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By jwilkes - Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 11:59 PM
A recent comment by satirist David Sedaris made me ponder something about the election. Here’s what Sedaris had to say about undecided voters:
“I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. ‘Are they professional actors?’ I wonder. ‘Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?’ To p more...
By jwilkes - Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 2:38 AM
If there is one particular talking point John McCain’s presidential campaign has hammered in the past 72 hours, it’s been Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden’s assertion that Barack Obama will likely be confronted with a serious international crisis in the first year of his administration. McCain argues that that poss more...
By jwilkes - Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Regardless of how this election turns out, John McCain accomplished quite a feat in American partisan politics: he won the Republican Party’s nomination without the support of the Republican Party. And that’s been his problem all along.
Flash back to February, when McCain rose from the ashes of defeat in Iowa to capture victory in Ne more...
By jwilkes - Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 12:24 PM
In the 2008 Senate race, Democrats are feeling pretty confident. Initial predictions saw them swiping four Republican-held seats, bolstering their tenuous hold on the majority (currently 51-49) to a more comfortable level of 55-45. But a wide range of developments- from indicted Republican incumbents to an economic collapse- Senate Dems are cross more...
By jwilkes - Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Of all the former Bush states that will potentially end up in Obama’s column on Election Day, none of them really surprise me. Florida? Of course not. That state was close in 2004 and a nail biter in 2000. The same goes for Iowa, New Mexico, and Ohio. States like Virginia, Missouri, and Colorado have been steadily electing more and more Dem more...
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