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2008 Weblog Awards nomination process begins

Posted by: ST on November 3, 2008 at 9:15 pm » 2 Comments

Nominations are now being accepted in the various categories for the 2008 Weblog Awards. I’ve been honored to be a finalist the last three years, and hope to at least make it at least that far this year … and hopefully even beyond that, finally graduating from blog “bridesmaid” to blog “bride” For those who [...]

 

Breaking: Alaska Personnel Board says Gov. Palin violated no ethics laws in “Troopergate”

Posted by: ST on November 3, 2008 at 8:09 pm » 6 Comments

The Gov. gets some good news on the eve of the election: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Alaska’s Personnel Board concluded Monday that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin did not violate ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police, contradicting an earlier investigation’s findings. The Anchorage Daily News has more: [...]

 

Barack Obama’s expired statements

Posted by: ST on November 3, 2008 at 6:33 pm » 2 Comments

Throughout the course of the year, NRO Campaign Spot’s Jim Geraghty compiled policy positions from Barack Obama which later “expired” (as he calls it). Make sure to read the entire list, and add it to the long list of evidence about how Barack Obama, contrary to his and his campaign’s assertions, is not particulary “different” [...]

 

Ohio Coal Association rips Obama over coal remarks

Posted by: ST on November 3, 2008 at 12:40 pm » 4 Comments

Via Fox’s Urgent Que: Ohio Coal Association Says Obama Remarks Make It Clear: Obama Ticket Not Supportive of Coal COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire–USNewswire/ — Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA), today issued the following statement in response to just-released remarks from Senator Barack Obama about the nation’s coal industry. “Regardless of [...]

 

Election eve poll watching

Posted by: ST on November 3, 2008 at 9:21 am » 12 Comments

Well, the final numbers are rolling in and on a national level, most polls are showing that Obama is ahead beyond the MOE, but state-level polling, the most important to watch, shows a tightening in several battleground states, suggesting tomorrow may not be a runaway for Barack Obama. If you’re a poll junkie, Real Clear [...]