global electoral college

if the world could vote in this election it would look something like this:



note that the blue countries are all for obama. you can barely see the red countries.

go here to see the interactive map for yourself.

via economist.com

enter nader, stage left (right?)

Nader Enters US Presidential Race

This is [Nader'] third run for the presidency. In 2000, Nader - as the candidate of the Green Party - won just less than three percent of the national vote. Many Democrats still blame him for Al Gore's loss that year, saying he siphoned off just enough liberal votes to cost Gore a very close election.

Nader said he will not be deterred.

via voanews

there's a great take on this over at dailykos:

"...As Hannah Arendt wrote in Eichmann in Jerusalem, "holes of oblivion do not exist. Nothing human is that perfect, and there are simply too many people in the world to make oblivion possible. One man will always be left alive to tell the story. Thus, nothing can ever be `practically useless,' at least not in the long run." But exemplary acts are the acts of saints or those with nothing else left to lose in the short run, but they are ethically responsible only as long as--and this is crucial--other people do not have to bear the risks and potential costs of their actions.

"For making America and the world bear the risks and potential costs of his actions, Ralph Nader should be judged one of the most unethical politicians in America."

obama responds to to nader's announcement

test your 2008 election knowlege

Take the New Yorker's 2008 Campaign Quiz

here's an excerpt:

Which Presidential candidate made which statement in 2008?
a. “Americans are looking for change.”
b. “Our time for change has come.”
c. “I believe deeply in change.”
d. “Look, what we need is change, there’s no question.”
e. “I know that I have been an agent of change.”
f. “I want to make change but I’ve already made change. I will continue to make change….I embody change.”
g. “Not only can I talk change with you, I’ve lived it.”
h. “We don’t mention September 11th nearly as much as people think.”

ok, so h is obvious.


take the quiz here