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PhD candidate, Chris Weber requested I ask TAM readers to take a survey.
The purpose of this survey is to examine how people think and feel about the political issues, parties, and candidates in the upcoming election. In the survey, you will be asked a series of questions about two political candidates, John McCain and Hillary […]

Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that makes a positive case for continuing U.S. efforts in Iraq especially with the serious refugee problem.
She offered this about the positive effect of the surge:
As for the question of whether the surge is working, I can only state what I witnessed: U.N. staff and […]

Todd Bivings one of the web development gurus who helped keep Fred Thompson’s website alive offers a brief history about the birth of the red truck real time fundraising counter. It’s an example that sometimes good design doesn’t mean squat.
I don’t recall getting complaints from FredHeads or campaign staff. I know the web team joked […]

The latest installment of Sen. John McCain’s weblogger efforts took place with a conference call.
In his introduction McCain reminded us about the difference between his and Sen. Obama’s Iraq strategies [via Hot Air]:

When he wins the nomination McCain will continue the campaign activities that have got him here. There will be more townhalls and […]

Even the uber-cool, uber-hip Sen. Barack Obama can look like a dork.

Obama joins a line of fellow Democratic Presidential candidates who took some bad photographs:
Michael Dukakis on a tank.

Sen. John Kerry in a bunny suit.

Kerry trying to catch a football like a girl.

For Sen. Hope he didn’t wait until the primary season was over.
“The Top […]

Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Vito Fossella (R-NY) are trying to bypass the House Democratic leadership by organizing a discharge petition to bring the FISA modernization bill to the floor for a vote.
All that’s needed is a majority of House members to sign it. But since the Republicans are a minority they need some Democrats […]

William F. Buckley has left us. After Reagan and Goldwater he was the most important conservative of the 20th Century. And thanks to his National Review his influence will long live beyond him. I’ll try to write something more substantial later.
“William F. Buckley Jr. Is Dead at 82″
[picture via BHowdy]

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On a conference call Team McCain made their case for why they’re free and clear to drop out of the matching funds program. At the same time they took shots at Dr. Howard Dean and Sen. Barack Obama.
Campaign Manager Rick Davis said the whole reason the DNC filed their complaint with the FEC was to […]

Gov. Sarah Palin seems to be a rising star with Republicans. She’s risen to a point where she’s mentioned as a possible Vice Presidential nominee. Yet she has flaws that Ed Morrissey points out:
She’s younger than Barack Obama and has held the governor’s office for less time than he’s been in the Senate (2006, versus […]

The way Sen. Clinton’s campaign is going I could almost see this happening.

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I bet you didn’t realize that right now the federal government has it hands tied and can’t use all the tools available to follow terrorist chatter. Intelligence agencies are being stymied in monitoring foreign communications that pass through the U.S. That’s because the House of Representatives led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to vote on […]

Even New Media is out of touch with the rest of America. Recently fired Gawker editor Maggie Shnayerson comments on the direction of the gossip weblog:
You have [Nick Denton acting as] publisher and an editor, and I think that’s a conflict of interest. He’s trying to make Gawker much more mainstream, but I’m not sure […]

When you’re the “MBA President” it’s assumed projects will be completed on time and there wouldn’t be corruption [via Radley Balko]. I know we have low expectations for the federal government, but still.

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If Improv Everywhere could lug three old desktop computers with CRTs into a New York Starbucks why can’t you?
You get bonus points if you haul in an Apple II. Double bonus points if you can get said Apple II connected to the cafe’s wi-fi.

[via Engadget]

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