A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. ~ Alfred Renyi

Blogs for Bush (Mark Noonan) Democratic Smear and Slime Backfiring? — “It is one thing to say, “lets stay home and give the Donks two years, then we’ll come back stronger than ever”, and allowing dishonest and disgusting political hacks to gain power in the United States Congress.”

Blue Crab Boulevard For Those Who Expect The Fat Lady To Sing — “Sometimes the attempts to fool with elections via lawyers and legal strategies actually backfire, I think. In this case, the effort to keep Sekula-Gibbs’ name off the ballot may have given her additional name recognition and a significant sympathy vote.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Checkbook Politics Still Drawing Interest — “John McCain and Russ Feingold sold America a bill of goods. Restricting free speech did not free us from checkbook politics; in fact, it made the problem worse by allowing it to hide behind these so-called advocacy groups. We should be ashamed of buying such a scheme, almost as much as the men who sold it to us in the first place.”

The Strata-Sphere (A.J. Strata) Poll Bias In Turnout Modelling — “In 2004 we saw the continued trend that was established post 9-11 with a population that was 31% Dem and 30% Rep. In 2005 there seemed to be a slight shift where the Dems were 34% and Reps 31%. So when Barone notes what is in reality a few point gap in affiliation showing up in polls as 10+ points, one has to wonder at the accuracy of the poll to measure anything but liberal wishful thinking:”