All Blog Posts (Page 35)

Nov 04, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Election Beer Bets

I bet my friend Neil a pint of beer that Obama would win Georgia. He accepted. I bet my friend Dominic with 2:1 odds that Obama will lose Arizona. He accepted. It would be worth two pints of beer to me to see McCain so thoroughly defeated, especi...

Nov 03, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Toot's vote

This made me tear up. I just read this over at DKos that Barack Obama’s grandmother’s vote will be counted under Hawaii state law. Ms. Dunham’s absentee mail ballot was received and reviewed under the Hawaii standards for processing absentee mail ...

Nov 03, 2008
Zoon Politikon

My Guess for Tomorrow

Obama 364 to McCain 174. Same as Karl Rove is predicting, perversely, except that I genuinely think that Georgia is going to flip, given the African-American turnout I’ve been reading about. Obama wins all of the Kerry states, plus CO, NM, FL, OH,...

Oct 31, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Pre-Election Thoughts

Did you know that Obama can lose: Florida Virginia North Carolina Ohio Indiana and still win with 273 EV by picking up Colorado (7.1% ahead), Iowa (12.4% ahead) and New Mexico (9% ahead), as long as he retains all of the Kerry states. Of c...

Oct 22, 2008
Zoon Politikon

It's really very simple

Just watch this, and compare it to the hate and vitriol coming from the opposing side. Who’s really working towards solutions? We are all Americans, and we all love this country. It’s as simple as that. </param></param></embed>

Oct 18, 2008
iPhone Photography

Swamped, lately

I’ve been swamped lately: I have one more update to the Slate Poll Tracker '08 that's mostly complete (it just requires some performance testing and enhancement). I am in the final stages of delivering an iPhone app to a startup that shall rema...

Oct 09, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Quote of the day

From Josh Marshall: When this is all over I do not know whether Obama and Biden will allow McCain to meet with his testicles without preconditions. Just checked the website, and apparently Josh has changed the text: After the election, in the inte...

Oct 03, 2008
iPhone

The first and last time I will ever link to a press release

But I feel obliged to, given that it mentions me :) Incidentally, Jennifer Lee is currently one of my favorite people in the world ;-) WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Slate, the daily online magazine, today announced a partnership with Chimp Softwar...

Oct 02, 2008
iPhone

Introducing Slate Poll Tracker '08

Slate and I have some special news: If you're a political junkie like we're political junkies, you have a problem. You can track the McCain-Obama polls only at your computer. If you go to a ballgame, or a meeting, or your daughter's wedding, you e...