W&W: The Voter Suppression Squirrel and (Ooo!) Crazy Republicans

With Ted on vacation and Teresa with an early morning work commitment, I got the hot comedian and political pundit Baratunde Thurston all to myself! We discussed the success of his Voter Suppression Wikki on election day last week, whether comedians can be funny in an Obama administration (don’t ask him that!!), and how we [...]

I’m Only Posting This Because Shia Is In It

Adventures in Early Voting

I recounted Shannon’s and my early voting extravaganza from today on HuffPost. Photos are in the Flickr gallery >> and excerpt here:
“Fortunately, the people waiting with us concurred. At 9am, we were strangers, but by 2pm we were the best of friends. After dispatching Shannon to McDonalds (which was so packed with herds of hungry [...]

W&W: The Home Stretch: On the Ground with Campus Politico

Find out how Perez Hilton edged out The Clooney in the CelebriPresident.com mock election. Marc Mitchell, CelebriFantasy.com founder, joins to talk about the four finalists remaining in our contest.
After the giggles, Campus Politico’s Ben Adler discusses what youth organizers are doing in the final days of the Obama and McCain campaigns. Ted also asks [...]

Seriously, This Will Not Be Me!!

If you want to make your own, go here. (Thanks to my lovely friend Julie for the laugh.)

Politico: Will Exit Polls Be Accurate?

David Paul Kuhn on concerns that data sampling will be skewed by early voting and overzealous BO supporters:
“The exit polls are conducted by the National Election Pool (NEP), a consortium of ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News formed in 2003. 
In theory, exit polls should match election results. But for [...]

Obstacle for the GOP’s Voter Suppression Crusade in Ohio

I tweeted about this yesterday, but TPM has a good story from David Kurtz about it here:
“As we’ve been reporting this week, the GOP brought the lawsuit as part of its strategic effort to disqualify voters in swing states. Once the mismatches are identified, the process of trying to disqualifyvoters can begin. By one estimate, one-third of the voters [...]

W&W: One Hit Wonders: Will Celeb Videos Yield Turnout?

Tonight’s the big final debate, so before John McCain’s major cram session on economics 101, how can he reclaim some of that maverick magic? Can he say anything to make voters like him again? Would it help if he winks?

As early voting starts across the nation, Ted, Teresa, and I speak with Erika Johansson, the [...]