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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 5:33 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 17:33

Earlier, I was watching a brand new episode of Mock the Week, a satirical news gameshow here in the UK. It features two teams of three comedians, with another comedian (Dara O'Brian) hosting. It's not always the best format for expert, hard-hitting satire, but it's hillarious and it does inform UK audiences (particularly younger people) about some political events.

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Friday July 11, 2008 · 5:19 PM PDT

2008/07/11 · 17:19

I'll start by boring you with some election trivia, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Missouri has been carried by the winner of every presidential election since 1904, with the exception of 1956. Nevada has only missed once (1976) since 1912. Ohio has only missed twice (1944 and 1960) since 1896.

Tennessee has supposedly been a bellwether since 1928, with one miss in 1960, but in reality the state is Red and seems likely that an Obama victory will probably give Tennessee it's second "miss". Kentucky has missed twice since 1924, but really it's in the same boat as Tennessee. Delaware has "missed" twice since 1952 (2000 and 2004), but we all know that that's because it's now a loyal Blue State, regardless of what fate ultimately befalls the Democratic nominees it votes for. And I guess that means everywhere else has been wrong three or more times and is proud of it.

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Tuesday July 08, 2008 · 12:29 PM PDT

2008/07/08 · 12:29

Electoral-Vote.com, which I read everyday these days, had another story on Obama's VP choices this morning. This one's about a leaked "semi-shortlist" on Open Left and the apparantly shrinking pool of viable candidates. Jim Webb has apparantly taken himself out of the running. Chris Bowers seems to be happy about it,

In a statement that I find to be a great relief, Jim Webb is out as a potential Vice-Presidential nominee:

but I'm not celebrating. Despite his flaws, which every potential pick has in some form, I think Webb was among the best choices.

Now I know that this is an often-discussed topic, but here's my two cents on the list.

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Friday June 27, 2008 · 2:00 PM PDT

2008/06/27 · 14:00

First off, I'm not American. I've lived in the UK my whole life, but nonetheless I'm an avid follower of American politics and I've been watching this election, via my computer, very closely since mid-2007. I'll admit that at first I was rooting for Hillary, but somewhere during the primaries I realised the game was up for her and I started to see everything Obama could have to offer once he took the White House.

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