So, Newsweek has been doing a behind-the-scenes thing at both campaigns, with the promise that they couldn’t reveal anything until the campaign was over. There’s some crazy stuff on both sides, but the best is about Palin and the shopping thing. Jonah insisted that they felt the need to buy her clothes because they were afraid she’d wear sweatshirts on TV. It turns out the truth is far, far, different. It was so bad, they kept it from McCain, fearing he’d be furious: NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously…
from Bruce Perens at Technocrat. What do you think Obama should do now? Don’t be sworn in on the White House steps. Move the ceremony to the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King spoke 40 years previously. Title: Fulfill the Dream. Lessig for Attorney General. Not at all sure we’ll get that, but it is consistent with the force of collaboration that made Obama president. Maybe we could give him that new “Copyright Czar” job that Congress recently created.
As Todd says, “I hope McCain wins Missouri so everyone will shut up about how it’s a bellwether.” They’re looking at the wrong thing. The real bellwether? No presidential candidate I’ve voted against has ever won an election. So there.
Obama will win easily. If McCain wins Pennsylvania, then he has a fighting chance, which is why he’s been campaigning so heavily there. But if that happens, it will be a pretty big upset, and things could get really interesting. Democrats will gain at least 5 Senate seats, possibly even more on Obama’s coattails. The big news tonight will be if the Democrats get a filibuster-proof 60 seats total, which I don’t think will happen but is certainly possible. This will be a difficult election to have polled since there are so many new voters. Democrats will pick up seats…
Obama’s plan will bankrupt anyone building a coal power plant. And the price of electricity will necessarily skyrocket under his plan. I thought he was for clean coal? You environmentalists will be thrilled. The US has more coal than the rest of the world put together. It could solve our energy needs for two centuries. But we won’t be allowed to use it. On the same note, on Wednesday I have a business meeting with these folks who are developing a method of sequestering CO2. So I’m the one actually doing something about it.