[Mistaken report] Different news break: Joe Paterno dead
Update Sunday morning: Joe Paterno died in the hospital. Family confirmed the death. False reports of Paterno’s death during the night were a few hours premature. Update [False report] Different news break: Joe Paterno dead Word out that this report, from networks and cable, is not true. Paterno said by his family to be [...]
South Carolina primary, live blogging
South Carolina primary day live blog 10:25 p.m. As previously noted (below), the gender gap in SC voter turnout was men 53 percent; women 47 percent. The population of South Carolina is 4,625,364 as of 2010, up 15.3% from 2000 to 2010. Female 51.4% Registered voters 2,722,344 So somewhat more than half the state is [...]
(Mere) postscript to Iowa caucuses: Who won
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2004 Election revisited, part 5: DC games versus democratizing the vote
2004 Election revisited, part 5: DC games versus the grassroots The presidential election cycle suffered an odd interlude in winter 2004. Few people remember now, and this kind of topic is not usually revived on cable or network talk shows, but what happened derailed or destroyed the most promising grassroots activity on the Democratic side. [...]
Rick Perry Virginia lawsuit updated
More history on those Virginia rules Regarding that Rick Perry lawsuit—since joined by Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, and Rick Santorum—over ballot access in Virginia, far too many people state erroneously that the Virginia rules are longstanding. Today’s Washington Post reinforced the canard: “Virginia’s ballot-access rules, in place for four decades, are considered the toughest [...]
Rick Perry, ACLU on the side of right in Virginia
Pillars of reason [Update Friday night] The District Court has now turned down plaintiffs’ application for relief, saying that Perry and the rest knew the rules going in. The judge’s line of thought is that they played the game and lost, so now they want to change the rules. The judge also ruled that the [...]
New Hampshire primary results coming in
New Hampshire primary results coming in, reporting and periodic reactions– 8-oh-not-much-and 30 seconds p.m. New Hampshire polls now officially closed, NBC et al. can pronounce that Mitt Romney is the projected winner in the state’s primaries. Percentages about where they have been, with Romney well ahead of Ron Paul, the latter solidly ahead of everyone [...]
Rick Perry lawsuit moves forward, Virginia ballots delayed
2012 Rick Perry Virginia lawsuit, 2 Rick Perry lawsuit moves forward, Virginia ballots delayed Perry Texas Governor Rick Perry’s legal team won an early round in Virginia courts Monday. Federal judge John A. Gibney ordered all of Virginia’s local electoral boards to hold off on mailing out absentee ballots. In a conference call, Judge Gibney [...]
Rick Perry is right about Virginia
Perry Rick Perry right about Virginia Rick Perry is right. Virginia’s rules for gathering signatures to get a candidate on the ballot in Virginia violate the U.S. Constitution. Quick run-down on the rules: Virginia law recognizes only the Republican and Democratic parties as parties Any presidential candidate who wants to appear on the ballot in [...]
The Iowa caucuses–still looking for Brand X?
Live-blogging the Iowa caucuses, where participants may or may not be still looking for Brand X. 12:58 Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have now both given their ending speeches–34 votes out of 120K+ votes cast, separating them–and Santorum spoke more effectively. But he’s still calling the Affordable Care Act fascism. He just does it by [...]
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