Last week, the New Republic published a piece by Nate Silver–sadly, no longer available on the TNR website, so no link–measuring the so-called post-Convention bounce since, I think, 1988, and there was a pretty clear pattern: the party that went second–the incumbent party–usually had the bigger bounce. One clear exception was Bill Clinton in 1992, [...]
This was hilarious when we came up with it a 3AM after several tequila shots two months ago.
He was strong this morning at the VFW. He opened with this: Yesterday, Senator McCain came before you. He is a man who has served this nation honorably, and he correctly stated that one of the chief criteria for the American people in this election is going to be who can exercise the best judgment [...]
After a week on vacation in two of America’s grandest cathedrals–the Las Vegas strip and the Yosemite high country–it was all too easy to forget about the piddly gimmickry of presidential politics. But no sooner had I landed in New Orleans last night, and checked into the McCain campaign’s hotel, that it all came flooding [...]
was what I saw yesterday in Albuquerque.
With Richard Lugar’s name being mentioned lately as a long-shot contender to be Obama’s running mate, it’s worth examining the pros and cons of a bi-partisan unity ticket. If Obama were to select Lugar, he would get the foreign policy credentials and Washington experience that would also come with picking Joe Biden or Bill Richardson [...]
