Katrina's Little Brother (2)
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MSNBC just noted that with Gustav likely to hit the Gulf Coast next week this could be a "split-screen convention" for the Republicans. A Gulf Coast hurricane disrupting the GOP's messaging during convention week -- three years after Katrina hit (the anniversary is tomorrow) -- the irony would be enough to make my head explode.
McCain Advisor: Insurance? Just Go To the Emergency Room (6)
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Why is TPM paying all that money for our TPM group health plan? It turns out everyone in America has insurance automatically, according to John McCain health care policy advisor. All you have to do is show up at the local emergency room for your coverage ... From the Dallas Morning News ... But the numbers are misleading, said John Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-leaning Dallas-based think tank. Mr. ...
The Latest McCain Veep Buzz (2)
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire (179)
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Reports suggest Sen. John McCain has made his running mate pick and will unveil his decision at an event in Ohio on Friday. The New York Times reports it's mainly three men who are under consideration: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Joe Lieberman.According to ABC News, Romney was followed to the airport yesterday "by a grey unmarked Chevy SUV with police lights. Two men wearing suits using ear pieces were in the driver and passenger ...
A Clinton Masterpiece (7)
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Readers know my personal disdain for Bill Clinton. But longtime readers will also know I have always defended his solid centrist, smart record in office and defended him against his most over-reaching enemies. Tonight, I think, was one of the best speeches he has ever given. It was a direct, personal and powerful endorsement of Obama. But much, much more than that: it was a statesman-like assessment of where this country is and how desperately ...
Democratic Convention Getting Good Ratings (1)
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The Nielsen ratings for the first two days of the Democratic National Convention are out and they show a couple of interesting things:Hillary Clinton's speech (26.0 million viewers) had higher ratings than Michelle Obama's speech (22.3 million viewers).African Americans continue to watch the convention in a higher proportion than the rest of the populationAlmost five times as many people (26 million) watched Day Two coverage in 2008 vs. Day Two in 2004 (5.9 million) when ...
YOUR WORLD IN CHARTS: IRAN IS SMALL EDITION. (3)
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John McCain is still trying to make hay from Obama's remark that "Iran, Cuba, Venezuela — these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union." Matt tries to help him out by mapping the situation: Stark, but I'm not sure straight land mass is the best way to think about this. After all, we're human beings. We're afraid of bees. So here's a graph comparing the population of Iran and Soviet Union in 1991, back ...
Stratego: Democrats vs. Republicans (1)
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The item of choice for many Democratic convention attendees to bring home to their children is the new version of the classic Stratego board game. Instead of soldiers on a battlefield, it pits Democrats and Republicans against each other in their campaign for the White House. It's a must have for any family of political junkies.
Quote Of The Day (1)
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"Everyone has to wear Abercrombie and Fitch tomorrow."Obama campaign manager David Plouffe responding, in jest, to a reporters' question about whether the demographic skew of tomorrow night's Invesco field event will be young.
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Rick Klau said:
Shit, I better go shopping. ;)
Clinton Expected to Make Case for Obama (1)
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While most Democrats felt Sen. Hillary Clinton gave an outstanding speech last night in support of Sen. Barack Obama, one criticism is that she didn't make the case for why Obama is ready to be president. It's been the main Republican talking point for several weeks.This morning, Obama campaign officials we've spoken to are unconcerned since they believe that Bill Clinton is better positioned as a former president to make that point in his speech ...
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Rick Klau said:
I'd hoped this to be the case, Bubba gets to point out that Obama is older than Bill was when he took office, had a tougher primary season, and has more international experience than he did. Bill will bring down the house if he unequivocally proclaims BO ready to lead on day 1.
No Bruce At Invesco (1)
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An Obama aide e-mails: "Since there have been some inaccurate reports out there, wanted to make sure you knew that Bruce Springsteen will not, in fact, be performing at the convention." An accompanying statement from Springsteen's manager, Jon Landeau: "Bruce has been and continues to be an ardent supporter of Barack Obama's."
Biden In Action (4)
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Here's an interesting first-person account of Joe Biden's foreign policy knowledge and skills from the former ambassador to Romania:On the 20-minute drive into the city, he quizzed me on Romanian attitudes, the status of various government leaders and the inside story on Romania’s foreign policy toward Slobodan Milosevic, who was still in power next door in Yugoslavia. Because Biden has known all the major Romanian leaders since the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, the questions were Ph.D. ...
The McCain Ad Shell Game (2)
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McCain campaign airs provocatively misleading ads.The press has a conundrum.If we want to point out how misleading they are, we air the ad.McCain's campaign wins the point.If refuse to point out how misleading they are, McCain's campaign escapes criticism.
Leahy Goes There (1)
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From the Politico ... Leahy told Vogel yesterday the media has given McCain a free pass on flubs including mixing up Middle East geography, Shiite and Sunni Muslims, and referring to Russia's relationship Czechoslovakia -- a country that hasn't existed for 15 years. "It was the same way with Ronald Reagan in the last few years he was president," Leahy said, referring to the belief that Reagan experienced early signs of Alzheimer's disease late in ...
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Rick Klau said:
Pat, Pat, Pat. Don't go there, dude. Please.
Crossing The Commander-In-Chief Threshold (1)
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Marc does some reporting:There's a debate about whether Hillary should have vouched for Obama's commander in chief credentials. Here is why, according to an aide, she did not. Had she done that, all the media would focus on is the disparity between her convention praise and her primary criticism. And she would not have sounded genuine. It would have been contrived.
Typo Of The Day (2)
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How Google Earth Helped Win A Gold Medal (77)
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Google Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husband’s GPS unit to capture the elevation along the route. Then she used that data to find the best training route back home. In a guest post on the Google Lat-Long blog, she writes: After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to ...
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Aaron said:
I wonder if her gps maker has this info, and can also make light of this.
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Haidong said:
very good try
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Fred said:
Got to love this clever use of tech for training for cycling.
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Jeff said:
Cool story -- I love to hear about the unexpected collisions between athletics and technology.
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Jeff said:
I just love hearing these stories of people using freely available tools/data in ways no one initially planned.
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Kluzter said:
De esto se trata... informeichon informeichon informeichon!
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David Feng said:
woah
AdSense for Feeds Rocking Google (3)
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I’ve only been running AdSense for Feeds for a few days but if early stats are any indication, Google has a winner on their hands. I’ve already made more in one day with AdSense for Feeds than I made in a full month running the now dead FeedBurner Ad Network. The Migration Process Google took about four days to migrate my feed from FeedBurner over to my Google account. Once that was done, it was ...
