Why fire Louis Caldera? Here's why. The Director of the White House Military Office apologized for this, but it should never have happened the way it did. He's culpable and yet again, it shows lack of foresight on the part of the Obama administration.
Even the lib left seems to have a problem with this ill-conceived plan. If Olbermann puts him ahead of Limbaugh then it has to be bad.
And mis-information herself, Rachel Maddow gave it an F;
Showing posts with label Flyover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flyover. Show all posts
April 28, 2009
February 19, 2009
Flyover country
I found this great image on the North Carolina State University website. It shows the blue/red voter breakdown across the country. There's far more blue in there than versus 2004 and 2000, as you'd expect. But the blue shift is a little too strong to be a realistic representation of what Beltway pundits would view as flyover country. Why? Because it's based on voter turnout. It correctly identifies voter sentiment among those who turned out - it does not count the opinions of those who supported neither candidate. It does not consider those who are more of a red bent, but were not strong enough on McCain to turn out and support a squishy purple candidate.
My point is that blue is over-represented in the assessment of American political thinking. It paints an accurate picture of those who turned out on election day only. This map is an ever changing one. In the next election, barring any unforeseen factors I'd expect to see something more akin to 2000. Not as necessarily as red, but certainly not like the one above.
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