Meet The Team
The high point of my professional day (today) was when I went to my first session coaching my student mock trial team. There were nine kids, some came late and some left early, but five of them stuck it out… Continue Reading
Month: January 2008
Another One Bites The Dust
Bill Richardson dropped out today. That was no big surprise. He endorsed no one, so his 19 delegates are now released and free to vote for whichever Democrat they prefer. My question (and I feel a little bit bad for… Continue Reading
Clinton’s Comeback Redux
Outside the Beltway has a detailed post-mortem of why Clinton did as well as she did in New Hampshire, despite predictions that Obama would win there. Of particular note is that polling numbers shortly before the election were accurate for… Continue Reading
The Double Veto Crisis
A Constitutional crisis is brewing. A real one, this time. Nearly lost in the news of all the recent elections was a veto by President Bush on December 28. Bush wanted more money to go to the military, and didn’t… Continue Reading
I Don’t Know What They’re Talking About, Or, This Sort Of Thing Didn’t Win The Fights In The Matrix Either
Hillary Clinton “won” in New Hampshire. By what looks like about 7,700 votes, or 2% of the Democrats and independents voting in the Democratic primary. Beginning almost immediately thereafter, the media began spinning the results like it was some kind… Continue Reading
God, Gold, and Gringos
Disturbing revelations presents from both the left and the right about the so-called libertarian running for President. Granted, TNR‘s credibility is kind of shot, and I wasn’t going to vote for Ron Paul anyway. But this is some seriously nasty,… Continue Reading
Tears of a Politician
This video goes along with the extremely interesting phenomenon of Barack Obama’s insurgent campaign displacing Hillary Clinton as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for President. The context — at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, a young woman in… Continue Reading
Dixville Notch
The first returns from New Hampshire are in, as the town of Dixville Notch voted and reported its returns just after the stroke of midnight. The results: Democrats Republicans Obama 7 McCain 4 Edwards 2 Romney 2 Richardson 1 Giuliani… Continue Reading
Match-O-Matic
If you don’t have the time or desire to wade through my detailed analyses of the leading candidates, you may want to think about using ABC News’s “Match-O-Matic” online toy instead. It’s significantly more simplistic than my analysis, its questions… Continue Reading
Big News In 2007
I was a little surprised at the results of the reader poll about the biggest event in 2007. The vote split a lot of ways. Two votes for “Race for the White House.” Two votes for “Virginia Tech Massacre.” Two… Continue Reading