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    The Bunch o’Election Results Open Thread.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 12th at 09:47 PM  | 

    Mass link here (click on Live Results). The AZ-08 Special is the big one – more or less – but there are others.

    The call for Mickey Mouse as a write-in in the CA-DEM Primary!

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 16th at 01:00 PM  | 

    Slightly contra Instapundit, this call for Mickey Mouse as a write-in on the California ballot is a blogger’s joke rather than an actual movement [UPDATE: I am informed in comments here that this is meant absolutely seriously; please be assured that I had no intention of mocking either the sentiment or the activity], but if it’s kidding then it’s kidding on the square. And it’s | Read More »

    Thoughts on the SC primary.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 22nd at 11:00 AM  | 

    As mentioned earlier, I was kind of taking last night off, so this will be a little scatter-shot.  Anyway: Heh.  Called it.  Not that getting the order was all that hard, or even unsurprising; also note that I didn’t predict the percentages.  By the way:  the end results (Gingrich 40%, Romney 28%, Santorum 17%, Paul 13%) were pretty close to what PPP predicted (Gingrich 37%, | Read More »

    Court explains reasoning on VA absentee ballot court order.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 10th at 06:30 PM  | 

    OK, let me try to explain just what is going on in this court order involving the VA GOP primary ballot. For those who came in late: back in December, Virginia’s primary registration system ended up producing a result where only two Republican candidates (Mitt Romney and Ron Paul) qualified for the ballot. This resulted in some frankly unkind things said about virtually everyone involved | Read More »

    GOP candidates! Boycott the Nevada debate*!

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 15th at 11:21 AM  | 

    It’s been reported that Jon Huntsman has decided to boycott the Nevada CNN debate next Tuesday as part of a larger pushback against Nevada’s moving up its caucus date. I applaud this act of principle, and encourage all other Republican candidates** to follow suit immediately. In fact… this problematical situation vis a vis the creeping primary dates have gotten so out of hand that the | Read More »

    Depressing Q-Poll about NY Gov Paterson.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  April 6th at 01:03 PM  | 

    Worst possible news, in fact: April 6, 2009 – Voters Say 3-1 Paterson Does Not Deserve Election, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Most Say He Should Announce Now He Won’t Run New York State voters disapprove 60 – 28 percent of the job Gov. David Paterson is doing, the lowest approval ever for a New York Governor, and say 63 – 22 percent that he does | Read More »