Election '08
Al Franken Is Contesting This?
The bubble beside Norm Coleman’s name appeared to have both an X and a squiggle in it, but the Al Franken campaign wants the state Canvassing Board to rule on whether it should count. That’s the only challenge in the special envelope in Plymouth so far, according to Sandy Engdahl, the city clerk and the [...]
Late: John McCain Wins Missouri
Better late than never but John McCain has won the state of Missouri…
Huckabee Rips Foes In New Book
On Tuesday, that book will arrive on store shelves, and in terms of payback, it will not disappoint. At once a memoir of his campaign, a treatise on the ills of the Republican Party and a blueprint for his own political future, Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to [...]
Sarah Palin In Just A Towel…
At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She [...]
How Did Ballot Initiatives Fare?
Prop 8 in California, banning gay marriage in the state - again, passed…
Florida voters passed Amendment 2, which bans gay marriages in the state…
Measure 11 in South Dakota and Measure 48 in Colorado, both of which attempted to ban abortion to some extent in those states, failed by what seems to be a rather comfortable [...]
Barack Obama Wins, Dow Tumbles
In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 146.87, or 1.53 percent…
Rasmussen Numbers Were Dead On
The final Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll showed Barack Obama leading John McCain 52% to 46%.
As of 6:30 a.m. Eastern, the actual returns showed Obama leading McCain 52% to 46%.
This, folks, is why I gave respect to the Rasmussen numbers over all others…
Rewind: Election Coverage Audio
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Preserved for posterity’s sake… Enjoy.
Barack Obama’s Victory Speech
There was about 10 people with me around a TV tuned to the Obama speech. By the end, they had all walked off. Most sighed as they walked away or shook their heads.
Reactions to the speech - the group around me spent the first five minutes squinting at the TV to see if Obama was [...]
John McCain’s Concession Speech
John McCain conceded defeat to Barack Obama in a speech of striking grace and generosity that called for all Americans to unite behind the new president-elect and paid rich tribute to his accomplishment of becoming the country’s first African American leader.
Great speech… Note Sarah Palin’s demeanor as she seems to be on the verge of [...]
