Oct 31
Simulation Shows Obama Will Win Brian Adams, a mathematics and computer science professor at Franklin & Marshall College, reports that there's a 99.98% chance that Sen. Barack Obama will win the presidential election on Tuesday. Adams has developed a simulation model that involves running 50 million simulated state-by-state races, using the late-October poll results for each state. He ran his simulation 50 million times to allow him to calculate all the different combinations of electoral v
Oct 31
For the past 24 hours you may have noticed the site has been down and in its place a message saying, “This site has been suspended!” The reason the site was down was because of you: there were so many people trying to get into the site that it overwhelmed the server and they had to shut it down. In order to get the site running again, I had to reduce bandwidth and cut images, etc. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the site will make it through the Election Day deluge. There is a larger me
Oct 31
"Two former White House chiefs of staff, both of whom predict Democrat Barack Obama will win the election," tell Bloomberg "he should pick his Cabinet and top presidential aides by Nov. 15 and immediately focus on developing an economic plan." Said Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein: "Decisions on the White House chief of staff, national security adviser, Treasury secretary and other top officials 'need to be made in the initial week to 10 days of a transition period." Said Clinton chief of
Oct 31
Apparently Ben Smith of Politico picked up a copy of the Miami University student newspaper and found this nugget: John Boehner called Barack Obama a “chicken-shit.” For the U.S. House Minority Leader to be playing BMOC at Miami U. talking smack to the kiddie reporters is unbecoming. What’s he thinking? But here’s what’s really stupid. Boehner could be playing it smart. It’ll be a minor miracle if John McCain wins this election. Why does the House Minority Leader, a Congressman from a sta
Oct 31
Praise Obama! I Won’t Have to Work Any More! this video’s making the rounds this afternoon, featuring an outwardly enthusiastic barack obama supporter, who exclaims:i never thought this day would happen. i won’t have to worry on puttin’ gas in my car. i won’t have to worry at payin’ my mortgage. Meanwhile, via Patterico, a man jumped to his death from a freeway overpass order Stromectol in El Paso today. Police found a note in the man’s car, which said, “Obama take care of my family.” I