Romney hits 47.9% in the popular vote.
As the remaining votes trickle in from around the country, President Obama's lead has grown to 2.7% in the popular vote tally, sticking Mitt Romney with an ultimate karmic backhand: 47%.Google...
View ArticleThe Jig is Up: Red State White Voters Are Waiting for Us in 2014
In the wake of this year's election results we're seeing all too familiar phenomena: Republican surprise that rigged voting didn't carry key states, lagging provisional and absentee ballot counting...
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What's Happenin'? Election Week 11.10.12
Welcome! "What's Happenin'?" is a casual community diary (a daily series, 8:30 AM Eastern on weekdays, 10 AM on weekends and holidays) where we hang out and talk about the goings on here and...
View ArticleMandate Overboard! Baggers Toss Reality Into the Sea
Mandate:an authorization to act given to a representativeThree hundred and thirty two electoral votes, 61 million popular votes, 50.5% of the electorate. What in the name of all that is good and holy...
View ArticleDear pollsters: you're either very lucky or full of malarky!
Like many of the rest of you, I really enjoyed watching the right's meltdown this week. While they were busy unskewing polls to avoid confronting reality, our side was busy winning the election. But...
View ArticleA rebuke of the Christian Right's god of hate
Let me just get right to it. The Tea Party movement is dead because the people in it are spiritually dead. The blind opposition to the very Scriptures you claim to carry into battle, is stunning. I...
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Not Post Racial, Most Racial
We have to all be activists. We're all Malcolm X now. Let me backtrack a bit. I was born in 1963, Dallas Texas. I was literally there when JFK was assassinated. My mother took infant me to the parade...
View ArticleDemocrats Need to Do Some Soul Searching Too
In the past few days it has become clear that Republicans are delusional, petty, mean spirited whiny butts. They are also poor losers. All over the place you see analysis of their heart wrenching loss....
View ArticleCNN Projects Obama Wins Florida (Finally!)
After Florida's noon deadline to finish counting votes, Obama finished with 50.01% of the vote, compared to 49.13% for Romney. His margin is about 74,000 votes. Narrow, but a lot larger than...
View ArticleA reply to Krautty. . .
Comments on Charles Krauthammer "The way forward" Boldface = my commentsThey lose and immediately the chorus begins. Republicans must change or die. A rump party of white America, it must adapt to...
View ArticleSaturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. CCCXXXVIII: Loser of the Week Election '12...
Self must admit that 4 years ago, I thought that whoever won the election would be a 1-term POTUS, because the appalling mess that Dumbya left would have been too much to clean up in just 4 years....
View ArticleCheck out this RedState Piece
The top story on the front page of RedState is a piece entitled "The Romney Campaign was a Consultant Con Job." It goes on to describe an organization that was one part Bain Capital and on part Lehman...
View ArticleBlack Athletes Are Having Second Thoughts On Attending Ole Miss
I saw this coming. There been talk around my town of the 'riot' on Ole Miss campus after President Barack Obama's re-election. I personally don't think it was a riot, however it still makes the...
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