An obviously frustrated and probably angry Republican named John Ziegler has produced a nearly ten minute minute video in which he uncovers a shocking fact about this year’s presidential election: Many Obama voters were ill-informed about the issues. [youtube mm1KOBMg1Y8] To back up his claim, Ziegler cites a Zogby poll which shows that almost 60% of...
Election Night in Ten Minutes
Jed Lewison put together this extraordinary video of election night, from state-by-state projections to parts of Obama’s victory speech. I didn’t watch any of Fox News’ coverage, so it’s remarkable to see just how depressed their reporters and anchors were as the evening wore on. Does anyone actually believe that Fox is a straight news...
New York Election Day Goodness
From my brother in Brooklyn:
McCain, Other Candidates on Verge of Victory, Have Last Minute Internal Polls Showing Race Tightening
The final national polls are in. Obama is winning every single one of them by margins of between five and 13 points. McCain trails Obama in every recent poll in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Virginia, Colorado, Ohio, and Florida. To win, he likely needs to win not one but all of those states. While Nate Silver sees “a hair’s worth of tightening”...
Pawlenty Doesn’t Deny Selection of Palin Was a Mistake
Minnesota’s Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty, was runner-up (or close to it) in McCain’s VP search. I was certain that McCain would select him as his running mate (shows what I know — McCain really outsmarted all of us on that one). Pawlenty is young, well spoken, and popular in a Democratic state. Had he been picked, McCain today...
