OMG. Pathetic McCain "Rally" in Phoenix Today

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 4:21 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 16:21

Arizona is in play for Barack Obama as shown by many of the recent polls. Team McCain does not know how to handle this. It's pathetic that McCain will be having a campaign rally in Arizona, in the final hours of his campaign:

McCain is scheduled to appear at the Yavapai County Courthouse at 11 p.m. on Monday, along with his wife Cindy, for a "Road to Victory" rally.

I have to say that at that late hour, many of McCain's core base of supporters in Arizona will be asleep by then.

Gramarye

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:27 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:27

As an Arizonan, I'm thrilled with the latest round of presidential polling, showing it to be a dead heat in Arizona. This includes our local ASU Cronkite-Eight pollster and Kos's Arizona poll released today. However, I just ran across an article showing early voting patterns in Arizona's most populous county, Maricopa County, and they are a bit discouraging.

Gramarye

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 6:08 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 18:08

As summarized in this article in the East Valley Tribune, three polls in the past week has shown the race in Arizona to be in a dead heat! Kos also has his own poll out in the field to be released this week. But the fourth poll (ASU Cronkite-Eight poll) results were just released, and this poll also confirms that Arizona is now a battleground state. I'm so proud of my state...results below the fold.

Gramarye

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 8:41 PM PDT

2008/10/24 · 20:41

Poor McCain--he can't get a break anywhere these days (fake sympathy there). With record early voting turnout in Georgia and tightening polling numbers, we now have Bob Barr predicting that Georgia will flip to Obama. More below the fold...

Gramarye

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 7:02 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 19:02

Both Chuck Todd and Howard Fineman this week have suggested that the race in Arizona is getting closer, and Obama might be targeting Arizona in the final push:

What do states like Georgia, South Carolina, North Dakota and even Arizona have in common?

They’re all reach states that the Obama campaign now believes could be in play.

Thanks in part to an astonishing $150 million take in September, the Democrat has his eyes on some unlikely prizes, including McCain’s own home turf.

Now one of the top local pollsters here (Cronkite-Eight)has a new election poll in the field this week (results anticipated next week), and it is believed to be close.

Gramarye

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 12:53 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 12:53

Sorry, this might be a very short diary. While McCain and his surrogates were trying to preemptively claim some sort of leadership victory by influencing house members on the bill, it appears that McCain was unable to deliver any of his congressional representatives in his homestate of Arizona.

Gramarye

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 7:30 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 19:30

Alan Abramowitz is one of my favorite political science professors. Here's a brief bio on him:

Alan I. Abramowitz, Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science, B.A. (1969), University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D. (1976), Stanford University. Previous appointments at William and Mary (1976-82) and SUNY Stony Brook (1982-87). Areas of Specialization: American politics, political parties, elections, and voting behavior. Current research involves party realignment in the U.S. and its consequences for presidential and congressional elections

His complete resume (curriculum vitae) is located at the link above (PDF file) for those who are interested in his areas of expertise.

Gramarye

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 7:04 PM PDT

2008/09/18 · 19:04

What are the Seven Deadly Sins?

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man's tendency to sin. The Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial", which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any sacramentals or sacraments of the church, and the more severe "capital" or mortal sin. Mortal sins destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of confession, or forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent.

Gramarye

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 11:27 AM PDT

2008/09/14 · 11:27

We finally had the grand opening of our Obama office in Phoenix this week! We are so happy to have the Obama campaign officially here as part of the 50 state strategy, and this latest graph from pollster.com shows you why:

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We do not concede Arizona in this election to McCain.

Gramarye

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 3:10 PM PDT

2008/09/13 · 15:10

It is unfortunate that few members of the current Arizona press and media are willing to tell the rest of the country the truth about McCain and critically evaluate him. During this election season, I was hoping for some great investigative journalism from our local Arizona press--the people who know him best. I've been sorely disappointed so far. Instead we are getting fluff pieces about McCain. There is practically nothing critical coming out about him from Arizona. One of my contacts who is a reporter at one of the major local media outlets told me recently how unprecedented the controlled coverage of McCain is this time around by the local media. They are being kept under wraps. It is no surprise why this is the case when you look at reporters and editors who have known and covered McCain from the past--and to these I turn to help get out the message about our home state failure.

Gramarye

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 1:51 PM PDT

2008/09/07 · 13:51

This is an updated version of a diary I posted about a week ago. Several members of Dkos urged me to repost it after the Palin mania faded down because they thought it might make the rec list and get some more attention. So, I'm reposting it with some updated data, and hopefully you guys will put it on the rec list.

I am fan of Alan Abramowitz, a political science professor who has been analyzing some interesting data pertinent to this election. I think his analyses are easy to read and comprehend, and he has such colorful titles to his articles. First, here's a brief bio about him:

Alan I. Abramowitz, Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science, B.A. (1969), University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D. (1976), Stanford University. Previous appointments at William and Mary (1976-82) and SUNY Stony Brook (1982-87). Areas of Specialization: American politics, political parties, elections, and voting behavior. Current research involves party realignment in the U.S. and its consequences for presidential and congressional elections

His curriculum vitae is posted at the link above in a PDF form. He seems to have quite the impressive resume.

Gramarye

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 8:38 AM PDT

2008/09/02 · 08:38

Let me start off with this disclaimer. I don't have any ties to the fashion industry, except working at "The Gap" 20 years ago when I was in college. I'm not a fashion expert by any means whatsoever. I have watched some episodes of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," and "The Devil Wears Prada." However, that doesn't qualify me in any way to make astute judgments regarding clothing and fashion. However, I do think I know what looks good, appropriate, and generally tasteful.

Disclaimer #2: This is a non-Palin diary.

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