For those of you who still aren’t convinced that now is the time to pick ourselves up and get back in the game, I offer you the latest comments from right-wing über-activist Grover Norquist. “Once the minority of House and Senate are comfortable in their minority status, they will have no problem socializing with the […]
For anyone interested, I’ll be doing a syndicated radio show this afternoon, offering some post-election analysis. The show is “Culture Shocks,” hosted by the legendary Barry Lynn. I’ll be on from 5 to 6 Eastern. It’ll be on several radio stations, including KCAA 1050AM in the Los Angeles area, WCBR in Tennessee, KGGM in Louisiana, […]
From where I sit, one of two things is going to happen in the coming months: the Dems/left will be so disheartened by yesterday’s results that it will send them into an indefinite funk, or the Dems/left will see this as a unique opportunity. Not surprisingly, I’m hoping for the latter. Looking back over the […]
It’s hard to choose the single most disheartening defeat from yesterday, but seeing Tom Daschle lose in South Dakota has to be right up there. Looking ahead, however, we need a Dem to fill his role as the party leader in the Senate. It may quickly get competitive, but a frontrunner already seems obvious. Senate […]
I’ve been thinking a lot the past 12 hours about Tom Ampleman. He’s not a famous political figure; he’s just a regular guy the New York Times talked to about two months ago. For some reason, his comments have been on my mind. Tom Ampleman, a blue-collar union member who lives near this suburb just […]
It’s over. Sen. John F. Kerry called President Bush today and conceded defeat in the 2004 presidential election. The Bush campaign was planning a presidential victory announcement for this afternoon, aids said.
The bad news is international election monitors were terribly unimpressed with our voting system yesterday. The exculpatory news is they were in Miami, so their disappointment makes sense. The global implications of the U.S. election are undeniable, but international monitors at a polling station in southern Florida said Tuesday that voting procedures being used in […]
Admit it; you saw the exit polls yesterday afternoon and felt pretty good. I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t take my own caveats seriously enough. This data was unreliable in 2000 and it proved even worse yesterday. The exit polls missed the mark very badly last night (before they were reweighted to […]
Note to self: election analysis on four hours of sleep sounds easier than it is… I think the worst part of watching last night’s results, for me personally, was going into it with high expectations. I feel like Bart in the opening credits of The Simspons, needing to write, “I will not get my hopes […]
I mean, later in the morning. Thanks to the Carpetbagger regulars who are still out there reading right now, but I’m wrapping up the blogging for the night. Don’t expect too many posts first thing in the a.m. I know the race isn’t over, but my writing for the night is. Final thought on Ohio: […]