I am certain that the Washington Nationals will do fabulously in this year’s playoffs. How do I know? I moved from the DC area to Florida in January. Curses evaporate when I leave. There’s precedent for this. After I moved to DC from Boston in 2001, the Red Sox built themselves into curse-destroyers in 2004. I […]
In case you didn’t check your email yesterday, the 3rd quarter campaign fundraising deadline passed. For the rest of you, all your complaints about how many solicitation emails you got don’t really register because those emails worked. Data for the 3rd quarter isn’t available yet, but the FEC allows bulk download of individual contribution data up […]
In 2004 and 2008, search volume from June to September of the election remained about even between the two major party candidates, but this year is different. The chart above illustrates comparative search volumes for the names of the two major party candidates (no quotes) from the 21st to 6th week before the election. The […]
Here’s a bit of Friday fluff. Tweets of the day: Larry Sabato @LarrySabato When I grew up, VA was the Bulgaria of U.S. politics. Now it’s our Paris. All the cool people come. 1:02 PM – 21 Sep 12 Larry Sabato @LarrySabato If I were running 4 POTUS, my earlier slur of Bulgaria would already […]
Pro-democracy Legislative Councillor Tanya Chan (center right, black shirt) breaks up a fight at a protest outside the old Legislative Council building on June 23, 2010. I took this photo while in Hong Kong on a summer exchange program which placed me with the Civic Party for a few weeks. Chan lost her seat on […]
It’s great seeing Kal Penn, of House and Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (the most famous movie with an Asian lead that isn’t kung-fu!), on the podium at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Four years ago, at the 2008 convention, he was the sign usher assigned to the Virginia delegation. I couldn’t believe […]
Originally written September 1st, 2008, after I returned from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO as a page for the Virginia delegation. (A screenshot of the original is at right.) I was too young to run for Delegate from Virginia by a few months at the time, so I started badgering everyone I could […]
