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Friday, January 04, 2008 - Posts

  • The Metric System


    On a long-winded conference call today, Hillary Clinton campaign officials did their best to sweet-talk their way around her loss in Iowa. The thesis of their argument: Her organization continues to be better than anybody else's, so they can get out the Read More...
  • Overheard in the Des Moines Airport


    A guy who looks like he’s with a Canadian TV network is talking on the phone to a colleague in New Hampshire: “Be good to Obama’s people. The advance people. I think we’re in for the long haul with them. Maintain that.” The Canadian press has spoken. Read More...
  • Change Is the Word


    As this totally chaotic—but, you gotta admit, totally thrilling—primary approaches complete anarchy, you can see the candidates' rhetoric running together. First, Republicans tried to “out-Tancredo Tancredo” by shifting right on immigration. Then Hillary Read More...
  • The Contest: U-Chicago Student Takes Lead


    Of the 100 entrants in the official Trailhead Primary Pool, only one, University of Chicago political science student Max Gallop, successfully predicted the first-, second-, and third-place winners for both the Democrats and Republicans in yesterday's Read More...
  • Britney Spears Is More Important Than Barack Obama


    For a dose of perspective, this is what MSNBC's hompage looked like at 1:35 a.m. early Friday morning. Read More...
  • A Sense of Proportion [Corrected]


    Tomorrow’s headlines will most likely include some version of “Clinton placed third.” And that’s true. But here’s a thought on the Grinnell caucus to put that statement into perspective. John Edwards just barely edged out Hillary statewide, 30 percent Read More...
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