Posts with keyword: election08

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Remember Twitter Vote Report

Mon Nov 3 17:34:00 2008

Don't forget Twitter Vote Report when you go to the polls tomorrow! From the "about" page: Twitter Vote Report is a non-partisan, all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators have teamed up with the award-winning blog techPresident to launch this effort. The only resources contributed to this project are the participants' time and expertise! Millions of Americans will be voting this Election Day. Many of these voters will have terrific experiences and we'd love to hear about those. But many voters will experience voting problems that we have been hearing about for years: long lines, broken machines,
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Why the Democrats Keep Losing Elections

Mon Sep 8 12:50:00 2008

The thinking typified in this post is why Democrats keep losing elections. They can't accept the facts, so they make up reasons like dirty tricks, or cheating, the complicit media, or (GASP!) a vast right-wing conspiracy. The real reason, however, is fairly simple. In the last 40 years, Democrats have won when the fielded a centrist candidate and lost when they fielded a liberal candidate. This year, they've got another liberal candidate (although one with lots more appeal than Kerry, for example) and they're behind. So they start making excuses earlier than ever. That may make them feel better
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