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 video: Sarah Palin got prank called by two comedians in Montreal who claimed to be French Prime Minister Nicholas Sarkozy and didn't realize it for 6 minutes until she was told--despite very obvious clues. |
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 cnn is conspiring to throw the race to obama by moving montana to toss-up with 2 days left they create a feeling that mccain is inevitably going to lose that creates a bandwagon effect where people vote for the person they think is going to win of course they never admit it but it happens |
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There are a number of problems that could happen on election day as a result of massive voter turnout. Voting administration is up to the states, and some may not be ready. As a result, parties could sue after election day based on a number of criteria. |
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With a week left before Election Day, today's news is dominated by Obama: |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081027/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_plot_5 Two people were going to rob a gun store and shoot as many "non-Caucasians" as possible, including Obama. Ugh. |
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McCain aides say Palin doesn't want to listen to them: She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone. Of course, A Palin associate defended her by saying she is "not good at process questions" and that her comments on Michigan and the robocalls were answers to process questions. |
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Two weeks to election day--time to start placing bets. How many electoral votes will each candidate get? As an incentive, I'll give BabelPoints to anyone who gets it exactly right. The number of BabelPoints given will be equivalent to the percent of the popular vote that the winner receives. This is a chance for those of you who've been eyeing those top 5 spots to jump ahead! |
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A very interesting article from Ezra Klein of the LA Times points out that there really is no such thing as "undecided" or "swing" voters. Though everyone's theoretically "undecided" at the beginning of the race, most people choose easily and quickly based on their beliefs. It's a bit odd that we give the Undecided Voter such a privileged place in American elections. Because from a civic standpoint, few creatures are as contemptible. This election has dominated every form of American news media for the better part of two years. It's really been rather hard to miss. Further, it pits two extremely different candidates against each other. Whether your metric is age, ideology, temperament, race, funding sources, healthcare plans or Iraq strategies, it would be hard to imagine two men presenting a starker contrast. But despite this, the Undecided Voter wakes up each morning and says, in effect, "I dunno." |
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McCain has done "robo-calls" recently - automated calls with (misleading) information about Obama's connection to Ayers. |
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