Month: September 2012

FDR Had a Vision

The 1944 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago from July 19-21. Our landing at Normandy began on June 6th. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a little too busy to attend the convention that year, but he did manage to...

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Portland Moment of Zen

Rapepublicans, rich angry men yelling at empty chairs got you down?  Just ease on down your local river. It’s medicinal! Yes, you CAN get two 12 ft Old Town kayaks on top of a Honda Civic 2 door. Few weeks ago, after...

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Stealing the Election

Ohio is a crucial state in the November election. And Romney isn’t doing well enough there to win. The following analysis may have come from Karl Rove: On the eve of the Republican convention, a senior strategist with a...

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Internet Killed the Convention Bounce

If video killed the radio star, it appears that the internet killed the political convention bounce. Between 1968 and 1992, the only challenger not to get a double digit bounce out of his convention was George McGovern, and he...

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