Hillary Clinton as Commander in Chief?

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Tuesday August 04, 2015 · 10:59 AM PDT

2015/08/04 · 10:59

Obama's "Third term" remark: Media misses the point!

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Tuesday July 28, 2015 · 12:21 PM PDT

2015/07/28 · 12:21

President Obama once remarked about "silly season". Well in his speech to the African Union, he made a remark about being able to win another election if the law allowed it.

Of course, that is what the media picked up on. But that misses the point:

(Short video on youtube)

More below the fold:

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Thursday July 23, 2015 · 2:29 PM PDT

2015/07/23 · 14:29

I got a message from the Southern Poverty Law Center that allows for one to view past and scheduled Confederate flag rallies.

Seeing this reminded me of the 2008 "Presidential vote shift" map which showed the change in Democratic share from the 2004 to 2008 on a county by county basis. You have to click on "vote shift" on the left of the screen to see this.

So I wondered what the map would look like. See below the fold...

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Saturday September 20, 2014 · 5:05 AM PDT

2014/09/20 · 05:05

Back in 2012, then Rep. Bobby Schilling did some very dishonest campaigning. The classic was the "Illinois Democrat" ad he sent out on his behalf, under the guise of being a newspaper of some sort.

His dishonesty continues unabated ....his latest nonsense (a false accusation of Cheri Bustos being anti-veteran) is below the fold.

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Tuesday June 10, 2014 · 7:00 PM PDT

2014/06/10 · 19:00

Yeah, I know: immigration reform was the issue. But this Horsey cartoon isn't too far off, is it?

Expect the deadlock to get worse, not better. Republicans in the house need to worry about challenges from the right.

One change in general elections in my lifetime

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Sunday June 08, 2014 · 6:06 PM PDT

2014/06/08 · 18:06

I have not done enough research to make a conjecture as to why this data is as it is. But what I note is that, in some sense, general elections appear to be more predictable than they were a long time ago; fewer states are competitive.

What I did: I looked at Presidential elections from 1976 to 2012 and recorded: difference in popular vote and the number of electoral votes that "were in play" meaning: I totaled the electoral votes from states where the difference was less than 5 points, and those when the difference was less than 10 points. I did NOT record Congressional Districts.

More below the fold:

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Wednesday June 04, 2014 · 7:26 PM PDT

2014/06/04 · 19:26

This will be brief. I can recommend reading this article about the early United States versus the Barbary Pirates.

Yes, we indeed paid tribute and ransoms.

True: Thomas Jefferson spoke out about that and tried to fight back. But...

(below the fold)

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Sunday June 01, 2014 · 1:50 PM PDT

2014/06/01 · 13:50

This is my brief review of President Carter's book: White House Diary.

I can recommend the book, IF one is a political junkie. Note: it is not a comprehensive review of the time period, and it is a diary of partially digested and, at times, half baked thoughts and impressions.

Yes, I winced at times and yes, President Carter seemed impatient with those who actually voted with him the most (sound familiar?).

More below the fold; this is cross posted on my personal blog.

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Wednesday April 09, 2014 · 9:43 AM PDT

2014/04/09 · 09:43

I like college basketball, even though my team (Bradley Braves) hasn't been spending a lot of time playing in the post season lately.

But I do follow the tournaments and I noticed that former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Being a Texas graduate and a season ticket holder for the Longhorns (5 of the 6 years I was in graduate school...I watched selected games my first year), the mention of coach Richardson brought back memories. Two of them stand out, and one of them..involved race, albeit in an unusual way. More below the fold.

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Thursday March 20, 2014 · 4:42 AM PDT

2014/03/20 · 04:42

This is just a summary of my current half-baked thoughts concerning the political races I am interested in.

I've yet to begin my self-educating process in earnest though.

I'll talk about IL-17 (Bustos vs. Schilling), IL-Gov (Rauner vs. Quinn) and IL-Senate (Durbin vs. Oberweis )

In the comments: feel free to give dissenting opinions or to discuss what races interest you the most.

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Thursday February 06, 2014 · 9:25 AM PST

2014/02/06 · 09:25

(cross posted on my personal blog)

My "bubble" of the bloggosphere was buzzing about the Nye vs. Ham creationism debate.
It has been covered on Daily Kos (e. g.here) and on some blogs that I read (e. g. Jerry Coyne's ~~blog~~ website.

Now we have "22 questions" from creationists.

I won't deign to offer a question but I'll respond with one question of my own.

See below the fold.....

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Tuesday February 04, 2014 · 5:38 PM PST

2014/02/04 · 17:38

This is cross posted at my personal blog. The "meat" of the post is below the fold. The background is this: IL-17 is a recently redistricted US House district brought about by Illinois losing one house seat. Much of the old IL-17 was retained, and some of Rockford and Peoria was added to it. The idea was to create a Democratic leaning district.

Tea Party Republican Bobby Schilling beat Phil Hare in 2010, but Cheri Bustos beat him in 2012 and is running for reelection. More below the fold.

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IL-17: Bobby Schilling's dishonesty continues unabated

My take on Cantor's loss

One change in general elections in my lifetime

The US has always "negotiated with terrorists"...from day one

Carter: White House Diary. My take.

A strange racial (racist?) fan reaction at a basketball game (1990)

IL-17, IL-Gov, IL-Senate 2014

My one question to creationists

IL-17: Bustos joins the Blue Dogs. Bad move?