A Political Glimpse from Ireland

Does He Still Have Time?

Its 1213am, Tuesday Morning here in Ireland as I am trying to keep cool in some unusual Irish humidity. Let me tell you, it never gets humid here, ever…but for the last few days, the best place to sleep was outdoors unless you happened to work in an office building with an AC. Regardless of the weather, I would like to apologize to some of my commenter’s today because I usually would have made time to promptly reply to all comments however Monday has disappeared already and I have a full day of work tomorrow. I can promise everyone that I will reply to all comments tomorrow at some point during the day.

It’s 99 days until the election and Senator McCain continues to flounder like a really old fish out of water. Today’s polls have not helped him and according to the latest election prediction from Pollster.com, Senator Obama will clinch the election by a large margin:

For an explanation of the results, please look here.This latest data as well as recent polls explain the McCain campaign’s recent increase in their aggressive attacks of Senator Obama. I do feel a bit sorry for Senator McCain and Senator Obama because I truly believed that both of them wanted to have a good, clean fight however the only way Senator McCain is going to make any inroads into an Obama lead is to attack his values.

The media has pushed Senator McCain as having the most experience when it comes to national security and foreign policy however the voters have decided that this issue is secondary to the economy. Generally speaking, I remember reading previous polls where Senator Obama polled better in terms of judgment and character which explains Senator McCain’s recent attack on these two attributes. Whether it will work, we will have to see but if current polling data is any indication, Senator McCain needs to find a new political team:

A New Direction

I have spent most of today trying to find a better way to preview comments on this blog. The current plugin I have installed works but it is not aesthetically pleasing nor does it function  the way I want it to. Part of the problem is the theme I use which has caused some conflicts in the past when I try to add and remove some plugin’s. I am tempted to switch to HaloScan which Gayle uses at the Dragon Lady’s Den as that would remove some of the complication but I am not sure if they support self-hosted Wordpress.

Anyway, today I would like to announce a partnership, I will be cross-posting some of my content to the Left Anchor and will be creating some original content for that site, as time provides. Big Blue (BB), the blogger behind the Left Anchor will also be doing the same thing for this site. What we hope this will do is provide greater content for both sites while also helping increase readership and the spectrum of discussion at both blogs.

BB has worked on some political campaigns in the past and has a far more expansive knowledge of politics; his site already provides comprehensive analysis of the election while keeping the content easily accessible to a wide variety of people. If you have not already done so, please do pass by The Left Anchor because I can promise you, that you will be pleasantly surprised: