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Election 2008
Keeping track of the trends as we wend our weary way to November 2, 2008. Primaries, conventions, elections, oh my! This is shaping up to be one of the most interesting elections in years.
Last Updated
May 17, 2008
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Campaign Fonts
Politics Buzz Who would you vote for, if you only had fonts to go on? Looking closely at the official campaign fonts of the three remaining candidates reveals a lot about their message (and it's of interest to more than just design geeks, I swear).
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Edwards Endorses Obama
Politics Buzz Edwards is expected to make his announcement at a rally in Michigan tonight. Edwards has held out for a long time, and his wife still appears to be supporting Clinton, but Edwards has recently been saying Obama is "clearly the nominee," and his endorsement will come tonight.
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John Hagee
Politics Buzz Pastor John Hagee, whose negative comments about Catholics has caused trouble for John McCain, has written a letter of apology to William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights. Presidential candidates trying to distance themselves from lunatic religious leaders is definitely a trend.
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The “Change You Deserve”
Politics Buzz In response to Barack Obama's calls for change, the Republican's have unveiled their new "Change You Deserve" campaign for 2008. It turns out the slogan was also used to market the popular anti-depressant, Effexor. Sometimes those Republicans just get things so right.
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Barack Obama = Matt Santos
Politics Buzz It seems similarities between Barack Obama and Matt Santos (the character played by Jimmy Smitts on The West Wing) are not coincidental. The writers say the character was based on Obama, then a relatively unknown senatorial candidate, but it now seems to be Obama who is following in the footsteps of the fictional presidential candidate. Like Obama, Santos was a young charismatic politician from an ethnic minority aiming to rise above race, up against a not-so-conservative Republican. Only time will tell how reality measures up to the show's utopian vision of America.
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Things Younger Than McCain
Politics Buzz A new website highlights things that have come into existence since the birth of John McCain. Bugs Bunny, Mount Rushmore, Alaska, plutonium and even Dick Cheney are all younger than John McCain.
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Bill Clinton Will Fight You
Politics Buzz A voter question at a West Virginia campaign stop has once again caused Hillary Clinton's partner to let his anger boil over. Is he bringing down Hillary and/or damaging his own legacy? Who knows, but he sure seems stressed out.
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When Obama Wins
Politics Buzz It's the new Barack Obama is your new bicycle. Inspired by the Twitter chatter on how the world will be forever changed when Obama wins, Jason Kottke makes a microsite to share that utopian vision.
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Hitler Subtitle Mashups
Movie Buzz The Hillary Downfall video is but the latest in a long series of Hitler videos that rely on subtitles for the jokes. Der Untergang, a German movie about the last days of Hitler, came out in 2004. In August 2006, YouTube user DReaperF4 posted a Spanish-language satire using the movie's pivotal scene, wherein Hitler finally realizes the war is lost, with subtitles about the release of a new flight simulator game. An English version followed, and then imitators with jokes about Hitler's car being stolen, Hitler being banned from XBox Live, Hitler being angry about the Patriot's Super Bowl loss -- and now, Hitler as Hillary, angry about the superdelegates.
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Lists Of Reasons Hillary Should Quit
Politics Buzz Now that it's almost impossible for Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic nomination by any reasonable measure, political writers are saying she may as well quit. More than a few of them have begun collecting the reasons in the popular "list" format.
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Paulville
Politics Buzz Failed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's fanatical supporters are not willing to compromise. A group of them are moving to west-Texas "to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters."
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Hillary Clinton On O’Reilly
Politics Buzz Hillary Clinton makes her debut on the O'Reilly Factor. The online consensus is that Clinton did really well in the interview, holding her own and talking about substantive issues with Bill O'Reilly. The second half of the interview airs tonight, the first half is already available.
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Rush Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos
Politics Buzz Rush Limbaugh urges his conservative fans to vote for Hillary so that neither Democrat can win the primaries. In Limbaugh's own words: "The endgame is to see that neither of these candidates can win by virtue of the primaries" assuring that Hillary and Barack "will be so bloodied and brought down to earth that neither can win in the general." A few outside observers think that Operation Chaos is actually working while others are skeptical. Of course, Rush is happy to take full credit for the current Obama Clinton fatigue.
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McCain Hates Women
Politics Buzz Bloggers are urging women to send their resumes to Senator McCain in response to his comment that women need more "education and training" if they want equal pay. After Senate Republicans blocked the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act last Wednesday, McCain (who failed to even show up for the vote) blames the wage gap on lack of education. Since 58% of college graduates are women, maybe McCain needs more education on the issue?
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The Lunatic Fringe
Politics Buzz Arianna Huffington's new book exposes the "Lunatic Fringe" of the Republican Party. What happens when the right wing's "Lunatic Fringe" takes control of the government? Find out in Arianna Huffington's new book, "Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe." It makes the whole Obama Vs. Clinton fight look silly when the alternative is four more years of the lunatic fringe in power.
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Obama Clinton Fatigue
Politics Buzz An exciting primary race becomes boring and most people just want a winner. Obama vs Clinton is like an exciting baseball game that goes into extra innings and you are on the edge of your seat but then by the 16th inning you are tired and cold and just want to go home and you stop caring who wins. That is how lots of Democrats are feeling these days.
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Obama In 30 Seconds
Politics Buzz MoveOn.org opens voting in its contest to find the best grassroots Obama campaign ad out there. Winners get a $20,000 camera/editing package, plus the spot will air nationally. There are a few gems mixed in with a lot of rough stones, but we've already got a favorite: Please vote often to ensure this one wins.
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Political Foods
Politics Buzz A New York Times story on the polling trend of microtargeting says that what you eat is linked to how you vote. We had Popeye's for lunch today (chicken sandwich plus biscuit = yum), which apparently makes us Democrats.
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