What else did Obama put on the table for Clinton? One theory . . .

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 5:53 AM PST

2008/11/21 · 05:53

What could Obama have put on the table for Clinton to consider taking the job of Secretary of State? She has a great gig in the Senate already, one where she could likely stay for life and become a female Ted Kennedy. What deal could have been so sweet, that even President Clinton is undergoing 'unprecedented' vetting to allow her to enter into the office.

There has to be more here. There has to be a second stage to this deal.

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What is on the table.

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What is on the table.

Secretary of State and nothing more

47 votes

Associate Justice is her next step

21 votes

She will follow Joe as VP for the re-election bid in 2012

37 votes

Pumpkin Pie (it is almost Thanksgiving ya know!)

45 votes

Open Senate Seats, and How to Fill Them

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 5:39 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 05:39

January 3rd, 2009, Joe Biden will be sworn in for his seventh term as United States Senator from the state of Delaware. He and Barack Obama will be there for the certification of their own election to be the President and Vice President.

Just over two weeks later, they will be sworn in as the 44th President and 47th Vice President.

That brings us to the two vacancies.

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What do you think?

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What do you think?

These are both FANTASTIC problems to have

20 votes

There are some tough choices ahead for the Governors

2 votes

What kind of pie is THAT?!?

3 votes

Crash McCain's last town hall? (poll)

deathwish

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 8:38 AM PDT

2008/11/01 · 08:38

As an 'unenrolled' voter in Massachusetts, I'm starting to get crazy robocalls. I got one a couple weeks back when Palin was up in the Granite state. Yesterday, I got one inviting me to his last Town Hall of the election being held tomorrow. The venue only holds around 800 people and tickets are not required.

I'm thinking of going. There is a possibility to organize and get there with enough 'non-believers' to pack the hall and really screw with his visit here. 'Freep the event' if you will.

Anyone going would need to have two questions ready, one for any screeners that may be present, and another for actually asking him.

It's a chance to be on national TV, asking him a real question. A chance to put him on the spot and sway real voters in a swing state, if not nationally.

Who's with me?

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If you lived nearby, would you go?

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If you lived nearby, would you go?

Yes, and sit silent, arms folded with 100 of my closest friends and make a fool of him

42 votes

Yes, and play along with his supporters until question time came, then nail him

92 votes

No, I couldn't bring myself to do it

26 votes

No, it's a crazy idea, I don't want to be on any terrorist watch lists

11 votes

Autumnally correct pumpkin pie

6 votes

Pollster.com and the reverse-'Bradley Effect'

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 7:59 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 19:59

There has been a lot of talk lately about the potential of the Bradley Effect having potential to turn the election. While poking around some numbers at Pollster.com, I found something that seemed unusual.

When live telephone polling is used, and a person has to tell another live person for whom they are voting, the race is indeed tightening. The interesting thing is when you filter the results, and take out those 'live' polls, and go only for automated telephone and internet polling, you get vastly different results. So, much like in the voting booth, when people are in private, and not giving their choice to a live person, but rather to a machine, the complete opposite of a Bradley effect seems to be in play.

See charts below the jump . . .

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What's the most reliable polling method?

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What's the most reliable polling method?

Live Telephone

9 votes

Automated Telephone

15 votes

Internet(s)

1 vote

Exit Polling

16 votes

The one on November 5th (Because John McCain said it was)

30 votes

Pie

25 votes

News: Obama Using Video Game Ads

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 3:39 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 15:39

Obama has done it again. His campaign is taking on a highly desirable audience in a new and innovative way. While in-game advertising is nothing new, the technology to target and reach people on specific dates and in specific states is new.

The ads are only running on nine games on the xBox 360, but they hit the highly desirable 18-34 demographic.

Obama, embracing new technology.

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 5:42 AM PDT

2008/10/01 · 05:42

Sarah Palin has claimed foreign policy experience from being governor of a state whose two neighbors are foreign nations. One of the two is is Canada, with which Alaska shares a 1535 mile border. The other, Russia, shares no boundaries on land, but merely a 'maritime' border in the Bering Strait, with the remote Alaskan Island of Little Diomede being the closest point, at about two and a half miles away from the remote Siberian Island of Big Diomede.

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 10:40 AM PDT

2008/09/26 · 10:40

After the Bush/Kerry 'suspicious lump' debate back in 2004 we should seriously consider the potential for a bug in Palin's ear next Thursday. There could very easily be a team off-site reacting and feeding her answers live. Though they have been playing the lowering Palin's expectations game with the press, the Rovian GOP snow(job)machine is not one to take a chance at a loss.

That said, since her hair has been changing styles by the day, from down to updo, to down again, her hair could easily conceal a receiver like this one, if worn 'down' and, quite possibly, even if she chooses to wear it 'up'.

She clearly has not been wearing one for the Gibson/Kouric interviews . . . and most certainly didn't need one for the Hannity interview . . . which was probably really 4 hours long, and Hannitized for TV, but I digress . . .

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OK, you've read my thoughts what do you think?

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OK, you've read my thoughts what do you think?

Hair up to prove she's not wired

14 votes

Hair up, but she'll find a way to be wired

82 votes

Hair down, she'll definitely be wired

162 votes

Hair down, but no way they'd try that again after Bush '04

7 votes

She'll be wearing a tinfoil hat, and claim she was getting highlights done and ran out of time before the debate!

91 votes

Upcoming Debates

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 5:13 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 05:13

In past election cycles, I have likened debates among the candidates for president as 'joint press conferences'.

• They generally already know the questions, or at least a topic for which they practice a 2:00 speech.
• They will not allow the other candidate to ask them a question directly.
• They make sure the podiums make them stand eye-to-eye.

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How do you see the debates going this year?

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How do you see the debates going this year?

All four debates will be barn-burners with Obama/Biden scoring a Bentsen-like 'you're no Jack Kennedy' moment in each debate.

34 votes

It'll be a joint press conference/photo-op, with no new information or revelations for those that have been paying attention.

24 votes

All four debates will be barn-burners with McCain/Palin scoring a Reagan-like 'There you go again' moment in each debate.

2 votes

Wait, they get to debate this year?

4 votes

Am I the only one that wants to hear Joe Biden . . .

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 7:30 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 07:30

. . . hop up on the stump and say something like "It occurs to me there is a real question in this election, and that is, whether John McCain and Sarah Palin are lying more about their own record, or the record of Barack and I"

Point is, we have our own 'pit bull', and he wears no lipstick.

Toss some red meat out there Joe!!

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Should Obama/Biden hit back from the stump?

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Should Obama/Biden hit back from the stump?

No, keep on the high road.

1 vote

No, let the surrogates take care of things on the talking head shows.

3 votes

Yes, but keep it tame and avoid controversy.

10 votes

Yes, because red meat = press covereage!

47 votes

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