John McCain is increasingly becoming an embarrassment to the Republican Party. He’s been making gaffes on foreign and national policy around the clock for the last few weeks, and his campaign is looking more and more desperate as it goes for cheap stunts like mentioning that Obama is Castro’s choice.
It’s weak sauce, but it might [...]
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The Race to the Bottom (?)
There is no shortage of coverage on the web for the Presidential election that is still more than 9 months away. In many ways, it’s the most important election that happens anywhere in the world, it will define the next four years for us all.
Iowa Caucus Predictions
Democratic
Republican
Clinton 31
Huckabee 26
Obama 30
Romney 24
Edwards 20
McCain 14
Richardson 6
Paul 11
Uncommitted 6
Thompson 10
Biden 4
Giuliani 8
Kucinich 2
Uncommitted 6
Dodd 1
Hunter 1
I award myself a 5% margin of error.
Edit: Just to add some stuff:
What the Iowa Caucus is.
Low-cost endorsements
Maybe what Huckabee is doing is clever, maybe it’s stupid. It certainly fits with his slanted view on campaigning that lets him crack jokes and generally be ‘colourful‘. The thing is, he’s trying hard to build a rapport, and I have to say I think it’s more natural than many candidates achieve with a lot [...]
The power of the crowd
Someone had a great idea. They saw Rudy Giuliani text ads in Google, and being supporters of another candidate, their initial reaction was likely not to click.
But then inspiration caught them: they support their candidate by clicking for Rudy.
Every time you click an adsense link, it costs someone money, if you can crowdsource with sufficient [...]