Meet Joseph Cao

For the National Republican Congressional Committee, Anh “Joseph” Cao was a diamond in a shitpile.  The 41-year old Vietnamese lawyer, (pronounced “Gow”), knocked off scandal-plagued Democratic incumbent William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson in a bright blue, majority black district.  Cao’s three point victory made him the first Vietnamese-American in Congress, and the NRCC immediately trumpeted his [...]

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Because you deserved something substantial *updated*

Election Day comedown has led to a series of flippant victory / schadenfreude / “woo, us!” posts in a row. But I know you rely on (us / other blog) for substantial, in-depth analysis of actual issues, so I figured it’s time for some of that.
MEMO
To: Howard Dean
From: James Carville, Terry McAuliffe, [...]

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Approximating a summary

“Somewhere in the universe, a gear in the machinery shifted.”
-Eldridge Cleaver on Rosa Parks
I haven’t Cleaver’s way with words, so I hope you’ll forgive my reducing history to one man’s personal narrative of 12 hours of chaos.  At best, this will fade into the millions of personal sketches that comprise the people’s history hiding behind [...]

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History

Full recap of the evening to come later…

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Stand up, America

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Turning Virginia Blue, Part Whoknowswhat

Spent my Sunday canvassing.  We drove, 2 hours and 45 minutes, to somewhere south of Richmond.  It was the pro-America part of America, and I made sure to get my passport stamped.  Among the local sights:

Cracker Barrel
Bass Pro Shop
Confederate Heritage Museum
Stonewall Jackson shrine
National Black Republican Headquarters

To be fair, Bass Pro Shop has locations [...]

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Quick follow-up on Obama’s aunt

Before I take off for canvassing, the Washington Post reports this morning:
“The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether its privacy policy was violated after a news organization reported that an aunt of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama is an illegal immigrant from Kenya, officials said yesterday”
The AP’s original story cited an unnamed federal [...]

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I’m staying with Aunt Sally / But you know she’s not really my aunt

I read the news today, oh boy:
CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he didn’t know that one of his relatives was living in the United States illegally and believes the appropriate laws should be followed.
The Associated Press found that Obama’s aunt had been instructed to leave the country four years ago by [...]

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Gagner épique!

A comfortable four years removed from my last French class, I’m not even sure that translates right.  But consider it your cheap setup for election year zydeco:

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Pitch-perfect campaigning (with lots of hidden music videos)

As we recently discussed, the Obama team has perfected the zeitgeist campaign.  Some of it is intentional, (the text messages, the basketball,) while the rest (the internet memes) just sorta happens.  Music is another important element of this.  Everyone knows Republicans make poor DJs, and Senator Obama has collected an impressive variety of musical endorsements.
Democrats [...]

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