2004 Poll Watcher
Check this out, daily poll updates state by state
Right now it's showing Kerry up 295-243...
7 Ekim 2004 Perşembe
Oh, I would SO get fired for this
Oh, I would SO get fired for this
"Earlier today, the AP pushed a story to its affiliates with the headline Bush wins election, Republicans keep House/Senate. The story appeared briefly on the WBAY-TV website before it was taken down..."
Those election returns don't just magically appear, you know. Someone has to MAKE them. And TEST them.
And make sure that while TESTING them they don't RELEASE them...
It's the same thing with the Obituary File that every big news organization has. Those glowing Reagan tributes didn't get written in a day. In fact, I remember them getting leaked once...
"Earlier today, the AP pushed a story to its affiliates with the headline Bush wins election, Republicans keep House/Senate. The story appeared briefly on the WBAY-TV website before it was taken down..."
Those election returns don't just magically appear, you know. Someone has to MAKE them. And TEST them.
And make sure that while TESTING them they don't RELEASE them...
It's the same thing with the Obituary File that every big news organization has. Those glowing Reagan tributes didn't get written in a day. In fact, I remember them getting leaked once...
6 Ekim 2004 Çarşamba
It's one really big tree
It's one really big tree
I've had remarkably little to say about this election, given my front row seat.
What's happened is the old forest for the trees problem. I'm so deep in the woods that all I can see is one tree. And it's a really BIG tree. And it's being chopped down and turned into paper, and all of that paper is flying into our office...
The sheer BASIC-ness of the questions I'm hearing makes me think this year is a big one. The Big Ones bring out the least engaged people, who naturally have the most basic questions. 1996 was dry as toast because no one ever believed Dole had a chance. 2000 wasn't interesting until AFTER Election day. This feels like 1992.
Except in 1992 there was a different vibe. There was the whole Clinton-change thing, the end of the Cold War, and there was the anti-politics thing that Perot represented. It wa smore volatile, less predictable. This thing has been dead-heat standoff (with minor variation) from the day Kerry clinched the nomination, and I STILL think it's going to come down to the kind of turnout-absentee gruntwork we locals do.
I've had remarkably little to say about this election, given my front row seat.
What's happened is the old forest for the trees problem. I'm so deep in the woods that all I can see is one tree. And it's a really BIG tree. And it's being chopped down and turned into paper, and all of that paper is flying into our office...
The sheer BASIC-ness of the questions I'm hearing makes me think this year is a big one. The Big Ones bring out the least engaged people, who naturally have the most basic questions. 1996 was dry as toast because no one ever believed Dole had a chance. 2000 wasn't interesting until AFTER Election day. This feels like 1992.
Except in 1992 there was a different vibe. There was the whole Clinton-change thing, the end of the Cold War, and there was the anti-politics thing that Perot represented. It wa smore volatile, less predictable. This thing has been dead-heat standoff (with minor variation) from the day Kerry clinched the nomination, and I STILL think it's going to come down to the kind of turnout-absentee gruntwork we locals do.
Too good to be true?
Too good to be true?
"Word on the Hill is that Tom DeLay is finished. A downfall that couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. He's always struck me as an evil character from a David Lynch movie..."
So what's waiting in the (right) wings? Sad thing is, not much better... Are there even 218 winnable Democratic districts?
"Word on the Hill is that Tom DeLay is finished. A downfall that couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. He's always struck me as an evil character from a David Lynch movie..."
So what's waiting in the (right) wings? Sad thing is, not much better... Are there even 218 winnable Democratic districts?
Election Day Anti-Terrorism Plans Draw Criticism
Election Day Anti-Terrorism Plans Draw Criticism
"An elevated national threat warning -- and any actions in response -- could scare away voters, intentionally or not, especially in cities, which tend to vote Democratic. Voting rights advocates worry that fear of terrorism could lead to federal agents and local police being posted at polling places, a tactic that has historically been used in some places to intimidate minority citizens. . . "
Will be interesting to see how many random road blocks and knock-and-taks happen in Florida November 2...
"An elevated national threat warning -- and any actions in response -- could scare away voters, intentionally or not, especially in cities, which tend to vote Democratic. Voting rights advocates worry that fear of terrorism could lead to federal agents and local police being posted at polling places, a tactic that has historically been used in some places to intimidate minority citizens. . . "
Will be interesting to see how many random road blocks and knock-and-taks happen in Florida November 2...
5 Ekim 2004 Salı
Blue State, Gray State
Blue State, Gray State
We know that since the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1965 that the Republican Party consciously and with malice redrew the Free State/Slave State divide. Lee Atwater bragged about it. Karl Rove's perfected its exploitation...
Hm. So why not just let 'em go?
We know that since the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1965 that the Republican Party consciously and with malice redrew the Free State/Slave State divide. Lee Atwater bragged about it. Karl Rove's perfected its exploitation...
Hm. So why not just let 'em go?
1 Ekim 2004 Cuma
S.C. H.S. Removes 3 Topics From Debate
SC High School Removes 3 Topics From Debate
Administrators at Fort Mill High School decided to remove gay marriage, abortion and stem cell research from the agenda of a planned student debate out of concern that they might clash with a state law on sex education...
Administrators at Fort Mill High School decided to remove gay marriage, abortion and stem cell research from the agenda of a planned student debate out of concern that they might clash with a state law on sex education...
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