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So last night I watched the Chris Matthews show because my mother called me and told me to. The first guest was conservative blowhard and discredited historical revisionist Michelle Malkin, who was paired up with former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. Malkin says she was ambushed by Chris Matthews, and if she were, it wouldn’t [...]

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Kevin Drum explains how to figure out the percentage chance that a candidate is actually leading in a state based on their lead in a close poll and the poll’s margin of error. Update: The CJR Campaign Desk also has an explanation of margin of error.

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The other day I talked about why I made a political donation. I wanted to talk a little bit more about the power of political donors. There’s a guy in Houston named Bob Perry, who’s very very rich, and spends a lot of his money on political causes. Go ahead and Google his name — [...]

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I’ve created a tag in del.icio.us for aggregating information about the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, swiftvets. Please feel free to add on.

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An Iraq veteran rejects the war in Iraq.

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Former Pentagon testing chief Phillip Coyle emailed Noah Schactman at Defense Tech to explain why the recently deployed missile defense system won’t work, and why pretending like it will is a danger to us. It’s hard to think concretely about government spending, given that there’s so much of it, but remember that we’re spending billions [...]

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After seeing it mentioned at Medley, I picked up a copy of Paste magazine last night. It’s a music magazine that comes with a sampler CD with songs by the musicians featured in the magazine, and it’s really really good. What I like best about it is that it seems to be directly targetted at [...]

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How is the following quote a compelling argument for President Bush?

So long as anybody wants to work and can’t find a job, I know we’ve got more work to do in Washington, D.C. It starts with making sure your taxes are low. Be careful of these folks who travel around the country making all these [...]

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President Bush on missile defense, yesterday: “I think those who oppose this ballistic missile system really don’t understand the threats of the 21st century. They’re living in the past. We’re living in the future.” John Kerry on missile defense, May 1, 2001: “But let me underscore that missile defense will do nothing to address what [...]

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So, the other day I made my first political donation ever. Well, actually my wife made our first political donation. Not counting the boxes you can check off on your state income tax to fund judicial elections. A canvasser for the DNC came by our house seeking donations, and my wife made a $100 donation [...]

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