One might wonder whether McCain undermines his message of the importance of experience by picking a 44-year old governor with no national experience at all. But one might wonder whether Obama undermined his message of bringing change to Washington by choosing a white male Washington lifer from the Northeast; so clearly the McCain camp thought this was worth the risk.
Cosmic Variance on Vice Presidents
29 August 2008
22 April 2008
Voting on dedicated voting machines with an Internet connection might be workable. Voting on Windows 98 PCs would be an unmitigated disaster.
Freedom to Tinker on Voting
23 February 2008
When you’re all style and no substance, isn’t that just another side of the same coin? Too much, too little, it’s still the same when it comes to controlled substance-less-ness: abuse. The placebo is called C-H-A-N-G-E, laced with H-O-P-E . It’s an elixir that feels so good for a shorter and shorter time, yet delivers less and less.
Webutante on Barack Obama
19 February 2008
I figured, I should call into the Board of Elections and voice my displeasure at their complete incompetence. I would have, except the automated system that they use is an absolute clusterfuck.
Wes285 on Board of Elections
5 February 2008
By responding [to negative campaigns], they might only bring attention to an issue that voters hadn’t even recognized: “Contrary to my opponent’s claims, I have stopped beating my wife, and I haven’t consumed more than a fifth of hard liquor in a single sitting.”
Cognitive Daily on Negative Campaigning
25 January 2008
Barack Obama made one campaign promise that all Apple fanboys and iPod owners can get behind: “I won’t let Apple release the new and improved iPod the day after you bought the previous model.”
Gizmodo on Barack Obama