Posted in Visual on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I noticed this last night, as did Atrios:
Some genius at CNN decided that the best way to present results - both on the pie charts and on the map - was to make Romney deep red, McCain light red, Giuliani orange, Huckabee light orange…
Here’s a screen shot from the CNN website:
Posted in WM_archive on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Daily Kos:
With a history of meddling in our primaries, why don’t we try and return the favor. Next Tuesday, January 15th, Michigan will hold its primary. Michigan Democrats should vote for Mitt Romney, because if Mitt wins, Democrats win. How so?
For Michigan Democrats, the Democratic primary is meaningless since the DNC stripped the state of all its delegates (at least temporarily) for violating party rules. Hillary Clinton is alone on the ballot.
But on the GOP side, this primary will be fiercely contested. John McCain is currently enjoying the afterglow of media love since his New Hamsphire victory, while Iowa winner Mike Huckabee is poised to do well in South Carolina.
Meanwhile, poor Mitt Romney, who’s suffered back-to-back losses in the last week, desperately needs to win Michigan in order to keep his campaign afloat. Bottom line, if Romney loses Michigan, he’s out. If he wins, he stays in.
And we want Romney in, because the more Republican candidates we have fighting it out, trashing each other with negative ads and spending tons of money, the better it is for us. We want Mitt to stay in the race, and to do that, we need him to win in Michigan.
There is something oogy about this. But I suspect that just like rubber-necking an accident, I’ll be tuned in on the 15th to see the results.
Update: Re the oogy-ness, more from Kos:
3.) You can’t bring a spork to a gun battle. There are some concerned that this is “dirty tricks” and that we shouldn’t “stoop to their level”. This is perhaps the key difference between traditional liberals and movement progressives. The former believe that politics is a high-minded debate about ideas, the latter have seen movement conservatives use every tool at their disposal to steal power and cling to it. The problem is, politics matter, and so does the winner of elections. You can’t bring a spork to a gun fight, because like Florida 2000, we lose every time. And while some may feel proud their personal ethics weren’t compromised and that we “took the high road” through the recount battle, how many thousands of soldiers and Iraqis wish that Democrats had fought a little harder for Gore’s victory?
There is one major difference between movement progressives and conservatives — we won’t cross the line into illegal behavior. But as long as we operate within legal boundaries, all’s fair in politics. The stakes matter too much to unilaterally disarm.
Hmm.
Posted in WM_archive on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It may not have been white, but it was merry. With my DC-based nieces pushing 13, having to do Xmas at home was less of an issue. So my sister and her hubby packed up their car and we both headed north to daBurgh, to do Xmas with the rest of the family at Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jane’s.
Much merriment ensued, including cookie and tree decorating. The tree above was destined to go at the end of the drive by the mailbox, but the weather didn’t cooperate, and it wound up on the porch off the living room. My niece Beverly made the ninja stars from leftover wrapping paper…making some of the older generation happy that it was at least an hour or so that she wasn’t playing video games! (That said, I certainly had a great time playing Mario Party on the wireless DS Lites the kids got this year!)
After Xmas, I headed the hour or so north of the city to spend an extra couple of days with my brother and his family. I hadn’t seen my northern niece and nephew in over a year (not sure how that happened).
Then back home to enjoy a couple of quiet days before heading back to work.
I hope you and yours had a great holiday season.
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