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Future - Present - Past:: Obama - Edwards - Clinton

A fascinating analysis of speaking styles.

An excerpt:

"But while the President will perform many managerial functions and acts, the President is not a manager. The President's core function is to declare. To bring forth. To say who we are, ( Read more... )

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Iowa caucus results in - Huckabee won the Republican vote. Certainly won't get my support, but he's better than Romney or Paul or McCain.

And Obama won the Democratic caucus!!!! WOOHOOO!!!!! PARTAAAY!!

The final count:
Senator Barak Obama: 37.58%
Senator John Edwards: 29.75%
Senator Hillary Clinton: 29.47%
Governor Bill Richardson: 2.11%
Senator Joe Biden ( Read more... )

Blast Off! recently posted an article using The Political Compass, showing just where the current US presidential candidates really fall on the graph. The results were surprising and chilling, especially considering my own position on the compass.

Here's the article: Progressivism is not dead! (But it's on life support...)

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