Taste We Can Believe In
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pmYou know he’s a baller. You know he’s a nerd. But did you know Barack Obama is a picky eater, too (via)?
Obama was abstemious.…
Posts Tagged ‘2008 presidential election’
The Race Chasm, Re-revisited
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:01 amAfter the election, Mark Schmitt graded some of the models people used to predict the election, and gave David Sirota’s race chasm hypothesis a C-,…
Idiocracy
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pmAfter deep introspection and soul searching, some of the torch bearers of the right have finally realized how Barack Obama won the presidency.
“Lots and…
What Made National Review So Crappy?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:35 amI’m a bit confused by The New York Times‘ article on National Review, which opens thusly:
In a span of 252 days, the National Review…
Why Would Anyone Dislike Sarah Palin?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:59 amJeff Jacoby on Sarah Palin:
After witnessing the poise, energy, and panache with which John McCain’s 44-year-old running mate handled herself on the national stage,…
Nate Silver is a New-Media Superstar
By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pmWhat’s especially striking about the Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight.com phenomenon is how indicative it is of the Internet Age. Before widespread readership of blogs, or…
The McCain Campaign’s Tragic Legacy
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 12th, 2008 at 11:25 amThis “Joe the Plumber” crap will just. Not. Die.
First, he got his own record deal, as if country music hasn’t suffered enough. And now,…
Conservative Paranoia
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:42 amWith a Democratic legislature and a Democratic executive that can appoint a liberal judiciary, some conservatives are fearful of the changes that are going to…
Some Perspective
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pmI’ve been groping for the right international analogy for the historical significance of Obama’s election, and it’s been tough, given the sui generis nature of…
Election Postmortems
By Kay Steiger - Nov 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pmIt’s never too soon (or too late) to run through exit polls and try to determine who “won” the election for Barack Obama. Ruth Rosen…
A Savvy Prediction
By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pmEric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune re-posts an old item from 2004:
Speaking to the Illinois delegation breakfast, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D.-Evanston) recalled a…
What’s the Matter With Alaska?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 11:49 amThere’s a post up at the Washington Post’s site about some fishy numbers coming out of Alaska:
The final voter turnout numbers won’t be available…
Healing the Partisan Rift Through Internet Memes
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 7th, 2008 at 9:28 amThe always brilliant Ze Frank has a new project that hopefully a lot of avid Obama supporters will check out–it’s called From 52 to 48…
Pakistanis Aren’t Dancing in the Streets
By Jesse Singal - Nov 6th, 2008 at 2:44 pmVia Juan Cole, check out this Al Jazeera English look at how Pakistanis reacted to Barack Obama’s victory:
Understandably, a much more measured response.
(Cole’s…
No Surprise North Carolina is Tar-Heel Blue
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pmIt’s not all that surprising that North Carolina went blue this election. A few days ago, before the election, I asked my friend, a native…
