Bloggin' My Candidate
First off, apologies to all 5 of you who read this blog regularly for its devolution into a political screed marked by occasionally on-topic posts. Most of my "work" blogging time has been going to Crafty Games Blog or into actual manuscript work.
But I did find some new intereting numbers over on MSNBC:
"USA Today writes up the new USA Today/Gallup poll: “Clinton is backed by 45% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, up 6 percentage points from a poll taken two weeks earlier that showed her standing eroding… Obama is at 27%, up 3 points, and former North Carolina senator John Edwards is third at 15%.”
“In hypothetical matchups for the general presidential election, Clinton and Obama each led Giuliani, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Romney, although at times narrowly. Obama was somewhat stronger, besting Giuliani by 6 points, Huckabee by 11 and Romney by 18. Clinton had an edge of 1 point over Giuliani, 9 points over Huckabee and 6 points over Romney."
I like the sound of that...
Meanwhile, the Hillary attack machine just keeps on mutating its strategies, including using resident Senate eccentric Bob Kerrey to use some tactical conversational terrorism by re-raising the spectre of "Obama the Muslim." Jesus Christ, you assholes...give it up. This does nothing but polarize the base even more...but then, drawing people into camps is Hillary's number one skill.
Lastly, I like this analysis from Howard Fineman painting Obama as something other than a pussy. I think the man's a gentleman, but I also think he's got the fire necessary to throw down and get things done and win what he wants. That's good.
Finally, there's an excellent article by David Brooks regarding Obama's advantages as a president vs. a senator. The lack of damage and weaknesses he has not already fessed up to - in addition to a lack of political baggage - might make make him nimble in the Big Show.
But enough preaching. You guys had better be coming over to Crafty Games for free stuff and previews throughout the rest of the week, and culminating on Christmas Eve! The Spycraft 2.0 PDF will be going on sale for the first time - $19.95 - for tomorrow, December 21, only, so get out and pick it up if you haven't already! And e on the lookout for World on Fire and Spycraft 2.0 in local stores - the books are confirmed out and available the world over now.
Merry Christmas, you marvelous bastards - it's good knowing you.
First off, apologies to all 5 of you who read this blog regularly for its devolution into a political screed marked by occasionally on-topic posts. Most of my "work" blogging time has been going to Crafty Games Blog or into actual manuscript work.
But I did find some new intereting numbers over on MSNBC:
"USA Today writes up the new USA Today/Gallup poll: “Clinton is backed by 45% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, up 6 percentage points from a poll taken two weeks earlier that showed her standing eroding… Obama is at 27%, up 3 points, and former North Carolina senator John Edwards is third at 15%.”
“In hypothetical matchups for the general presidential election, Clinton and Obama each led Giuliani, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Romney, although at times narrowly. Obama was somewhat stronger, besting Giuliani by 6 points, Huckabee by 11 and Romney by 18. Clinton had an edge of 1 point over Giuliani, 9 points over Huckabee and 6 points over Romney."
I like the sound of that...
Meanwhile, the Hillary attack machine just keeps on mutating its strategies, including using resident Senate eccentric Bob Kerrey to use some tactical conversational terrorism by re-raising the spectre of "Obama the Muslim." Jesus Christ, you assholes...give it up. This does nothing but polarize the base even more...but then, drawing people into camps is Hillary's number one skill.
Lastly, I like this analysis from Howard Fineman painting Obama as something other than a pussy. I think the man's a gentleman, but I also think he's got the fire necessary to throw down and get things done and win what he wants. That's good.
Finally, there's an excellent article by David Brooks regarding Obama's advantages as a president vs. a senator. The lack of damage and weaknesses he has not already fessed up to - in addition to a lack of political baggage - might make make him nimble in the Big Show.
But enough preaching. You guys had better be coming over to Crafty Games for free stuff and previews throughout the rest of the week, and culminating on Christmas Eve! The Spycraft 2.0 PDF will be going on sale for the first time - $19.95 - for tomorrow, December 21, only, so get out and pick it up if you haven't already! And e on the lookout for World on Fire and Spycraft 2.0 in local stores - the books are confirmed out and available the world over now.
Merry Christmas, you marvelous bastards - it's good knowing you.
