March 30, 2008

McCain-Leiberman: It's a Lock

I heard Sen. Joe Lieberman on ABC's "This Week" this morning going mano-a-mano with George Stephanapoulos. Lieberman sang a stirring love aria to Senator McCain, hitting high notes such as his appeal to moderate Democrats and independents (I'm both, so I listened with both ears).

It's obvious to me: McCain is going to go for a fusion ticket with Lieberman as VP. Unless he decides to go really innovative with Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana or some other innovative choice, McCain has made his choice. Get ready for an old-fashioned White House seder with all the fixins!

Also spracht Kesher Talk.

Van | 03/30/08 at 10:38 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 04, 2008

Rendering Unto Caesar, God and the Yankees

My camera phone came in handy as I snapped this photo of the car of a New Yorker who wants to cover all his bases in temporal and spiritual realms. Or perhaps he a true believer who is showing his allegiance to two saviors.

Van | 03/04/08 at 10:33 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 05, 2008

Super Tuesday in NYC

UPDATE: I gave the minority voting anecdotes their own post here. Minority as in voting Republican in Manhattan.

Well, look who's blogging! Yeah, I know. I have been really burned out. I do plan to get back in the saddle eventually. Maybe even soon.

But I had to stop in and deliver a Super Tuesday report. Most of it is up at Pajamas Media (scroll down), including video from the John McCain rally this morning in Rockefeller Plaza. Part of McCain's speech, plus short interviews with several supporters.

Continue reading "Super Tuesday in NYC"

Judith | 02/05/08 at 10:46 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

The mathematics of complex voting schemes

Discussion on my email list. (I don't think anyone read Jay Cost before talking about this, but he discusses the same problems here.)

Jim:

.....But it's not as though it's in the Dems' interest to have Republicans voting in their primary--presumably the opposite is true.

Ben:

Mathematically, it would be very much in their interest, although neither side chooses to think mathematically. (mostly because to be in politics you have to get so psychologically vested in "your guy".)

THe problem is this: Republican primary voters are a subset, Democrat primary voters are a subset. Performance in a vote among a non-random subset does not predict performace in the general vote. A mathematician named Kenneth Arrow actually won a Nobel for figuring out, basically, that no election system is perfect, and all can give skewed results.

For example, let's assume an election in which all 100% of the people will vote in both elections, and in the primary, 50% will vote in the Republican Primary and 50% in the Democrat primary. Let us assume also that even though this is the case, people may switch parties and vote for the opposite in the General election, if it is a preferred candidate.

Let us assume 4 candidates:

Continue reading "The mathematics of complex voting schemes"

Judith | 02/05/08 at 06:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Voting while Republican in NYC

[ UPDATE: New stories below added Tues night. And even a TV personality was subjected to the paper ballot .... um, confusion, in NYC. Ken Wheaton has a Brooklyn voting story about gross incompetence. ]

Photos and video here. from the John McCain rally in Rockefeller Center, this morning. Below, some stories from the front lines of voting booths in liberal Democratic Manhattan, on Super Tuesday:

Richard of Hiphop Republican says:

I voted in Chelsea and the guy gave me a democrat ticket even though I had Republican under my name. I then asked if this was the right ticket and he screamed OOH A Republican out loud!! I was very upset I voted at the Fashion High School on 24th street. To make things worse they gave me a bright red ticket that seemed somewhat strange. Are they allowed to shout out Republican? I felt there was no privacy at all they tried to be nice but you could tell they were shocked to see a black Republican and so young!

it seems like anyone could vote they never asked for id. Any guy with the same name could vote for another person, many people have the same name first and last and I am scratching my head trying to figure how they determine whose a voter.

Pamela says:

it's not funny.
I just hung up with the Republican County Committee and she said they have been getting calls with this very complaint all morning.
I have to vote my paper ballot because of my move and I don't doubt that my paper ballot will wind up in the garbage (also heard Republican side of machines were "locked")

Jim says:

Continue reading "Voting while Republican in NYC"

Judith | 02/05/08 at 05:13 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 04, 2008

Obama Gets Retail Politics Right in CT

I gave Barack Obama high marks for visibility in the Super Tuesday primary in Connecticut. I've had two mailings from him and an automated phone call and I've seen several of his ads on TV. Hillary? Who's that? The GOP is mostly invisible, although I've seen McCain signs sprout locally. I'm hoping to see some bright-eyed volunteers working the train stations tomorrow and Tuesday, a staple of local elections.

