In Defense of Gates in Defense

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Wednesday November 26, 2008 · 6:39 AM PST

2008/11/26 · 06:39

In convenient list form! Featuring more "on the other hand"s than Tevye!

Seems to be a pretty good administrator. On the other hand, he didn't exactly have a tough act to follow. Bozo the Clown would probably be hailed as a skilled manager following on Rumsfeld's tenure.

Appears not to be a partisan or an ideologue. Everyone seems to say he's not, Harry Reid even said he's not a Republican! On the other hand, Harry Reid seems to think Joe Lieberman is a Democrat.

Relatively easy vetting as he is already Secretary of Defense. On the other hand, I wouldn't exactly credit the Republicans with very good vetting over the past few years. When dealing with Republicans, it's best to heed the words of their Lord and Savior. "Trust, but verify." Which is fancy talk for "Republicans don't trust people and shouldn't be trusted."

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Is Robert Gates a good pick for SecDef?

Definitely

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Probably

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Maybe

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Probably not

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Absolutely not

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Hey, why aren't we still arguing about Hillary Clinton?

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Key Lime Pie, the Finest of the Pies

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Did Anarchofascist just reference musical theater?

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My final prediction: Feel free to post yours.

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 6:25 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 18:25

Which is 382-156.

I expect the popular vote to be around 54-44.

This is not my best case or my worst case.

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269, likely win in the House

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270-290

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290-310

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310-350

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350-400

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Governor Palin gets testy with her seven year old daughter

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 1:28 AM PDT

2008/11/01 · 01:28

Perhaps Obama gets a bit testy with paparazzi when he's trying to protect his daughter.

Meanwhile, Palin is just a lovely sweetheart TOWARDS her daughter.

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 11:24 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 23:24

Well, his analysis is largely BS. But I don't think his polls are dishonest. He had one outlier day on Sunday, and it just dropped off the rolling average while Obama had a decent day.

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 50.2%, McCain 43.3%

Obama gains, McCain slips

UTICA, New York – Democrat Barack Obama has inched forward again, once again expanding his lead above 50% and moving outside the margin of error as rival John McCain slipped more than a full point, the latest Reuters/C–SPAN/Zogby daily tracking telephone poll shows.

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 9:11 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 09:11

Well, Rich Lowry managed to get both hands on his keyboard long enough to type up a new column. I guess he ran out of pictures of Sarah Palin hovering over sexy, sexy dead animals. And J-Mart, one of Politico's finest minds, finds Lowry's case "compelling."

Charles Krauthammermakes the point rather more eloquently (of course), though he manages to undermine most previous conservative criticisms of Obama in the process.

The new conservative word of the day? Considered by some a more polite than uppity, it's ambition.

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 1:37 PM PDT

2008/10/04 · 13:37

When most columnists, talking heads, even bloggers watched Thursday's debate, there was a laser-like focus on Governor Sarah Heath Palin of Alaska.

Would there be a moose in headlights moment? No. Did she mollify some of her allies terrified of a repeat performance of the Couric interview? Yes. Did she disappoint some of her foes, hoping for the same? Yes. Her gaffes and her unsureness on policy were relatively minor compared to what some expected, feared or hoped.

But did she impress? Not exactly. Clearing the low bar set by the soft bigotry of expectations perhaps retarded her slide into political oblivion. But no one came away thinking she was an informed policy wonk or a strong leader.

But this was a debate that garnered 73.4 million viewers. And Sarah Palin wasn't the only candidate addressing those tens of millions.

There was also Senator Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. of Delaware on the stage.

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 12:08 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 12:08

Some of this is going to be straight out of my ass.

Some of this is going to be based on actual demographics, but I'm going to do piss poor research.

Most of this would be exactly what I would have said if "random anti-abortion evangelical big game hunting extremist" was picked for vice president.

And we'll start with the easy one:

AK: Alaska was polling close. It is now completely out of reach for Obama. The Palin pick is also bad news for down ticket races, as Alaska Republicans rally behind their corrupt politicians and libertarian welfare state in the glare of national scrutiny

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B: Deep Blue States

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C: The Southwest.

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A, B and C

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A and B

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Why the cone-gate matters:

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 1:32 AM PDT

2008/08/18 · 01:32

There's been a lot of discussion on here about McCain's clear violation of the rules at the Saddleback Forum. At this point it's become clear that McCain was not, in fact, sequestered while Obama was being interviewed. One would have to be an idiot to believe that McCain wasn't tuning in to the forum and wasn't discussing it with his close advisers in his limo on the way to the Forum. Even if "traffic" really was the issue, he would be a moron to not listen in.

There hasn't, however, been all that much discussion about WHY it matters so much.

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Thursday July 17, 2008 · 12:32 AM PDT

2008/07/17 · 00:32

First: This is, more or less, a defense of Senator Obama's ultimate position on FISA, even though I disagree with it. Yes, the world is a very complicated place.

Second: A warning. I'm not doing any research here. I'm a very, very lazy man. I could link to documents, quotes, news reports, other blogs, etc, but I won't.

Third: I waited until heads cooled a little bit before I put this up for a reason.

Fourth: This is long and rambling. Key parts bolded for those as lazy as me, so they don't have to read the whole thing.

Okeydoke. Actual content "after the jump." I promise.

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Saturday June 21, 2008 · 12:28 AM PDT

2008/06/21 · 00:28

First of all, yes, this isn't much of a diary, I know. But so far as I know, it hasn't been said. And it certainly hasn't been emphasized enough.

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 10:53 PM PDT

2008/06/08 · 22:53

Not long ago, in the earlier portion of the Hundred Years War, Edward III of England faced off against Philip VI of France in a battle viewed to be one of the most historically significant of all time. Near the town of Crécy-en-Ponthieu, two great armies faced off. I will use my incisive and highly germane skills of political analysis to examine why the English came away with a decisive victory against a numerically superior French force.

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 10:13 PM PDT

2008/05/22 · 22:13

But please, people. Stop putting so much weight on state by state polls as opposed national polls.

I know I am touching a raw nerve with some people because of the 2000 debacle. The winner of the popular vote lost the Electoral College and the loser became president. You'll note, though, that this was because a recount of Florida was stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court. Were the outcome determined fairly, Al Gore would have won the Electoral College in addition to winning the popular vote.

And even this was a rare exception in the past 130 or so years of American presidential electoral politics.

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