The thing that I’ve been fearing raised its ugly head here in Tennessee — two neo-Nazi white supremacists were arrested a few days ago on firearms violation and upon investigation were found out to have been plotting a shooting (and decapitation) spree of African-Americans, ultimately targeting Barack Obama. Makes my stomach turn. You can read [...]

Here is part of the first iteration of Barack Obama’s “closing argument” stump speech that he will be taking on the road in this last week of campaigning. Man, here’s good:
This is what we want in a president in these times — someone who can inspire.

It doesn’t help that Obama hasn’t campaigned at all in Tennessee, but still, it’s pathetic that it looks as if he is going to do worse in my (current) home state than Kerry did in 2004, according to this latest poll. I came close to going down to Obama’s TN HQ to do phonebank duty [...]

When McCain and, especially, Palin use the word “elitist” as an insult and smear, we know pretty much what they really mean — anyone whom they perceive the “average” “real” American would perceive as being smarter or more cultured than themselves, where “smarter” and “more cultured” are displayed most commonly in the alleged elitist in [...]

It’s telling that the latest tightening in the polls between Obama and McCain is largely the result of movement among white men (although I’m not worried at all about Obama winning the election). I actually predicted this trend as soon as the Palin nomination was announced. She wasn’t selected to appeal to women (that would [...]

… then Obama would be a sure bet to win. The Guardian conducted a poll of foreign countries on the candidates and Obama wins in a global landslide. I actually think foreigners should be able to vote for the US president, given that that he wields such great global influence on said foreigners. Be sure [...]

A recent article in Technology Review examined the brains behind the Obama campaign’s (new) media strategy, providing a fascinating look at the foresight and creativity and just plain smarts that drove the advertising, campaigning, social-networking, etc. that helped him to win the Democratic nomination and that now is continuing in the general election. Regardless of field of [...]

I’m beginning to think that the hooligan-like crowds that Palin has been stirring up are a displacement of McCain’s own rage that he must be having a supremely difficult time controlling. In the first debate it came across as irritating forced smiles he must have learned from his anger management advisor (that will have to [...]