This gives Obama the edge in terms of top-of-mind awareness when I vote in the Democratic primary bright and early on Tuesday. As is my wont, I'll do what I can to be an insurgent troublemaker, as when I voted for Ned Lamont in the 2006 Democratic primary for the Senate, then voted for newly independent Joe Lieberman in the general elections. What fun that was!

I'm still holding out for a McCain-Lieberman fusion ticket, which is not far-fetched. In December, Joe endorsed John. Gay Patriot, among others, has blogged about the possibility, with a jaundiced eye, however. And Lieberman has flat-out said he would not be VP under McCain.

But you never know what might happen when a nation turns its lonely eyes to Joe, woe-woe-woe.

Only in Connecticut, kids, only in Connecticut.

Van | 02/04/08 at 10:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 30, 2008

Rudy's Brilliant Strategy: The Race for 2012, When Time Ends

I'm disappointed that Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the GOP race. But after intensely gazing at my navel for hours on end, I realized he has in fact run a brilliant, long-term campaign geared NOT for 2008 but for 2012.

Rudy, I am firmly convinced, is positioning himself to be the president-elect on The Day That Time Ends. Surely you've heard of it?

Days after the 2012 election, everything changes in a big way on December 21, 2012, according to interpreters of Mayan calendar. We should be thinking about who we want to be president then to usher in a new era of global consciousness and very possibly the return of the god Quetzalcoatl. Apocalypse 2012 is a good overview of the issues, nicely spooky website. The website 13 Moon gets right to the heart of the excitement:

Pacal Votan's prophetic call is alerting present-day humanity that our biological process is transforming, approaching the culmination of a 26,000 year evolutionary program. Bringing the return of universal telepathy, heightened sense capacity, and self-reflective consciousness, this is a return to the sacred domain of our inner technology. This grand cycle of evolution will culminate winter solstice, December 21, 2012 AD.

So Rudy is probably thinking Clinton or Obama will be elected in 2008 -- the tides of history are running against the GOP. He's no doubt telling himself, "As the Day of Dread approaches, panic will break out, chaos will explode, social order will break down, the Yankees will win the World Series. Who's better prepared to handle that than me? Hillary? Obama? Get real -- I've looked death and Donna Hanover in the face and survived both!"

Certainly, I always associate Rudy Giuliani with "self-reflective consciousness." If that's not enough, consider that a rare white buffalo was born in 2007 on a farm in Wisconsin. Here's the picture. Pretty freaky, isn't it? You can't discount those baby buffalos.

So be honest with yourself: Who would you want going nose to nose with the great and terrible Quetzalcoatl when he returns in his chariot drawn by flaming polar bears to embrace Mother Gaia and usher in an era of telepathic vegan planetary consciousness (not to be confused with the Age of Aquarius, the Harmonic Convergence, the Singularity or Y2K)? Do you hanker for the new man of hope, Barack Obama, to face him (with help from Oprah), or perhaps Hillary Clinton (supported by Bill, who would be pestering the Big Q about hooking up with doe-eyed virgins before they're sacrificed?)

So don't cry for Rudy. It's all part of The Plan. He'll be back in a big way in 2012 (cue ominous music) Before Time Runs Out.

Van | 01/30/08 at 11:19 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 28, 2008

Coincidences

Item: December 20, 2007: Gwen Kopechne, the mother of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed in an auto accident with Senator Ted Kennedy, dies in a Pennsylvania nursing home at the age of 89. She survived the death of her only child by 39 years.

Item: January 28: Senator Ted Kennedy, looking healthy and even Jack Kempesque with his white hair, endorses Barack Obama for President.

It's strange the timing worked out on this. But as a Democrat I can see the value of Sen. Kennedy's endorsement. If Obama is the nominee, I would like to see Sen. Kennedy campaign aggressively and visibly for his fellow Senator, barnstorming the nation and voicing his support.

Senator McCain might like hearing that vocal support, too.

