Category: Elections

Well, that’s debatable | Harvard Gazette

Four Harvard experts — on voice, movement, public speaking, and trial law — critique the last presidential debate and offer the candidates their tips for the next matchup. read more »

New Tape Emerges of Rev. Jeremiah Wright Unhinged

New Orleans-based talk radio personality James Parker of the John Osterlind Show, the James Show and Living at Life - all of Rush Radio WRNO - has uncovered a new… read more »

Why Obama lost the first debate « The Berkeley Blog

You don’t win a presidential debate by being a policy wonk. Obama violated all the basics of presidential debating. The best defense is a good offense. You have to set… read more »

The most important political news this week « The Berkeley Blog

If the trend is good — if the rate of unemployment drops and the number of payroll jobs is as good if not better than it was in July —… read more »

Quebec and 1976 All Over Again?

Growing up in Quebec in 1960′s and 70′s I feel I got to experience a unique piece of Canadian (and very much Quebec) history, and today, will we see a… read more »

Should Obama Do an Invisible Bush at the DNC? | Lasting Rose

Despite the gloss over Ann Romney tried to give the historic improvisation of Clint Eastwood, who tried to address and insult an invisible Barack Obama, who had no way of… read more »

Ann Romney appeals to women in RNC speech – USATODAY.com

Ann Romney was straightforward in appealing to women to look again. "You can trust Mitt," she said. GO MITT!!! read more »

Why Romney’s choice of Ryan won’t help America debate the big issues « The Berkeley Blog

I keep hearing that Mitt Romney’s pick of Paul Ryan “enables the country to have the debate it needs to have,” or “permits us to have a grownup discussion,” or… read more »

Computational Intelligence and Modern Heuristics

Most of Large Technical Systems Could Be Seen as a Kind of Network, for Example: Information, Transport or Electricity Distribution Systems read more »

Législatives algériennes : une démarche statique.

Législatives algériennes : une démarche statique. Peu de changements, pourtant si : un plus de votants ! Un goût de surprise planait sur les législatives algériennes de 2012. Le désenchantement… read more »

Can Michael Steele Save Us From Mitt Romney?

When Michael Steele found himself in charge of the Republican Party after GOP leaders wanted a black man to be its public face following the election of B. Hussein Obama,… read more »

Sreedhar Pillai: Why Election 2012 Make Vladimir Putin Cry In Victory And Rahul Gandhi Smile In Defeat?

Putin's tears, which appeared as he announced his election victory as the new president of Russia, have become the but of several jokes. They have not certainly softened the cobble… read more »

Romney Rolls and Sunday’s Best

Looks interesting down south in the GOP primaries, with Mitt Romney taking a lead, but does he have it all locked up? I have no idea, but American Politics are read more »

Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary – NYTimes.com

Newt Gingrich’s showing brought to the fore questions about whether Mitt Romney, presumed the front-runner, could win over conservatives, Tea Party supporters and evangelical Christians. read more »

Canada 2011 Election Dashboard

This dashboard demo visualizes the performance of political parties in terms of predicted seats and popularity. read more »

Random Thoughts: Debate This!

No YOU are Wrong Sir! Can't say as I have been watching too closely the election tom foolery this week. Even the debates seemed mostly the nerds taking on read more »