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As I thought…

On: February 7th, 2008 at 10:42 pm | Number of Comments » 0

A new Time Magazine poll backs up my #6 reason for voting for Obama (this is courtesy of Taegan Goddard’s most excellent Political Wire):
“A new Time magazine poll compares potential general election match ups:

Obama 48%, McCain 41%
Clinton 46%, McCain 46%

According to the poll director, the difference is that “independents tilt toward McCain when he is [...]


Superdelegates, or, Why We Don’t Live in a True Democracy

On: February 7th, 2008 at 1:26 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Before these primaries most people had never heard of “superdelegates,” but now with what looks like a deadheat brewing in the Democratic primaries, it’s the buzzword of the moment. If you want a quick history and definition of them, look here and here. In a nutshell, they are elected Democratic officials and party elders and [...]