Van | 01/28/08 at 07:48 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 26, 2008

Enthusiasm Builds McGreevey Run for President

Recently I wrote about why former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey should challenge Clinton and Obama for the Democratic nomination. I'm gratified that the concept of a more gay-focused candidate is getting more attention. As I noted, racial and gender tension is not enough; the Democrats need to bring a big old heapin' bowl of sexual identity tension to their primaries. THAT's what America needs now. Why, the Associated Press says so, so it must be true:

Even as they expect to support whichever Democrat gets the presidential nomination, many activists are disappointed that the three leading contenders rarely mention gay-rights topics unless responding to a question.

"They don't want to broach civil unions, marriage, equalizing benefits for same-sex couples," said Jennifer Chrisler, head of the Family Equality Council, which supports gay and lesbian families. "The vast majority of politicians don't lead, they follow."

McGreevey, who identified himself as a "Gay American," would be a great candidate to openly discuss these issues and make them part of the electoral give-and-take. He can bring a fresh perspective to the race and talk about topics that the others duck.

I'm working on some nifty campaign slogans -- does the worldwide KT audience have any suggestions?

Van | 01/26/08 at 07:42 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 16, 2008

Democratic Race: Let's Get Jim Into the Mix

Like many Democrats, I have felt great unease at the racial and gender tensions ripping through the Democratic primaries, as HIllary and Barack and their various toadies castigate the other side for fairy-tale reasons.

The Democratic race suffers not from too much tension, but not enough. The solution that springs gazelle-like to my mind is that the race needs a third candidate, one who can be a uniter, not a divider, somebody all Democrats can rally behind as a fresh new face for the Democratic Party.

And that man, rising to the moment in the hour of the Republic's greatest need, is . . . Jim McGreevey.

As the former Governor of New Jersey during the "Camelot years" of 2002-2004 and now a student at General Theological Seminary, McGreevey combines the executive experience and religious zest of Mike Huckabee with the crisis-tested moral authority of Hillary Clinton. And, he's gay, and I think it's time for the Democrats to have a gay nominee for president, don't you?

Continue reading "Democratic Race: Let's Get Jim Into the Mix"

Van | 01/16/08 at 10:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 15, 2008

A Crooked Jew Resigns

Ed Jew, to be exact.

(01-10) 15:03 PST San Francisco - -- Suspended San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew resigned from his seat on the Board of Supervisors Thursday, and now it's up to the political novice who has been serving as his temporary replacement to decide whether she wants to enter the cutthroat world of local politics and campaign for the job this fall.

Jew's resignation - effective at noon Friday - ends a tumultuous period at City Hall and sets up a political fight in the city's sleepy Sunset District. His decision to step down almost eight months after FBI agents raided his office in connection with an alleged extortion scheme means the District Four seat he landed in a surprise victory in 2006 will be up for grabs in November's election.

The Wikipedia article on Ed Jew has some background on the controversies surrounding the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representative from District 4. He faced allegations of extortion and improper district representation.

So for us living in California's Bay Area, that's one less Jew to kick around.

I'll let Creative Destruction have the last word.

Asher Abrams | 01/15/08 at 11:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

December 14, 2007

GOP Royalty Rides Forth for Glory in 2008

Two themes are intertwining in the presidential campaign these days. First, many people feel blase about the Republican candidates. The New York Times says so, so it must be true. Second, many people feel uneasy about Hillary Clinton as president, since that would mean a Bush or Clinton had been president since 1988 (and if you push back to include president or vice president, the streak goes back to 1980).

So the time is ripe for a dark-horse GOP candidate to emerge and sweep the field. What Cincinnatus will lay down the plow to serve Republic and party? In my view, the GOP must combat the Clinton dynasty with its own royal family, with a candidate with all the political steel and experience of Hillary Clinton and none of the extraordinary baggage.

Laura Bush, alas, must wait a cycle or two. I'm thinking of the banner-carrier of two great Republican names, a candidate whom all Americans can rally around. She's tanned, rested and ready.

I'm referring, of course, to Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

Continue reading "GOP Royalty Rides Forth for Glory in 2008"

Van | 12/14/07 at 07:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

December 02, 2007

Hillary v. Barack: Get Me Rewrite, Sweetheart

A few days ago the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an intriguing article about Spelman College women discussing how to vote next year:

The dozen or so Spelman College women had come together in a basement classroom, after hours, to hash over a choice unimaginable just a few generations back.

