Seriously. She’s 10, and she comes up past Michelle’s shoulder. And Michelle is almost 6′ tall. Oh, and here are more election-night shots from Obama’s Flickr page. By the way, have you been to Change.gov? I’ve been asking folks if they think this is a permanent site, or if it’ll be shut down after the Read More
Harvard Yard, Nov. 4. (Because they’re Harvard, they had to break out the band.) Via Sully.
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[via New York Magazine] Like every other blog enthralled with the presidential campaign, we were checking in on FiveThirtyEight several times a day, and linking to the site just as often. The site is run by Nate Silver, a baseball stathead who crunches numbers and spits out eerily accurate prognostications, even though they were often Read More
Of course, the folks in the McCain campaign could just be trying to cover their own asses by placing all the blame on Palin. (Then again, they picked her.)
St. Mark’s and Avenue A in the East Village, Manhattan. Nov. 5, 2 a.m.
Seriously, the ‘How He Did It’ piece is fascinating stuff. I saw this near the end of the first part, and it really struck me: On the stump, he decided to experiment, to try loosening up a little. Speaking to an African-American crowd in Manning, S.C., on Nov. 2, he began to riff, using the Read More
This year, Arkansas passed a measure that will prevent unmarried, cohabiting adults from adopting children or acting as foster parents. The state banned gay marriage in 2004, although this will also affect heterosexual unmarried couples. The measure won by about 130,000 votes. From the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: During a vigorous campaign, both sides said their primary Read More
Newsweek will be posting a beast of a story tomorrow about the two campaigns. It’s a tradition that’s been around for more than 20 years. Today, they released a preview which includes some pretty fascinating tidbits. Palin spent more than 150K on clothes. Much more. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin Read More
It ain’t happenin’. [via] The line outside of the Times builiding is stretching down the block as people wait for a truck to drop off copies. They’re nowhere to be found in the city. Also, The Times is selling for $20 bucks on eBay.* It’s a Great Day to Be a Newspaper [Gawker] *Which is Read More
