From The Right

The latest sucker-punch.  Honestly, I'm tired of this old religion/church argument.

Obama Attended Jeremiah Wright’s Services “Every Week”

Though he claimed otherwise on the campaign trail, in a 2004 interview, Obama boasted of regular attendance at Trinity Church with Jeremiah Wright’s anti-white, anti-American sermons. President-elect Barack Obama said in 2004 – while he was a state legislator running for a U.S. Senate seat – that he attended services at Trinity United Church of Christ [...]

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Conspiracy Theories

Oh, those funny GOP folks in Minnesota.  They're having a heyday with some outlandish conspiracy theories in the Franken/Coleman shootout.

Debunked: '32 Franken Ballots in a Car' Story is Complete Nonsense, Never Happened

For those following the nonsense being put forward by the GOP conspiracy theorists (such as Sean Hannity, Norm Coleman, RedState blog, PowerLine blog and all their fact-free friends), David Brauer at the Minneapolis Post does a terrific job of debunking the whole "32 ballots driven around in an election director's [...]

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Aw, Come On, Norm!

Why not let the truth come out?  Why fight it?  All it does it make you look bad. Oh, that's right. In the eyes of many, you didn't look too good already...

Coleman Files to Stop Statewide Canvass in Minnesota Senate Race

Senator Norm Coleman isn't waiting for the recount. He's filing to stop the canvass of votes that will certify the unofficial totals reported. That's right, Coleman wants to win the election based on the unofficial totals. After pressuring Franken to concede and claiming a win, Coleman [...]

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Good Golly

They're at it, hot and heavy.

Morris, Hannity, Limbaugh implicate Obama in stock-market decline -- analysts disagree

On November 6, Fox News contributor and syndicated columnist Dick Morris, Fox News host Sean Hannity, and nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh asserted that President-elect Barack Obama is to blame for the decline of the stock market following the November 4 presidential election. Several analysts, however, disagree -- including some [...]

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Weekend Reading

If you haven't found the time to read through the seven-part Newsweek series on the 2008 Campaigns, this weekend would be a great time to do it. It's spectacular work by a sizable team of writers.
Click Here and start reading. Note that there are links to all seven parts near the top of the page. Yes, it really is THAT good.

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It's Still Not Over

The vote counting continues...

Al Franken's Razor-Thin MN Senate Race Counted on Flawed Optical-Scan Systems

I'm
exhausted, so forgive me if I make this quicker than it deserves. And
if I haven't yet been able to jump into a myriad of other elections of
serious concern around the country still today.
But just a few quick facts on the Al Franken (D) / Norm Coleman (R) [...]

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The Palin Saga Continues

You're not gonna believe this, but I'm posting a SECOND Fox News video in one day - another one that actually makes sense. I checked - my temperature is normal.

Palin Didn't Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News Reporter (VIDEO)

Now that the 2008 election is over, reporters are spilling all the juciest, and previously off the record, gossip from the campaign trail. Much of it is about the infighting between Palin and McCain's staff, as Newsweek's treasure trove of post-election gossip reveals. However, perhaps one of the most astounding and previously unknown tidbits about Sarah Palin has to do with her already dubious grasp of geography. According to Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern [...]

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Nader is History

Quite the spectacular clip from Fox News overnight. I've always thought that Shep Smith probably had less of an "agenda" than anybody else on that channel.  Pretty much proved it last night.

Ralph Nader Ends Campaign in Disgrace, Calling Obama an Uncle Tom

Ralph Nader, who helped give us George Bush in 2000, has ended his latest unsuccessful campaign in disgrace, referring to Barack Obama as an Uncle Tom. Even Fox News is outraged by his attack on Obama as seen in the video above. Hopefully this is the last we [...]

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Behind The Scenes

This is some fascinating reporting by Newsweek.  They got behind the scenes access to the campaigns, with the promise that they'd not report on what went on until after the election. They waiting and hit the ground running as soon as the results were final.  Here's the outline, as provided by the magazine.  The full reports should start hitting online and at newsstands shortly.

Highlights: Newsweek's Special Election Project

The computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack by an unknown "foreign entity," prompting a federal investigation, NEWSWEEK reports today. At the Obama headquarters in midsummer, technology experts detected what they initially thought was a [...]

