Political Equinox

The New York Times finally got it. With just days to go in the election they finally published a story about the uncanny similarities between the West Wing presidential election and the real life Presidential election. I reached my conclusions five months ago as you can see here, but I’m glad they’ve finally caught up. Here are some updated predictions/premonitions from the show…and the similarities blow me away.

Vice Presidential Candidates

I noted that Santos..err I mean Obama needed to pick a party stalwart - a known quantity in Washington and somebody the party elite is comfortable with. It is obvious that Biden is roughly equivalent to Santos’ …

Tags: America, candidate, Congress, economy, financial, huckabee, Mike Huckabee, New York Times, obama, president, presidential election, republican, west wing

I don’t often agree completely with the Republican National Committee. They are extremely partisan, which I cannot fault them for because that is the purpose of the committee. However, despite my support for Barack Obama in the election in just a few days, I realize the importance of the RNC’s recent campaign against electing 60 Democrats into the Senate. They have hit the nail on the head in regard to not electing 60 Democrats to the Senate, a House Majority, and a Democratic President.

For those that don’t know, 60 Democrats would mean the Republicans would no longer have the ability to block votes by refusing to end debate (of course, the flip side is true as well). Giving one party …

Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, healthcare, obama, president, republican

Whoa! I have actually written a blog post for once! I want to thank Neil and Patrick for welcoming me to their site and I want to apologize for not posting anything sooner.  Their invitation to join the site landed squarely in a time where mid terms were looming and I was practically living in the library.  However, now that midterms have passed and IU magically secured a victory over Northwestern, I thought it would finally be a perfect time to post.

It is crunch time for the candidates as the election comes to a close. What is astonishing to me is not the constant bickering of Obama and McCain but rather the failure of the government in securing proper election …

Tags: candidate, obama, voting

Since it’s inception in 1804, the Twelfth Amendment has governed every presidential election since, but the clause regarding ties in the electoral college has been used just once. In 1824, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay all ran for the highest office in the land. Not a single candidate received a majority of the electoral votes.

The process was riddled with corruption and resulted in John Quincy Adams claiming the highest office in the land, leaving the leading candidate Andrew Jackson shortchanged. Jackson had expected the House to vote for him given that he had won a plurality of the electoral vote, but after some bargaining between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams, Adams was elected.

It’s …

Tags: 270 electoral votes, andrew jackson, Barack Obama, candidate, Congress, constituents, constitutional duty, electors, Henry Clay, house of representatives, IRS, john quincy adams, majority vote, obama, popular vote, president, presidential election, republican, strategy, tution, twelfth amendment, voting

Well, if I decide to be totally naive, then it’s no wonder I had trouble making my choice. Probably the best put together Election 2008 poll I’ve seen in quite a while, the Glassbooth quiz takes into account your positions and your rankings on how important those positions are to you.

Apparently, I agree with Barack Obama 65% of the time and John McCain 64% of the time. Of course, I’m taking this poll at face value, but I’d suggest you take a stab at it. Obviously, most of you will be able to bias your results one way or the other, but try to keep an honest mind - it’s the only way you’ll get your true answer.

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Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, obama