I showed up at my local polling place at 7:00 am yesterday morning. I voted, got my free cup of coffee from Starbucks, did a few hours of work, then proceeded to bite my fingernails as I watched election results come in. Happily, the national election was decided quickly; as I’d guessed, the local measures [...]
From Peter Norvig:
The 12th amendment dictates that the incoming congress then gets to choose, but the exact rules are complex. The Senate chooses the vice-president; one senator one vote. Currently the prediction is for some 54 to 57 Democratic senators, so this scenario welcomes Joe Biden as VP. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives chooses the [...]
I’m currently vacillating on the Palin choice. She still seems like a cynical, slightly ridiculous choice of Bush in a skirt. On the other hand, while progressive pundits tut manfully and talk about the more honorable choice of Biden, there’s little comfort in claiming the moral high-ground from second place (again).
In the interim, I have [...]
Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans
Urgh, things are going from bad to worse at the moment. In the interim, Hilary Clinton has suspended here election bid. It might interest you to see A visualisation of how things look by demographics by state. Obama is in for the Dems, but he is looking worse and worse as a candidate for the [...]