Time for some (cautious) optimism

Happy Monday, with four back-to-back posts from Political Wire:
Democracy Corps: Obama Up By Six in Ohio
A new Democracy Corps poll in Ohio finds Sen. Barack Obama now leading Sen. John McCain, 49% to 43%.
Obama’s lead is built “on an impressive 48% to 35% edge among independent voters. McCain’s attempt to seize the mantle of change [...]

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My friends, the wheels are coming off (updated)

Earlier today, Elizabeth Bumiller of the evil New York Times reported:
“Senator John McCain said Wednesday that he would temporarily suspend his presidential campaign on Thursday to return to Washington to deal with the financial crisis and the $700 billion bailout package now before Congress.”
Mavericky stuff there, lookin’ all post-partisan. But wait, there’s more!
“Mr. McCain [...]

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The issues that matter

Had the following exchange on gmail:
Jonathan: mischa i’ve been very depressed about domestic politics lately
you know what’s really sad
reading this article today made me very very happy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_on_el_pr/ap_yahoo_poll_football
10:44 AM me: oh good lord
this , as i’ve said too many times in the past, is no way to pick the leader of the [...]

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Fuck the 24-hour news cycle

I swear, on CNN right now, Jeannie Moos is reporting on “Obama’s sniffles: Spreading germs on the campaign trail.” Really really. “The threat of Presidential candidate cooties didn’t deter this crowd,” and pictures of little kids putting their fingers in their mouths. Even better, they’re now showing months-old footage of Obama blowing [...]

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Maps

No, not Rock Band.
This.

I concur with Beaudrot that there isn’t really any pattern to the state-by-state trends. Obama is performing above expectation in some understandable places (New Mexico, Wisconsin) and some twilight zone states (North Dakota, Indiana.) On the other hand McCain is looking good in Florida. If you don’t quite get [...]

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