• I think Drudge might need some Xanax
October 22nd, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Drudge go b&w, Drudge trying to race bait, but Drudge too sad to give it a real effort.
• Is There A Tightening of the Polls?
October 21st, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Slightly, but not enough to worry a rational person, yet.
If there were a magazine called Popular Punditry, this week’s issue would be dedicated to figuring out why the polls are tightening. I spent a good few days worring about this myself. But then I saw the above Pollster composite this morning.
And while McCain’s seen a sharp increase since the final debate, Obama’s support hasn’t petered nearly as sharply. This decline, I think, is mostly because those double digit whopper outliers, which most never thought were real, have rolled out of the week’s averages.
FURTHER READING:
For more on this, and why it’s important to look beyond the polls of polls to see where a candidate’s numbers are staying above, see: Marc Ambinder & the Daily Kos’ analysis. Further, Nate Silver calls Drudge out on using Nickelodeon Polling #’s. Silver finds these things and has a better soap box to announce them on than I do, and he beats me to the punch. With the Rays making the WS, this is his season. Finally, I hate to say it, but Tucker Carlson wrote something decent, about the everlasting pessimism of Democrats, and it’s worth a read, possibly.
And then: Electoral College Polling in Mainstream w/ Tossup States Undecided have shown some tightening, with Pollster and RCP narrowing to similar #’s around 286 Obama, 155 McCain, 97 Undecided. Nate Silver of the above, has it at 344 Obama, 194 McCain. I hope Nate’s right.
• Ed the Dairyman. Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME???
October 19th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Sarah Palin has brought this GOP to another shark it has to at least jump over to survive this election: Self parody.
Elsewhere in election coverage: North Carolina’s dumbass population likes to keep it not so classy.
• I’m back.
October 19th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Got my laptop back.
Got back to New York City, from PA & NJ and the most convoluted weekend ever.
P.S. Lorne Michaels is a ratings whore.
• Egg, a short review.
October 13th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
So, in need of sustenance, and in a deep haze called The Uncommonly Terrible Cold, I made it out yesterday for brunch at Egg, on North 5th nr. Bedford in Williamsburg.
In a word, awesome. Tip of the hat to Sweeetheartfever, the blogger whose name I’ve still somehow yet to learn, as she recommended Egg as a place to brunch.
I had the:
Country Ham Biscuit
Country ham from Col. Bill Newsom’s Hams in Princeton, Kentucky. Served on a biscuit with homemade fig jam, Grafton cheddar, and a side of grits.
Instantly after ordering it I realized I also wanted the:
Eggs Rothko . . . $7.50
Easy-cooked egg in a slice of Amy’s brioche and topped with Grafton cheddar. Served with broiled tomatoes and a side of meat or seasonal vegetables
So waiting for my meal to get there, I kept thinking about my decision. But the meal I got was so fantastic, I decided, hey, there’s always next time for the Eggs Rothko. A meal I concerned myself over because hey it’s a placed called Egg, why didn’t I order something with eggs?
One thing, though, it’s packed. Bring reading material. It’s also packed with kids who look like the kids I went to Bard with. It’s near the Bedford stop, anyways, so that’s to be expected.
• What the Drudge?
October 13th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Using only the middle column of his site, Drudge is pushing for a McCain comeback and the Obama is stealing our white women meme, as the linked to article does not feature that image at all, it’s pure race baiting poltiking.
• And from the brilliant FiveThirtyEight.com:
October 12th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
If after all this, Barack Obama isn’t our president, god damn will that be a sad referendum on the country’s worthiness to be fixed.
