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The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. (McCain Concession Speech)
In the final analysis, Obama will win the Electoral College 364 (with NC) to 174 (with MO) and a 52-46% margin in the popular vote. Since 1928 (Hoover’s election), Obama’s 6% popular vote margin is 8th lowest of the 20 elections (less than in the middle) and electoral college margin is 7th lowest (lower third). [...]
Is the Tide Changing? Or is it just a slight tick?
How will American’s react to al Qaeda wanting the GOP to go down in flames? http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49T76620081030?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
How will Ohio voters react that state government used its data base to dig up dirt on “Joe the Plumber?” http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/29/joe30.html?sid=101
McCain’s polling numbers the last six weeks dropped along with the Dow. If the Dow continues to pick up tomorrow, [...]
Not seen as a Financial Rescue Package, Bailout Fails
When the S&L crisis of a quarter century ago became evident, the Congressional leader of the S&L changes (U.S. Rep. St. Germain) was run out of Congress by his own party. Today, the primary advocates of lightening of credit standards and acceptable risk parameters of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the leaders in designing [...]
Just Say No
I have been thinking about this financial crisis a great deal since Bear Stearns was bailed out (Bear was pushed to sell to JP Morgan with government prodding and assistance in March of this year). At the time, I was appalled that we would provide a $30B loan against Bear collateral to stimulate the JP [...]
Post-Democratic Convention Bounce
Two post-Democratic Convention Polls are in:
Rasmussen Tracking: Before convention, McCain up by 1%. After convention, Obama up by 5%.
Gallup Tracking: Before Convention, Obama up by 1%. After the convention, Obama up by 6%.
Obama’s national bounce appears to be between 5% and 6%. Recent historical Democrat average bounce is 12% vs. just under 11% for Republicans. The [...]
Summary of the Arguments by Dem’s against Palin and ultimately McCain
Do these stick? Are they relevant? Are there more?
She has only been a mayor of a small town and 20 month governor of a small state. Before that she was a “Hockey Mom.”
Any quantifiable accomplishment is diminished because she is from a small town/state.
She should be home with her children (one of which has Down’s [...]
The GOP Convention thus far from my eyes
Even being shortened by a day, the GOP convention was more conventional than the Dem Convention. I think my Dem friend who said the Dem’s were all about unity probably explains the difference.
Did anyone notice that the most common cheer at the GOP convention was “U-S-A, U-S-A” while the Dem’s was “OBAMA, OBAMA”?
Harry Reid is [...]
McCain laid a trap, Obama has taken the bait, and it has implications in South Dakota.
In a couple of other posts, I said that Obama is making a mistake to criticize Palin on experience (brings into the light Obama’s lack of experience) and they have to be careful not to reopen the wounds with Clinton supporters they just spent their more important consecutive days healing.
This article from Kirsten Powers (Democrat [...]
Is not the Democratic Convention bizarre? Or am I missing something?
On Monday night, Michelle Obama made a great speech intended to convince voters that the Obama’s are just regular folks who loves America. Please! The last time America elected someone even close to a “regular folk” it was the grossly inept Jimmy Carter. American’s expect their President to be exceptional, not average and to love [...]
Gross! (in the words of my teen daughter):)
If I get a kiss on the lips and a tender hug when I come home at night, my daughter’s say “Get a room.” I wonder what they’d say if we showed this level of affection WITH our neighbors in the front yard! :) Kinda reminds me the night (famous for the fist pump) when Barack [...]
He should be called Ophony
“When people talk about experience, what they really want to know is, ‘Does he have good judgment?’” Obama said.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/06/vetting-the-vet.html
Obama: “I am not vetting my VP search committee for their mortgages. These aren’t folks who are working for me. They’re not people who I have assigned to a particular job in a future administration.”
They aren’t working [...]
Undeclared Democrat Super Delegates: You now get to make the decision.
Senator Barack Obama: “There are a lot of superdelegates who are waiting for the last couple of contests, but I think that they are going to be making decisions fairly quickly after that. My sense is that between Tuesday and Wednesday, that we’ve got a good chance of getting the number that we need to [...]
What is it about John McCain?
Considering the “brand” problems of the GOP, McCain should be a reincarnation of Goldwater/Mondale/Dukakis/Dole: Dead upon arrival. Normally, an opposition party would have ended the primary months ago when Obama built his huge lead to focus on the general election.
What do as much as half of Democrats see in Obama that made them continue to [...]
Making a Difference One Person at a Time
Today was the annual “Good Shepherd Luncheon” which is the largest fundraiser for this ecumenical ministry serving the needs of the homeless, poor and needy in the Sioux Falls community and “created to encourage and empower people to live with dignity and achieve self-sufficiency.”
Attendees included Bishop Paul Swain, Governor Rounds, and Mayor Munson. Paster Heidi Binstock of [...]
Jimmy Carter
I see Jimmy Carter is getting some attention in another thread. I think that April 25th is the best and worst of days for Jimmy Carter but he seems to be intent on destroying the legacy of his best so he can be more competitive with Richard Nixon.
In 1979, his Camp David Accord between Israel [...]
A great day for the Faith!
Pope Benedict XVI: “From the dawn of the Republic, America’s quest for freedom has been guided by the conviction that the principles governing political and social life are intimately linked to a moral order based on the dominion of God the Creator. The framers of this nation’s founding documents drew upon this conviction when they [...]
April 19, 1993: Eight die in plane crash in Iowa
As a nation, we just finished reflecting on and mourning the 40th anniversary of the untimely death of Martin Luther King, Jr. What impressed me about so many of the various discussions was how as a nation we seem to have moved from mourning the loss to examining the impact of his life and what might have [...]
