by Charli Carpenter | 10 Nov 2008 |
by Dan Nexon | 8 Nov 2008 |
As of this morning, Norm Coleman is beating Al Franken by a scant 221 votes. If the trend continues, he may come to rue his strange his claim that "too much is at stake" for a (legally mandated) recount.
by Charli Carpenter | 7 Nov 2008 |
Michelle Obama is doing something very interesting. She is taking back family values from the right.According to Reuters: Michelle Obama brings the skills of a corporate lawyer to the White House as first lady to President-elect Barack Obama, but she says her priority will be her role as 'mom-in-chief' to the couple's two daughters. Michelle Obama, 44, was a passionate advocate for her husband's candidacy, but she says she would not want a...
by Charli Carpenter | 6 Nov 2008 |
I have no idea what this tells us about anything important. But I do like it. McCain's concession speech Wordle is below the fold.Of course, what I'd really like to compare to Obama's victory speech is McCain's victory speech, the one we'll never hear. And I'd be interested to see how Obama's concession speech would have looked compared to the image you see above.
by Randy Waterhouse | 6 Nov 2008 |
Last time I checked, 7M is twice as large as 3.5M. Therefore, if a 3.5M margin of victory is somehow a 'mandate', wouldn't it stand to reason that 7M is twice as emphatic a mandate? Or if nothing else, falls into the category of 'mandate'? I'm not saying that every conceivable progressive policy should now be rammed through, but let's be realistic here about what we saw Tuesday night.
by Dan Nexon | 6 Nov 2008 |
If current leads hold, I will have correctly predicted a 364-179 electoral college outcome, with Obama winning either IN or MO, but not both.
by Dan Nexon | 5 Nov 2008 |
I would be doing our readers a great disservice if I failed to point them to James' fascinating discussion of the future of the conservative movements after 4 November 2008. A taste: Politically, on the right, nobody is dead now. Nobody is discredited. Everyone will decide for themselves. The wagons could be circled even tighter. But the herd is being thinned, and it is hard, for instance, to think of exactly why, say, Elizabeth Dole should...
by Peter | 5 Nov 2008 |
(or why Patrick shouldn’t worry just yet)This is morning, one thing is clear: Barack Obama has won a clear majority of both electoral and popular votes. The polls were not all that far off on the final total, ending up with a respectable record of what states went for which candidate.But to read nearly every major news outlet, publication, and blog this morning, you’d never know it—in an instant, everyone has moved on to the more important...
by Dan Nexon | 5 Nov 2008 |
Exhibit A: Donald's post-election screed, in which he interprets the price mechanism effects of a cap-and-trade system (also advocated by Donald's hero, John McCain) as a threat to tear down ideologically nonconformist energy companies, continues to believe that think tanks such as the Center for American Progress are radical leftist organizations, and may or may not threaten violence against our own government in the context of accusing Obama...
by Rodger Payne | 5 Nov 2008 |
I don't ordinarily do this, but I thought Duck readers might be interested in seeing my post on "President-Elect Obama" over at my personal blog. It is impossible to be happy on the day of my father's funeral, but the American electorate is doing its best to win me over for the rest of the decade.
by Peter | 5 Nov 2008 |
It looks like the D's are going to fall just short of that mythical 60 votes in the Senate. At this point, 58 seems likely, 59 a possibility given how close MN is. Subtract one for Lieberman. However, the Senate is a coalition-building body, and Reid and the Obama Administration will probably want to / need to bring a few Republicans along on major Legislation.Likely targets? Senators up for reelection in 2010 in states that Obama won:Mel...
by Dan Nexon | 5 Nov 2008 |
I agree with Charli that McCain gave an amazing speech, but I fear that it is only a small step towards reversing the embers of hate that he, and his campaign, helped stir. A shield of bulletproof glass, easily visible during Obama's acceptance speech, provided a stark reminder of the dangers fear and anger yet pose to hope and reconciliation.