A Second Hand Conjecture

Tag Archive '2008 election'

Post Election Polling?

ChrisB on Nov 11 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008

I’m signed up to recieve emails for Zogby Polls so I too noticed the strange questions a reader at Clayton Cramer’s blog did.
If you knew Barack Obama supported a plan to place a 75% excise tax on the sale of firearms - where a $500 rifle would now cost $875 with tax, would that have [...]

A Different Perspective on the Election

ChrisB on Jun 19 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

Certainly no “lock of the week”, but Sunday Morning Quarterback has Obama going all the way this year.
HT: Burnt Orange Nation

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fasecondhandconjecture.com%2Findex.php%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Fa-different-perspective-on-the-election%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘A+Different+Perspective+on+the+Election’;
addthis_pub = ”;

Sphere: Related Content

Candidate Implicit Association Test

ChrisB on Feb 18 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008

Here’s a neat little test shinobi showed me in the QandO chat today. It’s supposed to try to measure your subconscious preferences and compare them to your stated preferences. I can see how this would be an interesting thing to study with the reports of exit polls, other polls and caucuses showing more support [...]

John McCain at CPAC

Keith_Indy on Feb 07 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Keith's Page

McCain should be up any minute now…
3:07PM Special Guest Sen. George Allen from VA is up now.
- I’m a commonsense, Jeffersonian conservative.
- Preeminent role of President is Commander in Chief. And John McCain would be the best of the remaining candidates in that role.
- tenacious in stopping wasteful spending
- good fiscal conservative
- [...]

Quick Election Prediction

ChrisB on Feb 05 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008

McCain vs. whoever wins California for the Dems. No in depth analysis, just my quick, from the hip guess. Feel free to tell me how I’m an idiot in the comments section.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fasecondhandconjecture.com%2Findex.php%2F2008%2F02%2F05%2Fquick-election-prediction%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Quick+Election+Prediction’;
addthis_pub = ”;

Sphere: Related Content

Oh Bloody Hell

ChrisB on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Election 2008

Really Louisiana, really?!
A veteran of Louisiana state campaigns offers this ironic suggestion about last night’s Louisiana GOP primary — Fred Thompson won, or would have done well, had he not dropped out hours earlier.
The veteran says that Fred would have picked up all 47 of the states delegates. Putting him ahead of McCain and barely [...]