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8:54 PM Oct 2nd: Olympics: I thought those pols from Chicago could at least count votes. This Mayor Daley is a pale shadow of his Dad. Daley Sr. could…
8:57 PM Oct 2nd: And which White House aides had the bright idea to squander some of Obama’s international prestige on this doomed wild goose chase?
9:04 PM Oct 2nd: NJ is deeply D Blue while VA is as Purple as mountains’ majesty. So as 11/3 approaches, reality for Ds and Rs is color-coded.
9:11 PM Oct 2nd: 30 days to go. The story line has changed several times in both NJ and VA. There’s time enough for plenty of outcome-shifting plot twists.
10:31 AM Oct 3rd: 90 yrs ago, America was in a constitutional crisis and didn’t know it. Pres. Woodrow Wilson had a massive stroke on 10/2/19 and couldn’t govern.
8:15 PM Oct 4th: How about an alternate question for Twitter. In addition to “What are you doing?”, let’s add: “What are you thinking?”
12:32 PM Oct 6th: Republicans just got the break they hoped for in DE SEN. Rep. Mike Castle (R) will run, challenging V-POTUS son Beau Biden (D).
2:33 PM Oct 6th: Warning to candidates: Never forget this day. In ’76 Gerald Ford lost a 4-yr term as POTUS because of his “Poland is free” debate remark.
6:30 PM October 6th: New Rasmussen poll in NJ GOV is just the latest to show a statistically tied race. Christie(R) has lost his once-robust lead over Corzine(D)