Last call for Princess Hillary
This post inspired by Kirribilli Removals and editorial contributions from the same.

Andrew, worry no more. Read the quote below and then the link and all will be revealed. Obi has a winning GOTV strategy, he’s got Team Bomb-Bomb shot to bits in the net/grassroots theatres of campaign warfare.

John McCain’s traditional reliance on TV advertising is no match for Barack Obama’s more innovative ground campaign

My Republican friends cackled with glee when they saw the poll numbers recently, numbers that showed McCain catching up to Obama in the national polls……. it was, after all, the first sign of life in the campaign since it began.
But they are mistaken, as are McCain’s strategists, because the poll numbers targeting “likely voters” are flawed. They don’t take into account this rapid and significant expansion of the Democratic party, the millions of new voters who will come to the polls in support of the Democrats (many of whom either don’t have land-line phones or don’t answer polls). Some estimates place the disparity between new voter registrations between Democrats and Republicans at close to 35 to one. That’s a significantly larger battlefield than in 2004, and the wedge issues of that election – gay marriage and abortion – just aren’t getting the GOP faithful excited.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/21/uselections2008.barackobama1

I must admit though, the closeness of the polls have me worried. Correct me if Im wrong, but didnt Reagan, GWB against Gore then Kerry, all come from behind to win? Bearing in mind GWB and the repugs are more on the nose than usual, why are the repugs better at late campaigning, and can Obama change that??

John and Cindy McCain Have 10 Houses

With John McCain’s houses a major news item now, it was inevitable that someone would make a Google map showing them all. Here is a list of the properties.

Here on Votemaster

http://www.electoral-vote.com

and here

http://www.mccainvminnesota.com/cribs.html

Foreign Correspondent 9:30 Tuesday Obama

“How Pollsters affect Poll Results”

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/how_pollsters_affect_poll_resu.php

(cross-pasted chez Poss.)
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http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/58013

http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/20080824_bear_trap/

“The Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, ……” (wiki)

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/57985

http://cartoonbox.slate.com/hottopic/?image=4&topicid=28
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http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/58053

http://cartoonbox.slate.com/static/131.html
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“It was framed largely as a good vs. bad kind of a story,” he said. “There’s an immediate frame of reference for most Americans.”

Yeah, Cat at 439, when rubes are programmed as Manichaeans from their tender, early years at dogma imprintation centres, manipulative authorities can 3-card Monte them every time with 30 second versions of the 2 Minute Hate. As seen on TV.
Rush Limbaugh and BillO will actually brachiate-to-camera for added emphasis when circumstances warrant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-card_Monte

Taking into account that it is 03:26 in Denver, gee, must be really compelling coverage!

So why is the latest conflict in a far-off place that many Americans cannot find on a map considered news? Mr. Jurkowitz says that the conflict has been told using many parallels to the cold war. “It was framed largely as a good vs. bad kind of a story,” he said. “There’s an immediate frame of reference for most Americans.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/business/media/25coverage.html