Stakes for 2012 Election

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Monday October 15, 2012 · 11:51 AM PDT

2012/10/15 · 11:51

The untold story of this election cycle, thanks to the apathetic media, is what happens after the elections, since neither Obama has been forthcoming on his vision for a second term nor has Romney been forthcoming on what he intends to do as President other than get Congress together and bipartisanize.

Jonathan Chait does a great job of breaking down in terms of how the chess pieces are already set in place for how each side will behave in case of victory and, in absolutely clear analysis, looks at how Obama played his hand with Congress with a longer term view. It really is the story of Paul Ryan vs Barack Obama - everybody else mere pawns in this battle for the American future - including Romney.

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Wednesday October 10, 2012 · 4:49 PM PDT

2012/10/10 · 16:49

Abigail Fisher from Sugarland, TX, did not get admitted to University of Texas, Austin despite having a 3.59/4 GPA. She dreamed of bleeding burnt orange since she was a tiny tot, especially since both her dad and sis bled burnt orange as well.

UT automatically accepts the top 10 percent from any high school if they apply for admission and Abigail was not in the top 10 percent. Beyond the top 10%, the University applies several conditions on who it will admit, including racial mix. UT rejected Abigail's admission and she filed suit against UT for racial discrimination.

She finally landed at Louisiana State University, where she graduated, enjoying her undergraduate years with no perceivable misgivings and got back to Austin to work as a financial analyst.

And that's when she thought, hmm...maybe I could have landed a better job if I had been a UT grad and leveraged the network of UT grads. So she sued against UT's affirmative action policy, a case that came up today in front of the Supreme Court.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 2:18 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 14:18

Starting up an exit polls open thread.

Yes, we need to "ignore" exit polls but it might not be a bad idea to keep track of what's hitting the wires.

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 12:12 PM PDT

2008/10/25 · 12:12

Let there be no mistake - multiple hunderstorms are gathering to converge into a perfect storm aimed at decapitating the Republican Party for the foreseeable future. The storm hits the night of November 4, 2008 and the cleanup in the conservative aisle aisle will take a long time.

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 5:23 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 17:23

Esquire magazine for the first time in 75 years endorsed a presidential candidate - Barack Obama.

Typically Esquire doesn't do election endorsements but something got to them 2 years ago when they first started endorsing candidates for election - in all seats that had elections going on. A massive effort and a patriotic effort, no doubt. And they did it this year too.

See how Democrats fared.

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 7:03 PM PDT

2008/10/13 · 19:03

Wielding a sharp axe but a demure smile, Rachel pawned Frum big time on her show. Apparently Frum does not have an understanding of satire, tounge in cheek and what not but thinks serious discourse can only be done by extra serious intelligentsia in a strict tone.

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 12:35 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 12:35

Brooks has single handedly frozen hell. The never say die Republican hack has called Sarah Palin a fatal cancer to the Republican party and admitted that interacting with Obama dazzled him and he felt a tingle up his knee. He also predicts Obama will win by 9 points.

Thanks to lookit for video

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Saturday May 17, 2008 · 5:15 PM PDT

2008/05/17 · 17:15

While, at home, President Bush is recognized as The Worst President Ever, he squeaked from far shores about "appeasing" Democrats and got the ire of the Democrats directed at him. Obama, swiftly and elegantly, delivered the coup de grace in his presser about the failed President's intentions to link him indirectly to concerns of appeasement and somehow skew the election towards his own doppelganger Senator McCain.

Guess who else is hissing at The Failed President?

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 11:16 AM PDT

2008/05/10 · 11:16

Bob Novak (yeah, yeah, I know) is reporting that Obama cannot pick Hillary as VP because Michelle doesn't want her on the ticket after all the unloading she did on him, and if hell hath no fury like a woman who's husband has been dissed, heeere's Michelle. There could be some truth to this rumor as Michelle has not been silent when Barack has been attacked.

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What do you think of Strickland as Veep?

231 votes Vote Now!

What do you think of Strickland as Veep?

Good choice

43 votes

Bad choice

52 votes

Indifferent choice

39 votes

OK choice, might just work

70 votes

Pie in Lieberman's face

27 votes

WYFP: It's milkshake drinkin' time y'all!

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 5:14 PM PDT

2008/03/21 · 17:14

All it needs is one negative day of Obama news and Obama's supporters go into sad hour sessions of commiseration and mourning as if all hell has broken lose and there isn't enough alcohol in the world to drown their sorrows in. Get yer damn straws. It's milkshake drinkin' time!

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What time is it?

78 votes Vote Now!

What time is it?

Milkshake drinking time

28 votes

Heh! I'd rather have alcohol

20 votes

Latte drinkin' time

10 votes

Doublemochachocovanillafrappuccino drinking time

6 votes

H2O...H2O

3 votes

Um Smoothie...Pie smoothie

11 votes

iPod Presidency

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Saturday February 16, 2008 · 3:14 PM PST

2008/02/16 · 15:14

There were mp3 players long before Apple made the iPods hip; but it took iTunes to make youngsters really adopt and take on the music industry's entrenched hubris. Why? Because Apple made it easier and simpler to interface with a need. I believe Barack Obama plans to do something similar with government if he is elected President.

Download over the firewall:

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Tuesday February 12, 2008 · 4:57 PM PST

2008/02/12 · 16:57

Mac's being own3d. Ha Ha Ha! Yes, Virginia, you <3 Huckabee. Well, so do I.</p>

Here's why:

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Stakes for 2012 Election

Updated - Sotomayor strikes

Exit Polls Open Thread

The Gathering Thunderstorms - Updated

Esquire endorses Obama and others

Rachel PWNS Frum - Big Time (updated: video)

David Brooks: Obama will win by 9 - Updated with video

The Failed President

Veepstakes: No Hillary, Strickland has support?

WYFP: It's milkshake drinkin' time y'all!

iPod Presidency

I <3 Huckabee