Yearly Archives: 2012

The members of the electoral college don't even gather in Washington until December… 4

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The members of the electoral college don't even gather in Washington until December 17 but the the 2016 campaign is already off and running.  The first poll of potential New Hampshire voters is out and Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton lead their respective party fields so far. Let the games begin!

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Alright, politics junkies. 2012 is over. Let 2016 begin! Who are your top picks for 2016?

Clinton, Christie Lead First Polls Of 2016 N.H. Primaries
For much of the American electorate, the culmination of the 2012 campaign has provided a much-needed respite from politics. But for the prolific pollsters at Public Policy Polling? Let the 2016 race t…

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It's actually not that uncommon for dead candidates to win elections, including…

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It's actually not that uncommon for dead candidates to win elections, including two local officials in Florida and Alabama this week. Former Missouri governor even when a US senate race in 2000 weeks after dying in a plain crash. However, when it happens they generally were alive during at least part of the campaign. 

Charles Darwin has been dead for 130 years and yet he still managed to garner 4,000 write-in votes in Athens-Clarke county Georgia against Rep. Paul C. Broun, R-Ga who ran unopposed. 

Darwin outperforms on ballot
Georgia voters protested an anti-science incumbent by writing-in the father of evolution

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Karl Rove has a lot of nerve accusing dems of suppressing the vote through negative… 1

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Karl Rove has a lot of nerve accusing dems of suppressing the vote through negative ads.  GOP legislatures and governors all over the country have been actively working to suppress the vote through much more overt measures for years. 

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Karl Rove says Obama won "by suppressing the vote"

Karl Rove: Obama Succeeded ‘By Suppressing The Vote’
Karl Rove told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on Thursday that President Obama won re-election “by suppressing the vote” with negative campaign ads that “turned off” potential voters, citing a victory that ca…

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I think it might be too late for such a strategy to work for the GOP :) 5

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I think it might be too late for such a strategy to work for the GOP 🙂

Republicans Consider Welcoming People Who Believe in Math and Science
After disappointing results in Tuesday’s election, Mr. Priebus said that it was time for Republicans to become “more tolerant of those with a math and science lifestyle.”


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“After this election, Florida is worse than a laughingstock,” Billy Corben, a… 2

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“After this election, Florida is worse than a laughingstock,” Billy Corben, a Miami documentary filmmaker and avid election night Twitter user, said with a smile. “We’re now an irrelevant laughingstock.”

We've been doing this for more than two centuries, why do we still have such a hard time getting it right?

Florida’s Votes Unclaimed, but Less Depends on Them
Just as in the 2000 presidential election, the results of Florida’s voting were still up in the air the day after Election Day. The difference is that in 2012 it doesn’t matter.


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My friend +Jonny Lieberman at +Motor Trend Magazine pits the new +Ford Motor Company C-Max…

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My friend +Jonny Lieberman at +Motor Trend Magazine pits the new +Ford Motor Company C-Max hybrid against the +Toyota USA Prius V and comes away preferring the C-Max. The Prius V is more fun to drive than the classic Prius hatchback but the C-Max is even better with a much nicer interior, better performance and more passenger space although it does give up some cargo volume to the Toyota. Jonny even really liked the MyFord Touch system better than Toyota's Entune. 

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It's the battle to see which hybrid is best: the 2013 +Ford Motor Company C-Max, or the 2012 +Toyota USA Prius V. Which is your pick?

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I know plenty of well meaning people with truly conservative beliefs but they are…

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I know plenty of well meaning people with truly conservative beliefs but they are ill-served by their media choices.

" there's no cost to broadcasting or publishing inane bullshit. In fact, it's often very profitable. A lot of cynical people have gotten rich broadcasting and publishing red meat for movement conservative consumption."

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Good read why living in a filter bubble of Fox News and gang will have left some conservatives wondering what happened.

How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank and File
Nate Silver was right. His ideological antagonists were wrong. And that’s just the beginning of the right’s self-created information disadvantage.

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