Prediction: Franken Will Win by 27 Votes Prediction: Franken Will Win by 27 Votes
Nate Silver, whose website FiveThirtyEight.com had the most accurate predictions for the Nov. 4 vote for president and senators, has a new prediction: Al Franken will win the Minn...
Nov 24, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Hillary’s Big Ethics Problem: Bill Hillary’s Big Ethics Problem: Bill
What guidelines should govern Bill Clinton's future activities if Hillary becomes Secretary of State? Recent events suggest that at least two are necessary: no more favors for hu...
Nov 22, 2008 / Jon Wiener
McCain’s Favorite TV Show, ’24,’ Brings Torture Back Sunday McCain’s Favorite TV Show, ’24,’ Brings Torture Back Sunday
John McCain's favorite TV show, 24 -- the one that glorifies torture - is returning to Fox TV this Sunday night with a two-hour special. McCain named 24 as his favorite show on hi...
Nov 19, 2008 / Jon Wiener
California Initiatives: Go Figure California Initiatives: Go Figure
In California's wild world of ballot initiatives, the chickens defeated the egg factory owners, and an anti-abortion parental notification proposition was defeated. Prop. 8, the b...
Nov 5, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Life After Election Day Life After Election Day
No more Todd, no more Track, no more Bristol.
No more Jon Stewart.
No more Colbert Report.
Nov 5, 2008 / Jon Wiener
The Undecideds: What’s Their Problem? The Undecideds: What’s Their Problem?
Undecided voters--"or, as I call them, morons," Bill Maher says--remained a stubborn five or six percent of the electorate as the polls reported final results yesterday. ...
Nov 4, 2008 / Jon Wiener
White Voters and Obama White Voters and Obama
Why isn't Obama farther ahead in the polling? The objective factors that favor the Democrats this year are overwhelming: the worst economy since the Great Depression, the most unp...
Nov 4, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Six Ways McCain Could Still Win Six Ways McCain Could Still Win
Six ways McCain could still win: 6. Thirty million young, first-time voters oversleep, forget to go to polls on Nov. 4. 5. Sarah Palin reveals secret past as Rhodes Scholar; admi...
Oct 28, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Rich Old White Men: Still the Problem Rich Old White Men: Still the Problem
The latest New York Times-CBS News poll identifies the demographic group with the highest level of support for John McCain: rich old white men. Coincidentally, they are also the p...
Oct 27, 2008 / Jon Wiener
The Suffering of Wall Street Wives The Suffering of Wall Street Wives
"Wall Street wives are finding that they must defer dreams and fancy things," the L.A. Times reported in a page one story on Saturday. One wife, who had been looking fo...
Oct 25, 2008 / Jon Wiener