This is something I've been thinking about for months now, since before Obama clinched the nomination ( Read more... )

Bicycled to the gym. Half an hour and about two miles on the treadmill, listening to DJ Z-Trip's Obama Mix. Some leg curls and lifts on the machines, a little dumbbell-fu, stretching, sit-ups, etc. Then about 5 minutes each in the sauna and the steam room.Woke up at 4:30 a.m. to use the bathroom and couldn't get back to sleep. So I got up and ( Read more... )

A flyer from the Obama campaign that hit mailboxes in Missouri (& presumably other states) the same day the NRA endorsed Grandpa McCain.


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Who is the man that would risk his neck ( Read more... )

Y'all are registered to vote, yes?

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James Fallow: Last night, the Democratic candidate showed a far keener grasp of [the] distinction [between strategy and tactics] than did the Republican who accused him of not understanding it.


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LATE UPDATE: McCain's post-debate pointless non-sequitur ad:

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The hell does that even mean? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, my friends. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

"The hottest temperature ever recorded in Honolulu was 95 °F (35 °C) and the coldest temperature ever recorded was 53 °F (11.6 °C)." - Some guidebook.

I assume this is true, and it makes my jaw drop a little bit.

Next up, Barack Obama gets some advice from a (fictional) former Democratic President (written by Aaron Sorkin (there's lots more ( Read more... )

For elections and sporting events where you care about the outcome, there's a tactic that's supposed to help lessen the blow should things not turn out the way you'd prefer. I forget where I first heard about it, but the nut of it is that you bet against your guy (yeah or gal, or team, or whatever - yeesh, will you let me finish?) so that if they ( Read more... )

Yesterday Obama gave a speech where he responded almost perfectly to ( Read more... )