Fliers posted across campus summed up the thrust of their conversation: "Should you vote for Barack Obama because of your race, or should you vote for Hillary Clinton because you are a woman?"

With Democratic primaries quickly approaching, black women throughout Atlanta and across the nation are asking each other that question.

This may be a shocking thought, but other people are asking themselves that question, too. In fact, I would like to see a rewrite of the article from a slightly different Southern perspective. So, let's do a thought exercise that starts,

The dozen or so Duke University lacrosse players had come together in a basement classroom, after hours, to hash over a choice unimaginable just a few generations back.

Fliers posted across campus summed up the thrust of their conversation: "Should you vote for Barack Obama because you are a man, or should you vote for Hillary Clinton because of your race?"

Continue reading "Hillary v. Barack: Get Me Rewrite, Sweetheart"

Van | 12/02/07 at 12:08 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 23, 2007

Copyright claims: the latest censorship tool

The Jihadist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens asked YouTube to remove a video wherein he expresses the wish that Salman Rushdie be burned to death, claiming copyright infringement. YouTube complied, although the video was not a pirated song or music video, but an interview on British TV in 1989. Presumable the copyright would be held by the network which produced it.

Hmmmm. Where have we seen this censorship tactic before?

Continue reading "Copyright claims: the latest censorship tool"

Judith | 10/23/07 at 09:58 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

October 15, 2007

Our new Google overlords

Judith | 10/15/07 at 12:41 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

September 20, 2007

Giuliani on rogue dictators roaming NYC

Rudy on Iran, in CNN video interview. And other foreign policy questions about which he is very blunt. There is no mistaking, no wishy-washiness, abouty his foreign policy positions. And he's still polling ahead of, or head-to-head at least, with . . . more »

Judith | 09/20/07 at 10:57 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 31, 2007

Why Wait? Hold the Primaries NOW

Americans are people in a hurry. Patience is not a national virtue. Christmas decorations hit stores around Halloween, the Internet gives immediate access to news and Kesher Talk. In that spirit, we should acknowledge that nobody wants to six months . . . more »

Van | 08/31/07 at 06:40 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

August 27, 2007

Bush's Bold Move for Attorney General

September 1, 2007, Chappaqua, New York: President Bush rocked American politics today when he announced his nominee for Attorney General, to replace Alberto Gonzales. Speaking at the quaint train station in this commuter town in the New York suburbs, with . . . more »

Van | 08/27/07 at 07:29 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

July 16, 2007

Giuliani in the hood

UPDATE: Rudy and Barack are refusing to comment. But they ought to go after Romney next, just to annoy him: The naughty video hit the Internet on the same day GOP candidate Mitt Romney started airing a new ad fretting . . . more »

Judith | 07/16/07 at 09:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Is Bush a neo-liberal?

According to a new study, the thick lumpy political center breaks down into several discrete categories. Strategists and the media variously describe independents as “swing voters," "moderates” or "centrists" who populate a sometimes-undefined middle of the political spectrum. That is . . . more »

Judith | 07/16/07 at 02:40 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 08, 2007

Fred Thompson's Platform on a T-Shirt

This is an unofficial campaign product, but it does boil down a possible winning platform to three compelling soundbites. Take a look and see. . . . more »

Van | 06/08/07 at 06:28 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

June 03, 2007

GOP '08: The Fear and Loathing Ticket

I told myself I wouldn't pay attention to the 2008 election until 2008, but I see that resistance is futile. What broke through mental barrier was the posting on Little Green Footballs of California Representative and GOP presidential candidate Duncan . . . more »

Van | 06/03/07 at 06:55 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

May 10, 2007

A "progressive" domestic Jewish agenda for 2008?

A "progressive" Jewish coalition is soliciting emails to presidential candidates, in support of "A Domestic Jewish Agenda for 2008," a compilation of the predictable liberal Dem list of the past 40 years, along with cliched unexamined descriptions (for example, the . . . more »

Judith | 05/10/07 at 09:22 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

April 11, 2007

RJC on Pelosi

Re: My earlier assertion that Pelosi is a Rove mole because she will swing a lot of centrists over to the Republicans: the campaign is already starting (via Instapundit): I am a supporter of the RJC but that ad is . . . more »

Judith | 04/11/07 at 04:14 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Bill on Hillary vs Pelosi (the comix version)

Speaking of Nancy "Peace in Our Time" Pelosi, Attila at Pillage Idiot took up the mantle of photoshopped political comic strips when Allahpundit laid it down (and took his off the web, much to the chagrin of many fans). Attila's . . . more »

Judith | 04/11/07 at 03:34 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Is Nancy Pelosi a Rove mole?

