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A Wisconsin conservative Christian writes about, well, whatever I feel like

Quick Hits

Suzie-Q How Many People Voted For Obama?

Overall, that means turnout will be up by about 2% over 2004 levels. But the real story is that while the Democratic vote will have increased by a bit over 10% from 2004, the Republican turnout will have dropped by about 7%.

Omaha.com – Obama may win Nebraska’s 2nd District votes. Nebraska, for those who don’t know, allocates their electoral votes by congressional district.

McClatchy Washington Bureau – How will President Obama deploy his Internet army?

Trippi predicted that Obama would use his forces, first and foremost, to intimidate congressional foes of his agenda, rally his allies and forge “one of the most powerful presidencies in American history.”

Politico.com – The next president. Minute by Minute. Seems like overkill to me. For example, the 9:30AM entry for November 6,

Obama heads to gym for 90 minutes.

Oooookay.

Politico.com again – The 2010 campaign is now under way Written by Phil Singer who has worked for Sen. Charles Schumer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Hillary Rodham Clinton and John F. Kerry presidential campaigns, most of this article’s suggestions would work for the GOP also.

Jonathan Martin’s Blog at Politico.com – Lobbyists in Obamaworld

With the campaign over, lobbyists are out of the dog house and helping with the White House transition team. But they’re also being asked to sign a document pledging to not lobby for one year the department or agency they’re helping to staff, according to Democratic sources.

Filed under: 2008, 2010, Elections, presidential , , , ,

Better late than never

Nice to see the print media keeping up.

The new address of Gov. Jim Doyle’s campaign Web site seems to indicate he will be seeking a third term in 2010.The new address is http://www.jimdoyle2010.com . The previous address was http://www.doylelawton.com.

Doyle’s campaign finance director Mike Edmondson said Friday the governor still has not made a decision on whether he will run again.

Let’s see, I’ve seen that somewhere before. Oh, yeah, that’s right. Spring City Chronicle saw it here and I saw it at Cindy Kilkenny’s who read it at Boots and Sabers.

On Wednesday.

Filed under: 2010, Blogging, Drive-by media, Elections , ,

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