Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Only five red states left?

Bad news for Republicans, although it is only fair to note that there are quite a few Southern "Democrats" who are functionally Republican. And it is usual for Republicans to be outregistered, as Democratic turnout is lower than Republican turnout. So, while the Republicans probably shouldn't worry about Oklahoma going for Obama in 2012, they should be worried that Ohio strongly favors Democrats right now.

I guess this all means that Howard Dean's 50-state strategy was a waste of resources, no?
Posted by at

The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.