October 3, 2008
Call it as you see it here. The purpose of this thread is to quarantine the kind of partisan name-calling that is the hallmark of live debate discussion from the main thread, so I won’t quite be holding commenters up to this site’s normal high standards. The other thread remains open for...
go to article »September 30, 2008
Either due to the market meltdown, the debate or both, much has changed in Gallup tracking poll land since our last thrilling instalment. We also have this entertaining survey on Australian attitudes to the presidential race from UMR Research, showing 66 per cent of respondents preferring Barack Om...
go to article »September 25, 2008
Gallup’s three-day tracking poll shows the situation in the US presidential race throughout September as follows: Barack Obama held a slight lead as the month began, which seems to be the long-term status quo. Then came the Republican convention and Sarah Palin bounce, which briefly put McCa...
go to article »September 19, 2008
A new thread for discussion of matters American, as the polls return to level pegging following the Republicans’ convention bounce. ...
go to article »September 17, 2008
A thread for the discussion of the American elections, now a little less than eight weeks away. ...
go to article »July 11, 2008
A new home for another fortnight or so’s worth of top quality US election repartee. I’m only one minor irritation away from pulling the plug on these threads, so please try not to annoy me (annoy each other by all means, but not me). UPDATE (9/7/2008): After careful reflection, I have de...
go to article »June 4, 2008
The headline says “CNN projects Obama clinches nomination”, but during what in many ways has sounded like a concession speech, Clinton has declared: “I will be making no decisions tonight”. ...
go to article »May 27, 2008
The Democratic primaries campaign limps on: Puerto Rico on Sunday, Montana and South Dakota next Wednesday (our time). Those wishing to pursue a conversational style of discussion (this ranges from those who abuse each other to those who say “good night” to each other) are encouraged to ...
go to article »May 20, 2008
Democratic primaries will be held Wednesday our time in Oregon and Kentucky, which will respectively choose 52 and 51 delegates. Below is another race associated with the latter state, which this year ended with runner-up Eight Belles having to be euthanised*. Does the knackers’ yard beckon fo...
go to article »May 13, 2008
Democratic voters in West Virginia will today elect 28 delegates by some method or other. I can’t be bothered looking into it because the New York Post reports that Hillary Clinton is “toast”, and papa says, “if you see it in the Post, it’s so”. ...
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