Random Reads
May 18th, 2008 | 4 responses
A former pollster for Howard Dean crunches Obama’s path to the 270 magic-number in the electoral college. His analysis demonstrates that no matter how popular a candidate might be — and no matter how disillusioned voters are with the Republican brand — the electoral college remains a daunting challenge, an eternal equalizer, a stubborn flatliner of lofty expectations.
On diplomacy vs. appeasement: Proof yet again that wisdom, logic, and common sense can still be found in the most remote corners of the non-professional punditry. Kudos to the young author and h/t Andrew Sullivan.
Sullivan also directed my attention to this Michael Totten review of Michael Yon’s book on Iraq. A thousand essays could be written from the first sentence of that review: “Iraq is where ideologies go to die.” Sullivan poignantly adds: “The long-term consequences of staying [in Iraq] indefinitely remain awful. But the possibility of a less traumatic departure needs to be grasped if we can.”
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[...] The Moderate Voice – Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti… wrote an interesting post today on Random ReadsHere’s a quick excerptRandom Reads May 18th, 2008 by PETE ABEL, Assistant Editor A former pollster for Howard Dean crunches Obama’s path to the 270 magic-number in the electoral college. His analysis demonstrates that no matter how popular a candidate might be — and no matter how disillusioned voters are with the Republican brand — the electoral college remains a daunting challenge, an eternal equalizer, a stubborn flatliner of lofty expectations. On diplomacy vs. appeasement: Proof yet again that wisdom, logi [...]
[...] The Moderate Voice – Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti… wrote an interesting post today on Random ReadsHere’s a quick excerptRandom Reads May 18th, 2008 by PETE ABEL, Assistant Editor A former pollster for Howard Dean crunches Obama’s path to the 270 magic-number in the electoral college. His analysis demonstrates that no matter how popular a candidate might be — and no matter how disillusioned voters are with the Republican brand — the electoral college remains a daunting challenge, an eternal equalizer, a stubborn flatliner of lofty expectations. On diplomacy vs. appeasement: Proof yet again that wisdom, logi [...]
Holy Cow!
There are so many ways to look at any issue my head is spiining.
Brendan' Loy's take on appeasement was confusing. His judgment seems to be overly situational, depending on whether or not he agrees with particular policy decisions at particular times, re Iraq, etc.
Totten is wonderful at depicitng the situation in Iraq. Just like he is frustrated that Washington's political games are too removed from the realities of Iraq, I think he someitmes forgets to put Iraq in the context of the broader American experience.
It seems that various very intelligent people are brillinat at presenting an important piece of what matters most . I ffel I need a guide to bring all the pieces togeher into one coherent picture, and that guide is missing.
Thanks for the link to the electoral college posting.