Archive for October, 2007

Quote of the Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, General Politics

We may be on the verge of a real realignment. I’m a refugee right now, the kind of refugee who sees Ron Paul and Barack Obama as the harbingers of a new politics.
- Andrew Sullivan in his post, Toward A New Conservatism?

October 21st, 2007 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Zogby: 50% Would Never Vote For Hill

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Polls

Heir apparent…ly not.
From Zogby:
The online survey of 9,718 likely voters nationwide showed that 50% said Clinton would never get their presidential vote. This is up from 46% who said they could never vote for Clinton in a Zogby International telephone survey conducted in early March. Older voters are most resistant to Clinton – 59% of [...]

October 21st, 2007 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

Did Romney Or Huckabee Win Value Voters Straw Poll?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election

Technically, Romney won the straw poll, but as Politico points out…
[...] it turns out that the 5,775-vote total included thousands of people who had voted online, and could have become eligible by paying as little as $1 to join FRC Action, the legislative action arm of Family Research Council.
Although the audience at the Washington [...]

October 21st, 2007 | Permalink| 12 Comments »

Will Gary Kasparov Be President Of Russia?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, Russia, The World

I hope this guy defeats Putin, but the odds are against him.

I love his line about building democracy in Iraq at the expense of building democracy in Russia. I also like how he breaks down Putin’s oil strategy. It makes perfect sense.
Why we haven’t focused more on Russia is beyond me. Well, no, I know [...]

October 21st, 2007 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Advice For Site Owners

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Blogging

So I’ve been through the ringer this weekend trying to figure out what went wrong and how I can avoid it next time. Here are a few pieces of advice from somebody who got caught off guard and should have known better.
Quite possibly the safest thing to do if you want to start a blog [...]

October 21st, 2007 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Donklephant Hacked. One Month’s Worth Of Content Gone.

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Blogging

All in all I think we got off easy, and I’m working on getting it all restored, but Jake Dahn of Hyperbole Design really helped us out in one of our darkest hours yet. He did what the admins over at Media Temple couldn’t do, and I can’t thank him enough.
So yeah, from September 8 [...]

October 19th, 2007 | Permalink| 8 Comments »