February 04, 2009
Wanted to give a shout out and thanks to Minority Leader Tony O'Donnell and the other members of the House Republican Caucus for sponsoring HB472 , a bill that would extricate Maryland from the National Popular Vote scheme that has been floating around for a few years that would tie Maryland's Elect...
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January 08, 2009
Today it was Dick Cheney's duty as Vice President to stand before Congress, formally confirm the votes of the Electoral College, and name Barack Obama as our new president. Which, you know, totally killed him to do. Subscribe....
Joe. My. God.
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From the Associated Press: Congress declares Obama the next presidentBy JIM ABRAMS – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the electoral ...
Mirror On America
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See Dick Cheney announce the electoral vote totals at 24:30. The expression on his face at 26:50 when he announces Barack Obama is classic Dick....
Maryland Politics Watch
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It's official: Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States. In a just completed joint session of Congress, the electoral votes from the November 4th election have been tallied, and Obama has been formally declared the winner. As expected, Obama received 365 votes, while John McCain ...
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BarbinMD December 14, 2008
Electoral College Votes Monday You think you voted for president Nov. 4? You didn't vote for president at all. Technically, you voted for a slate of electors. The Electoral College meets Monday in Des Moines and 50 other campuses. Quick Electoral College 101: Each state gets as many votes as U.S. re...
John Deeth Blog
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December 03, 2008
A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that Americans think Barack Obama is handling the transition well and picking an outstanding team. Gallup’s Jeffrey Jones: Americans widely approve of Barack Obama’s decisions, announced on Monday, to name Hillary Clinton secretary of state and to ask ...
Outside The Beltway | OTB
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December 02, 2008
(Note: This post got flooded and wasn’t loading anymore. I changed it up so that instead of one massive page, it’s several smaller pages. Harder to print, easier to load. Once things calm down, I’ll put it back up all complete like. For the time being, please click around on the co...
Unlikely Words
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AC
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November 21, 2008
Oh my God, they're turkeys! The turkey pardoning ceremony is an inherently silly ritual of politics, and this would be funny even if it wasn't Palin. But the fact that it is Palin makes it ROTFL. Watch as she gives the interview right in front of the guy feeding turkeys into the head chopper. MSNBC ...
John Deeth Blog
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November 11, 2008
The NY Times, on the aformentioned death of the "southern strategy": “I think that’s absolutely over,� said Thomas Schaller, a political scientist who argued prophetically that the Democrats could win national elections without the South. The Republicans, meanwhile, have “become a Southerniz...
Three Wise Men
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