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Statistics

Stumbled across an interesting statistic this morning.  Might be something to toss into the mix when you start discussing the election with friends and relatives.

Obama’s win: The biggest electoral landslide in 20 years

*** Obama’s rough margin of victory in the popular vote is 52% to 46% (94% of all national precincts reporting). You have to go back 20 years to find a president who has won more than 51% of the vote, and back all the way to 1964 to find a Democratic president who has. *** Dems [...]

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Making Your Life Easier

Stuck away from a TV set for election night? Here's MSNBC's live stream.

She Did Okay

Sure, she did. Look beyond the headlines.

Palin Continues Cover Up of Her Abuse of Powers

Sarah Palin, who was earlier found to have abused power by a nonpartisan investigation requested by the Republican-controlled state legislature, has been found innocent of abuse of powers in a separate sham investigation by the Alaska State Personnel Board. This investigation was conducted by a group hand picked by Palin in order to circumvent the [...]

Death and Crassness

Obama's grandmother passes away on the eve of the election, and the far right - are you ready - questions the TIMING???  
Just follow the link. It's truly unbelievable.  Then, there's this:

Disturbed, Desperate Republicans filed FEC complaint against Obama today for visiting his dying grandmother

...The California Republican Party filed an FEC complaint against Barack Obama today for visiting his dying grandmother -- just hours before his grandmother died [...]

Simply Bad Journalism

This is one reason why journalism gets a black eye.  I know this kind of slanted writing comes from both sides, but this example is quite spectacular...

AP's Liz "Spinkles" Sidoti really delivers one last time for John McCain -- paints "nightmare scenario for Democrats"

...Exhibiting one more time why Liz Sidoti, one of the top political reporters at the Associated Press, has lost her credibility, she wrote yet another article showing how far she's in the tank for McCain. In this one, she explains how John McCain can pull out this election. Sidoti literally said tomorrow could be a [...]

Those Long Lines

They are indicative of heavy voter interest, but they also indicate a deeper, more serious, problem.

Rachel Maddow Slams the New 'Poll Tax'

Voting problems in this country have reached the point at which they cannot be ignored [...]

The Campaign in 90 Seconds

The folks over at 23/6 (Huffington Post) compressed the entire campaign into 90 seconds.

Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.

From Next Door in Missouri

Interesting note from the watchful eyes of a blogger right next door in Missouri.  Just click for a couple of pictures that truly tell an important story.

Vast Difference in Partisan Excitement in a Critical Battleground County

Sunday Predictions

Even with many of the polls showing McCain is closing the gap with Obama, the pundits see it as "too little, too late".  Because, you see, it's not just about the raw vote totals...

Pundits Make Electoral College Vote Predictions

As the 2008 campaign winds to close, the pundit class is weighing with their electoral vote calls. It’s bad news for John McCain when everyone is predicting a Barack Obama win and the Republicans give Obama bigger victory margins than the Democrats. Below are the predicted Electoral College votes for Obama (270 needed to win). Democrats: Arianna [...]

Going Obama's Way

It's tough to find anyone, outside of the McCain camp, who thinks he has a realistic chance of winning Tuesday. Unless, of course, he gets darn near EVERY voter currently undecided. In the back of my mind, I still fear some underhanded action that flips enough votes...but, that's just my tinfoil hat controlling my thoughts.
Let's check out what the gang over at fivethirtyeight dot com has to say:

McCain's Mountain of a Problem

Our model does not make any specific adjustments for early voting, but it is presenting a major problem for John McCain in three states in the Mountain West region, where Barack Obama has a huge fraction of his vote locked in. In the wee hours of this morning, Public Policy Polling released data from Colorado New Mexico. The toplines are [...]

Techie Election Night

Election night should be entertaining, considering CNN is going use holographic technology to "beam" reporters from remote locations into the CNN Newsroom, where it will appear they're standing right there, along with the "Best Political Team on Television". And the other nets have things up their high tech sleeves, too!

Networks Prep New Technology For Election Night

Broacasting & Cable's Glen Dickson previews the new technology being used by CNN for Election Night, including a system to "teleport" correspondents from around the country into the CNN newsroom. Another change will be with exit polling. "The states are [...]