http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress Some general comments on national politics Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:45:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is based on polls taken before Hillary called for an Obama assasination, so things may have changed somewhat since then but I looked at state by state polls on McCain-Clinton and McCain-Obama matchups. Things will certainly change between now and November and many Clinton supporters who say now they prefer ... http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/hillary-might-actually-be-the-stronger-candidate/ Ann Althouse uses some information from a Time article to point out what an incompetent administrator/executive that Hillary Clinton is. http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/05/10/hillary-as-manager-an-incompetent-one/ Ann Althouse quotes the NYT There are few policy differences between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama. But there is a vast gulf between Mr. McCain and the two Democrats — and far too little difference between Mr. McCain and President Bush. I would have said it differently. I don't see any ... http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/05/07/clinton-v-obama-v-mccain/ Not everybody has the same point of view and McCain's attitudes on federal judges. http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/05/07/mccains-views-on-the-supreme-court/ I really don't understand all the outrage about Obama's preacher and his angry black man act.  Are we actually surprised that some old black guy is angry about the past?  That surprises us?  Get a grip. I'm proud of what Huckabee had to say about it.  I might have been wrong ... http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/03/21/huckabee-on-race-relations/ I lost some money on a short position for John McCain getting the Republican nomination.  I just didn't think they'd go for somebody his age.  I've unwound that position so it didn't totally wipe me out, but I took a hit on it. Positions I'm currently in -- Long Obama for the ... http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/intrade-positions-on-the-presidential-race/ Columbia Journalism Review has a list of questions they think journalists should ask McCain.  They leave one off the list though.  They should be asking him what we should do with drug addicts who steal from charities to feed their habits. We don't need a drug warrior president and we don't need ... http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2008/02/03/mccain-the-drug-warrior/ Susan Collins seems to have some problems with campaign ethics. http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2007/10/04/susan-collins-r-sen-maine/ Although most of us think issues matter, once you get into a voting booth they don't really matter.  It's how a candidate makes you feel that matters. But this is an interesting tool for finding candidates that do share your opinions on issues of the day.   http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2007/10/03/pick-a-candidate/ 11th District of Florida, Tampa. Watched her give a speech on CSPAN.  She's using the old Regean technique of using some person (in her case an old high school classmate) to illustrate some problem (in this speech it was about the need for universal health care for children). It worked for Regean, ... http://www.offtopicrant.com/wordpress/2007/08/01/kathy-castor-d-fl-rep/