Comments on: The Third Debate http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Fool http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2754 Fool Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:17:51 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/#comment-2754 Rob- Are you sure the froth wasn't on the <i>left</i> side of his mouth? That's the side that droops! Rob-

Are you sure the froth wasn’t on the left side of his mouth? That’s the side that droops!

]]> By: Tin Man http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Tin Man Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:44:28 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/#comment-2753 Hi, Yet Another Mike. Electoral-vote.com is actually the first political site I check every day. :) Even by the electoral vote, the race seems up in the air. Tim Russert the other night said of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida that Kerry needs to win at least 2 of them to win the election. Agh. We'll see. Hi, Yet Another Mike. Electoral-vote.com is actually the first political site I check every day. :) Even by the electoral vote, the race seems up in the air. Tim Russert the other night said of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida that Kerry needs to win at least 2 of them to win the election. Agh. We’ll see.

]]> By: Yet Another Mike http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Yet Another Mike Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:11:09 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/#comment-2752 "So, here we are: 19 days to go, the polls are tied..." Of course (as an attorney you know), the election won't be decided by (tied) polling of the U.S. population at large, but by our beloved electoral college system, state by state by state. And the somewhat more... um, "empty states"?... have slightly inflated representation in the electoral college than other states. <a href="http://www.electoral-vote.com/oct/oct15.html" target="_blank"><b>The Electoral Vote Predictor</b></a> is a good place to get that state-by-state handicapping. I've linked directly to the October 15 entry here, because the map offers one possible take... while the discussion below it offers some intriguingly contradictory interpretations. (And the mid-page link to an "Electoral College" overview covers all the wonky detail that, sigh, they'll never ask at Quizzo.) “So, here we are: 19 days to go, the polls are tied…”

Of course (as an attorney you know), the election won’t be decided by (tied) polling of the U.S. population at large, but by our beloved electoral college system, state by state by state. And the somewhat more… um, “empty states”?… have slightly inflated representation in the electoral college than other states.

The Electoral Vote Predictor is a good place to get that state-by-state handicapping. I’ve linked directly to the October 15 entry here, because the map offers one possible take… while the discussion below it offers some intriguingly contradictory interpretations.

(And the mid-page link to an “Electoral College” overview covers all the wonky detail that, sigh, they’ll never ask at Quizzo.)

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2751 David Ehrenstein Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:44:21 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/#comment-2751 <a HREF="http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/">Latest FaBlog:"Choice is the Fool's Name for Fate"</a> Latest FaBlog:”Choice is the Fool’s Name for Fate”

]]> By: rob adams http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 rob adams Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:22:21 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2004/10/14/the-third-debate/#comment-2750 My jaw dropped when MrBush denied having ever said he was unconcerned with UBL. I think it was around this time that i started noticing froth starting to develop on the right side of his mouth. Do too many Clonapins cause that ? All said, America should be extremely proud of all three debates. Unlike most of the Democratic primary debates (or presidential debates of the past), these 3 were so much more about the issues than one sound-bite competition. Who knows, maybe it's because so many big issues face the state rather than some growing political maturity in America. Either way, it's the best evidence in months that our democracy is strong and those that vote are rationally interested in real issues. I dunno, but i'm getting a (small, but growing) sense that the election might not be as close or hotly disputed as we might fear. rob@egoz.org My jaw dropped when MrBush denied having ever said he was unconcerned with UBL. I think it was around this time that i started noticing froth starting to develop on the right side of his mouth.

Do too many Clonapins cause that ?

All said, America should be extremely proud of all three debates. Unlike most of the Democratic primary debates (or presidential debates of the past), these 3 were so much more about the issues than one sound-bite competition. Who knows, maybe it’s because so many big issues face the state rather than some growing political maturity in America. Either way, it’s the best evidence in months that our democracy is strong and those that vote are rationally interested in real issues.

I dunno, but i’m getting a (small, but growing) sense that the election might not be as close or hotly disputed as we might fear.

rob@egoz.org

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