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Do any of you have the internet cred to turn December 20 into the official and international blog-like-a-caricature-of-yourself Day? Do you know anybody who does?

Because I think it would be pretty awesome. And it would also be meta-awesome because then you could see what people think a caricature of themselves looks like.

I am no longer in nervous-about-meeting-new-potential-romantic-interests phase of my life. I say this with a tinge of regret, because I believe I stumbled upon a nigh-magical, non-chemical way to avoid inhibition-related awkwardness. Of course, it's totally untested--but I'm going to assume it will work.

I'm visiting my parents this weekend, but I thought I'd spend a day canvassing on either end of the trip in Indiana. It would be nice if this whole process could wrap up this week or next--and if it doesn't, I'm not sure whether it will before the convention. I wrote my full thoughts on why I think it's worth my time to try to win a few votes in ( Read more... )

Wow. I've been defriended, probably for making weeklyish, politically charged posts. I guess it's getting to that point in the political race where one group gets excited and other groups find that excitement either offensive or at least obnoxious. I'm sad that political discussion would offend people, though definitely can understand the ( Read more... )

I don't think Clinton should drop out yet--but I think she does need to take the math into account as she continues her campaign. I think dropping out is a whole lot better than what one (anonymous) democrat called "the Tonya Harding" strategy. I think she should lead the charge toward an excessively positive campaign that (at least internally) ( Read more... )

I'm a huge, huge fan of Julianne's map.  I had a few tweaks I wanted to make, so I did so: ( Read more... )

For a long time I'd been annoyed at the omnipresence of money in politics.  I'm gradually recognizing that it's really just the omnipresence of money in everything and that I shouldn't be too concerned.  We do spend a lot of money on our political contests--but as Romney learned in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida, spending ( Read more... )

I watched the democrats debate.  It was pretty exciting.  Obama went after things Bill said.  Hillary said Bill wasn't there.  Obama said sometimes he got confused about who he was running against.  Clinton started getting a bit desperate (what with all the booing at her).  She brought up Rezko.  Obama responded.  Hillary says, "We're just getting ( Read more... )

So February 5 is coming up very soon.  If you are reading this, you are probably (with very few exceptions) in New York, California, Massachussetts, New Jersey or Illinois, all of which vote on the 5th ( Read more... )