2004 Election
Fundraising numbers
This can’t possibly be right:
“Chicago investment banker Lou Sussman is someone you want on your team if you are running for president. …He was the national finance director for the 2004 presidential bid of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.). Sussman raised a staggering $244 million for Kerry.”
Umm, $244 million?
Sure, I’d like Lou on my side too, […]
One year ago today
Hard to believe the Iowa caucus was one year ago today.
Obama v. Rove
Wow. This promises to be good TV:
Update: Oh well. Not a debate.
Zorn’s Blog Bowl
Haven’t seen any official word from Eric, but as near as I can tell, the gang at JoinCross won Eric Zorn’s blog competition to predict the election results. (Note: I’m assuming both Iowa and New Mexico go to President Bush, which seems likely at this point.) Three of us — Join Cross, me, Random Act […]
Kerry has conceded
CNN.com is reporting that Kerry has conceded.
As Ohio goes, so goes the nation
With a gap in the popular vote of more than 3 million votes and an apparent lead in Ohio, I think President Bush has earned another four years in office. Much as it disappoints me to think that the Democrats have come up short in a third straight national election, I actually would prefer that […]
DuPage County Voting Anomalies
This is my first election as a political official; every election prior to this has been as a more casual voter. While I’m no naif, I confess to being surprised by some of the shenanigans going on throughout my township (I’m the chair of the Naperville Democrats, we are a town of about 60,000 voters) […]
More on Voter Turnout
Just got a call from OneMan who reports that turnout in Aurora is on its way to a record. As he arrived at one polling place in the Will County part of Aurora, he guessed the line was 70 people deep and the parking lot was full.
Vote
My journey to election day started back in August, 2002. After reading about Howard Dean in The Guardian, I called Burlington, Vermont.
It’s been a long 26 months. In just over five hours, I’ll walk into the voting booth and cast a vote for John Kerry, Barack Obama, Gloria Andersen, Rob Freedman, Mike Kisler, Hiram Wurf, […]
Election prediction for Eric Zorn
Several weeks ago, Matt Gross asked for an election prediction. At the time, I called the popular vote 51.5% for Kerry to 47% for Bush, and gave Kerry an electoral college win of 289-249. (If you care to see how I got to 289, see here.)
Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune wants us local bloggers […]
