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All you need to know about Rahm Emanuel

Here is quick fact-sheet on Congressman Rahm Emanuel, President-Elect Barack Obama’s soon-to-be Chief of Staff. Background: Born November 29, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois Religion: Modern Orthodox Judaism (Attends Anshe Shalom Synagogue) Family: Wife: Amy Rule; Children: Zacharias, Ilana, and Leah Colleges: Sarah Lawrence College; Northwestern University Profession: Congressman, Chicago’s 5th Congressional District Books Authored: The [...]

Obama’s first move as President-elect is a good one

While I’m sure there are still millions of Republicans throughout the country mourning John McCain’s electoral shortcomings, there is another group within the Party that realizes that you have to suck it up and move on. Even though some might not like it, the fact of the matter is that Barack Obama is going to [...]

The Republican Party’s closing song

We’ll be back, but in the meantime we have to face the reality that it’s time to say goodbye to limited government, lower taxes and more freedom the Republican Party for awhile. I’m not complaining, as I think that we got what we deserved. It’s time to rebuild and focus on ideas above platform and [...]

The Obama Security Force?

Awhile back Senator Barack Obama spoke about his “civilian national security force:” I really hope reinvigorating the Black Panthers is what he meant: Fight the power!

10 reasons why you shouldn’t pay attention to exit polls

Great post from Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com explaining why we shouldn’t pay attention to exit polls during this election: 1. Exit polls have a much larger intrinsic margin for error than regular polls. This is because of what are known as cluster sampling techniques. Exit polls are not conducted at all precincts, but only at [...]

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