[ UPDATE: Jules Crittenden: "Pelosi and Lantos, looking for love in all the wrong places." LOL. ] [ UPDATE: I moved the Pillage Idiot stuff here. Plus more Pelosi comix links! ] [ UPDATE: Allahpundit is also disgusted by the . . . more »

Judith | 04/11/07 at 01:59 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 30, 2007

Rudy puts his foot in it

Although we are supporting Rudy Giuliani for POTUS, we are not blind to his less-than-sterling qualities. And it doesn't bother us when others are made aware of his less-than-sterling qualities, especially when some of those can be seen as advantages . . . more »

Judith | 03/30/07 at 06:00 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 28, 2007

The pilgrim voter's progress

Pugnaciously libertarian blog Hit and Run gives a guarded sidelong peek at possibly grudgingly allowing that Rudy Giuliani might be attempting to convince them he is fiscally somewhere within their ballpark. Drawing forth this comment: As it stands now, I . . . more »

Judith | 03/28/07 at 07:19 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 20, 2007

Giuliani is the seed crystal

The latests Gallup poll shows Rudy still comfortably out in front of the Republican candidate field. We have been following the Giuliani candidacy since its first stirrings. In fact, we were fantasizing about a Giuliani presidency since the 2004 GOP . . . more »

Judith | 03/20/07 at 12:54 PM | 17 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Don't be afraid of the M-word, Obama!

[ UPDATE: Jihad Watch's Robert Spencer says the same thing. Sort of. ] Anya Kamanetz - author of a self-absorbed whine about upper middle class 20-somethings in debt - thinks it's "awesome" that Obama grew up Muslim. The LA Times . . . more »

Judith | 03/20/07 at 12:52 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 09, 2007

Haiku correctness

Found poetry at the Corner: Rudy Giuliani one syllable too many no haiku for you . . . more »

Judith | 03/09/07 at 01:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 08, 2007

Media elite want to make sure you know Giuliani is a jerk

Yesterday we told you that Rudy Giuliani is a jerk. Just so you have a year to figure out if you want to vote for him anyway. (Right now we think his positives outweigh his negatives.) But just in case . . . more »

Judith | 03/08/07 at 11:31 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

"Liberal" jumps the shark, part II

Re: My bemoaning the changing definitions of "liberal" - looks like John Podhortez is having the same problem. . . . how can a man who has spoken against banning partial-birth abortion and signed civil-union legislation into law not be . . . more »

Judith | 03/08/07 at 10:05 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 07, 2007

PJ Media straw poll, week 7

Remember to vote in the Pajamas Media straw poll. (Click on the graphic halfway down the right-hand sidebar.) So far Rudy Giuliani and Bill Richardson are leading by several furlongs, as they did last week. . . . more »

Judith | 03/07/07 at 01:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

March 06, 2007

The dark side of Rudy Giuliani

We have promoted the presidential candidacy of Rudy Giuliani since before he actually announced, not only for his clarity on an aggressive response to terrorism, but for his understanding of civic values. We are part of a groundswell of enthusiasm . . . more »

Judith | 03/06/07 at 07:00 AM | 11 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 27, 2007

More votes for Giuliani the "Civ-Con"

Jennifer Rubin in the American Spectator picks up on the "civ-con" theme I explored earlier with regard to Rudy Giuliani: The better, at least the more interesting, question is whether Giuliani can establish a new description of what it means . . . more »

Judith | 02/27/07 at 09:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 26, 2007

PJ Media Straw Poll - week 5

It's Week Five for the Pajamas Media straw poll - click on the graphic halfway down our right sidebar. So far Rudy Giuliani and Bill Richardson are running away with it. A dim second on the Dem side is Gore . . . more »

Judith | 02/26/07 at 11:28 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 25, 2007

Hillary Unleashed: Selected Quotes of the Pirate Queen

Over at Little Green Footballs, reader Chinflux has perfomed the vital public service of compiling the thoughtful, nuances utterances of Hillary Clinton. The research effort must have been enormous, with a great emotional toll. Collectively, the quotes give a new . . . more »

Van | 02/25/07 at 08:49 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 21, 2007

Let's continue the conversation . . . .

