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Can McCain’s Nomination Break Gitmo?

Filed in National by on August 31, 2008 8 Comments

Over the weekend, my son pointed out that we now had a candidate from the first and the last states (DE and AK).  With Obama being born in HI we have 3 out of 4 that are from small, niche states.  McCain isn’t from some small obscure state, he’s from Arizona, right?  Well, sorta. McCain […]

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Problems To Solve With Windpower

Filed in National by on August 28, 2008 4 Comments

The NY Times has an article up about one of the problems that plagues windpower throughout the country.  It seems that wind farms are being built away from population areas and getting that power to the energy users is difficult and sometimes results in the turbines being shut down during peak periods. It isn’t clear […]

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Podcast Interview With Tommywonk

Filed in National by on August 27, 2008 2 Comments
Podcast Interview With Tommywonk

Today’s podcast from Tommywonk is an interview that I conducted with him at 2:00 today.  This is a long interview (13 mins) and we cover a lot of ground, from a typical day at the convention to Hillary to Biden and a gratuitous Minner joke at 7 minutes in.  Enjoy.

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Shame

Filed in National by on August 27, 2008 18 Comments

I just read this article in the NY Times. After taking small-arms fire, the patrol chased some men into a building, arresting them and finding several automatic weapons, grenades and a sniper rifle, they said. On the way to their combat outpost, Sergeant Hatley’s convoy was informed by Army superiors that the evidence to detain […]

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Tommywonk From the DNCC Regarding Hillary

Filed in National by on August 26, 2008 3 Comments
Tommywonk From the DNCC Regarding Hillary

Please check out Tom Noyes’ latest communique from the DNCC. Tom reports from the floor just prior to Hillary going on stage.

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Tommywonk From the Convention Floor

Filed in National by on August 25, 2008 0 Comments
Tommywonk From the Convention Floor

Our intrepid reporter, Tom Noyes, has filed his first report from the convention floor with a preview of what you will see tonight.  Take a listen.

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One Day To Go: Video From The Convention

Filed in National by on August 24, 2008 0 Comments

The DNCC has promised to make this convention more accessible to people on the Internet.  The first Internet broadcast came out today.  You can see some very interesting interviews with some of the Democrats of the Mountain West states as well as an interview with Nancy Pelosi.  This is going to be a great week. […]

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Tom Noyes First Podcast From Denver

Filed in National by on August 24, 2008 4 Comments
Tom Noyes First Podcast From Denver

Tom has filed his first report.  Please have a listen and take a visit over to Tommywonk to read more. If you use iTunes, click here to subscribe to the podcast, otherwise, just click the arrow below to listen.

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Live Chat with Joe Biden

Filed in National by on August 23, 2008 1 Comment

Not really, but the little program that they wrote to simulate a conversation with Joe Biden cracked me up.

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Local Politics Scene Changed

Filed in National by on August 23, 2008 41 Comments

Jason has been saying that if Biden is selected as Veep, the Delaware Politics chess board gets up-ended.  I’m not sure that it is as drastic as that, but there will be impacts. First, with few exceptions, if you are challenging an incumbent in a primary, hang it up.  All of the oxygen in Delaware […]

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Video Report from Biden’s Driveway

Filed in National by on August 23, 2008 17 Comments

Not exactly my best work, but it’ll do. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8NCXICt2U[/youtube] Update at 3:07AM:  Just got the text message.  I feel better now.

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On Site in Bidens Driveway

Filed in National by on August 22, 2008 21 Comments

I am posting from Bidens driveway surrounded by Mike Matthews, DelawareDem and commenter “Wilmington” DelawareDem wants to post that it is a done deal, but it isn’t quite there yet. ABC is reporting that the Secret Service is now in charge of the protection of Senator Biden, but I see no detail here. They would […]

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hijacked the computer…..woooohooo

Filed in National by on August 22, 2008 13 Comments

Update 3:  The guys are driving past Joe Biden house.  I have gone home to my pregnant wife.  Kendra is in my thoughts though.   I hope to give her my tip one day…. While I was leaving I told her the website.  She said, “I don’t even know how to turn on a computer” Uh […]

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