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Democratic National Convention kickoff

Tonight launches the main portion of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO, essentially starting the general election campaign. This week is the Democrats turn to establish their platform for the next few months while painting their nominee is the best light as possible to make a good impression on the general public. These events [...]

Obama picks Biden

As we were expecting, Barack Obama taps Joe Biden to be his Vice President. After a few days of hype and speculation, bouncing between Evan Bayh, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and even Chet Edwards today, the announcement for Vice President came without a text message but rather the traditional announcement over the TV media. Biden [...]

Election projection as of August 21st

 NOTE:  This article has been revised as of 10:12pm on 8/22/2008 due to an analytical error.
Based on current polls, there isn’t much change in 2008 from 2004.  The three states that change are Iowa, Nevada, and New Mexico; all three switching in favor for Obama.  Now, if you thought Florida was bad in the 2000 [...]

RIP: Stephanie Tubbs Jones

We are sad to announce the passing of Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Democrat from Ohio. She passed away today after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by aneurysm this morning while driving in her car.
According to the National Institute of Health:
A cerebral aneurysm (also known as an intracranial or intracerebral aneurysm) is a weak or thin [...]

Random musings from the past few weeks

As you’ve notice, my activity on the site has been a little light over the past few weeks. I would like to apologize about that since things have been rather busy over here. Between multiple trips out of town, marriages, and a weeklong Vacation Bible School at my church, time has been short [...]