. . . . yes, let's. Keep talking, babe, so we can find out about all your political calculations. See, I didn't even know about your candy-coated version of Murtha's Slow Bleed program. I knew I wasn't going to vote . . . more »

Judith | 02/21/07 at 03:39 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 15, 2007

Rare cluefulness in punditland

(The Pajamas Media straw-poll is halfway down the right sidebar - click the graphic to go to the poll. You can vote for one Democrat and one Republican each.) Tucker Carlson actually understands Bush and Giuliani. He says Giuliani will . . . more »

Judith | 02/15/07 at 12:03 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 12, 2007

Kerry and Howard and Obama

One could say that it's a bit presumptuous for Australian PM John Howard to criticize the politics of a contender for the nomination for President of the United States. But one could also say that it's a bit of payback . . . more »

Judith | 02/12/07 at 11:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 09, 2007

Stuck on Stupid

[ From Judith: if you want to send an automated email to various opinion-makers defending Marcotte and McEwen go here. Of course, you can also edit the email to say anything you want ..... But it's amusing just to read, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/09/07 at 11:20 AM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 06, 2007

Straight talk from Rudy

Sean Hannity interviews Giuliani on the eve of his formal announcement. Rudy talks honestly about his positions on abortion and gun ownership and gay marriage and immigration. He doesn't dodge the issues or try to appease his critics. Conservatives - . . . more »

Judith | 02/06/07 at 08:32 AM | 14 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 05, 2007

Guiliani the "civ-con"

I wrote previously: Many social conservatives like Rudy Giuliani enough as a presidential candidate (for his clarity on fighting Islamist terrorism) that they are trying to find ways to reconcile their positions with his liberal track record, specifically, that Giuliani . . . more »

Judith | 02/05/07 at 11:34 PM | 4 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Online straw poll: vote early and often

Scroll down the right sidebar, and just after the first ad you will see the Pajamas Media straw poll. It looks like this: Click on the image in the sidebar to be taken to the straw poll site where you . . . more »

Judith | 02/05/07 at 05:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Rudykong vs Hillaryzilla

Giuliani is now officially officially in the race, and Pajamas has a roundup of responses. I commented in response to the usual boneheaded punditry from Kevin Drum, who says Hillary will take NY State with ease, as if this proves . . . more »

Judith | 02/05/07 at 04:42 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 04, 2007

I Feel Sorry for Barack Obama

And so the racial politics begins, with Barack Obama's racial background the hot topic. The NY Times and Washington Post both ran articles about the many shades of identity and authenticity. I feel sorry for Obama because he's already getting . . . more »

Van | 02/04/07 at 07:40 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 03, 2007

Giuliani advocates strict constructionist judges

Many social conservatives like Rudy Giuliani enough as a presidential candidate (for his clarity on fighting Islamist terrorism) that they are trying to find ways to reconcile their positions with his liberal track record, specifically, that Giuliani is pro-choice and . . . more »

Judith | 02/03/07 at 07:21 PM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

February 02, 2007

Obama

Dick Morris brilliantly sums up Obama: “Obama is like a stem cell. He can become any part of the body he wants to be!” Or that the media wants him to be! In reality, he's an unleavened liberal. But the . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/02/07 at 11:50 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 30, 2007

Giuliani for 2008

Long-time readers of this blog know that I am a big Rudy Giuliani fan. Now that he has officially thrown his hat into the ring, I will be doing my best to convince the GOP to nominate him and . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/07 at 03:09 PM | 11 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

National Review in person

[ UPDATE: Atlas has lots of video and photos from her attendance. Streaming video of John Bolton and Quicktime videos of Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush at the NRI.] My friend Susan attended the NRI Summit in Washington DC this . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/07 at 10:21 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

January 24, 2007

Listen to the general

If you agree with General Petraeus that sending more troops specifically to pacify Baghdad is a good idea, please inform your Republican congresspersons that you will not be happy with them if they do not agree that it is a . . . more »

