{"id":897,"date":"2008-10-15T02:16:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T06:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/?p=897"},"modified":"2008-10-15T04:01:41","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T08:01:41","slug":"an-acorn-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2008\/10\/15\/an-acorn-of-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"An acorn of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bradley effect : \u00a01982-era pollster <strong>Lance Tarranc<\/strong>e notes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2008\/10\/the_bradley_effect_selective_m.html\">it never existed<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cqpolitics.com\/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002974324\">Cloture cut<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0Democrats approach even odds to win <strong>60 seats<\/strong> in the Senate;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1008\/14549.html\">RNC eyes $5M bailout for GOP senators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/diane-tucker\/the-big-chill-cindy-mccai_b_134068.html\">Veteran votes<\/a> :\u00a0<em>Disabled American Veterans<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America<\/em>, non-partisan groups that rank politicians, give Obama high marks and McCain failing ones. \u00a0The details are interesting.<\/p>\n<p>ACORN : The focus on this vote registration group, and the representation of its power to influence elections, is full of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=805369\">confusion<\/a>&#8230; I can&#8217;t for the life of me see why it has become a cause of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign neurosis : campaign collapses tend to reflect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganliberal.com\/showDiary.do?diaryId=13686\">deep problems<\/a>. \u00a0McCain&#8217;s brother blames\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swamppolitics.com\/news\/politics\/blog\/2008\/10\/let_john_mccain_be_john_mccain.html\">un-mccain message control<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/blogs-and-stories\/2008-10-14\/sorry-dad-i-was-fired\">Buckley<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/politics\/2008\/10\/christopher_buckley_leaves_nat.html\">allowed to resign<\/a> his NRO column&#8230; critics say he was never really a Conservative to begin with. \u00a0How is that again?<\/p>\n<p>And these two are particularly powerful:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zach Exley (thank you, <strong>Arianna<\/strong>) launches an already-legendary series on the impact of Obama&#8217;s \u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/zack-exley\/the-new-organizers-part-1_b_132782.html\">New Organizers<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; a newly empowering approach to organized, volunteer-lead field networks. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2008\/10\/14\/172651\/87\/37\/630505\">Hekebolos<\/a> follows up.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Hitchens writes &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2202163\/\">Vote For Obama<\/a> :\u00a0MCCAIN LACKS THE CHARACTER AND TEMPERAMENT TO BE PRESIDENT. 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