Posted by: Tharaa Bayazid on: 11 November 2008
Yesterday was the most exciting political experience of my life. I witnessed something different, something I’ve always longed for–change. The United States of America has proven to the world that it is different from any other nation. I have always known the U.S. to be a multicultural country; yet I’ve also been cognizant of the fact [...]
Posted by: christyluther on: 11 November 2008
On November 4, 2008, Washington state passed Initiative-1000, “Death with Dignity,” allowing terminally-ill patients to self administer lethal medications to end their lives.
Sponsored by Washington state influential, Governor Booth Gardner, the campaign had a swift timeline: it was successfully launched in January, on the ballot in July and passed in November.
Posted by: Bekah on: 4 November 2008
In Joe Trippi’s book, The Revolution will Not be Televised, Trippi argues that if enough people watch negative ads they will end up not liking either candidate. They will ultimately vote for the lesser of two evils.
King 5 has a poll on their main page asking if they voted for the candidate [note: they don't [...]
Posted by: margerynabors on: 4 November 2008
An Obama victory would mean that the age of internet politics has truly begun. In the future everyone will raise funds, recruit volunteers and organize campaigns just as Obama has this time around. But my colleague met a Republican who voted for McCain today but who bought his ticket for the Grant Park rally on [...]
Posted by: ijp on: 4 November 2008
The point Tavis Smiley made on ABC news tonight around 6:45 PT has ostensibly little to do with digital and social media and how it affects American politics. But, at closer look, it may have everything to do with it.
Smiley said it was important for the next president to harness the activist spirit that many [...]
Posted by: christyluther on: 4 November 2008
There was no line at the Labor Temple voting site in downtown Seattle late this afternoon. On-site officials had counted a total of more than 750 voters at that location by 4:30 p.m.
Posted by: gjchatalas on: 4 November 2008
Vigo County in western Indiana is showing Obama with a 57-42 lead with 80 percent of the votes counted. In 2004, Bush won Vigo 53-46.
Furthermore, Vigo is described as one of the more reliable bellweather counties in the nation. It’s only missed on the president twice since 1892. And its final numbers have proven to be remarkably close [...]
Posted by: ijp on: 4 November 2008
As it has been since the first primary in January, NYTimes.com is proceeding more cautiously than the more trigger-happy television news when it comes to making projections on the vote results.
The Times had consistently different delegate counts than other news outlets during the epic Obama-Clinton primary battle due to technicalities in delegate counts, technicalities that [...]
Posted by: gjchatalas on: 4 November 2008
Popular political blogs Talking Point Memo and Political Wire are being cautious in their tone, but exit polls and numbers from the states where polls have closed are indicating Obama is looking good in crucial state Virginia and close in Indiana. Political Wire says it has lots of numbers, but is taking them with a grain of [...]
Election Night On An Airplane
Posted by: alvins456 on: 12 November 2008
By Alvin Singh
**This commentary was written on paper on November 4th in between flights from Seattle to New York City since I was not able to get to a computer**
Midway into my flight from Seattle to New York City I stopped in Chicago for a layover. While sitting at a terminal pub I watched Fox [...]