Judith | 01/24/07 at 11:58 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 28, 2006

The Political Question du Jour

The hot new political question - which I imagine will be with us for some time, but there is nothing like getting an early start to sow doubt among what might be his constituency - is: Will Christian conservatives and . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/28/06 at 09:49 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 20, 2006

Victory in '08

[ UPDATE: Bruce Kesler at the Democracy Project urges voters to hold both parties feet to the fire, if your most urgent issue is national security. ] AJ Strata puts a stake in the ground for proudly standing by President . . . more »

Judith | 11/20/06 at 12:35 AM | 7 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 12, 2006

The ACLU Works to Restore Terrorists' "Lost Rights"

The ACLU has wasted no time since the midterm election making its agenda clear. Restoring the "lost rights" of terrorists, that is. From the ACLU's latest mailing: After five long years of profound abuses of power by the White House . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/12/06 at 11:32 PM | 17 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 10, 2006

Remember the good ole days . . .

I think people will remember, especially when Pelosi starts dismantling all of this. Buyer's remorse is already setting in, apparently. . . . more »

Judith | 11/10/06 at 04:28 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 09, 2006

Pelosi defines "bipartisanship"

Nancy Pelosi: "I told him (Bush) what I said last night -- that I looked forward to working in a bipartisan way with him, that the success of the president is always good for the country and I hoped that . . . more »

Judith | 11/09/06 at 08:05 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

So It Begins....Impeachment, That Is

Despite protestations to the contrary from soon-to-be Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, talk of impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney has already begun. Never to be quelled by the "right-wing" Democratic Party leadership, Bay Area . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/09/06 at 01:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Whither Iraq: More Background on Bob Gates

I really don't like realist conservatism. It often produces detestable, morally-cringeworthy Republican policy: for example, the retreat from Lebanon after Hezbollah bombed our Marine barracks, abandoning the Shi'ites and the Kurds in 1991, the decision to abandon Afghanistan to rack . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/09/06 at 12:40 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 08, 2006

If they do strip all our defenses . . . .

Occasional Kesher Talk contributor, and fellow "one-issue Republican voter" Ben opines on the election: "Well This Sucks." Skipper the Penguin, in "Madagascar". Actually it won't be that bad if the numbskulls don't manage to strip all our defenses. I don't . . . more »

Judith | 11/08/06 at 10:20 PM | 13 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Election 2006: What It Means for Princeton University

People have pondered at length the meaning of the mid-term elections for the GOP, for the Democrats, the Iraqis, Hillary, the bloggers, Daily Kos and on and on. That's not the real story. The BIG story is this: What does . . . more »

Van | 11/08/06 at 10:12 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Election 2006: What Went Wrong for the Republicans

The midterm elections are over and those who hoped for a Republican victory are still digesting the results. The usual pre-election mainstream media hype led many to the mistaken impression that the Democratic Party's much-vaunted success might not pan out. . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/08/06 at 02:10 PM | 14 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Election '06 postmortem

Updates continuing below . . . The UN articulates my biggest problem with the Dem win: Democratic gains in Congress were seen around the world Wednesday as a rejection of the U.S. war in Iraq that led some observers to . . . more »

Judith | 11/08/06 at 11:51 AM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

November 07, 2006

'06 Election Coverage

Surfing the election - some bloggish predictions, musings, and rallying cries which may not be picked up by the behemoths of the blogosphere. Updated throughout the day. (Anything neither I, Pajamas, Instapundit, etc. are linking to, that you think is . . . more »

Judith | 11/07/06 at 08:58 PM | 6 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

It's Starting to Look Still Looking Pretty Damn Glum

UPDATE XIV: Back around to Webb. Is the Senate going to go Democrat by 1? We won't know until tomorrow. UPDATE XIII: Tennessee holds Republican. Allen is now back ahead by 2000 in Virginia with 99.18%. UPDATE XII: So is . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/07/06 at 08:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '06 to '08

Casting a Wide Net in Stamford

I voted before 7 a.m. today at a school here in Stamford. I didn't have to wait on line before I entered one of the photo-booth sized voting machines, the kind with the reassuringly clanky handle to open and close . . . more »

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