Revised note: I think this page is just about dead. Be sure to vote.
Note: I am traveling abroad through October 31 and am following the campaign a little less rigorously. This site will continue to be updated through Election Day.
October 18, 2000 +
Bad choices lead to bad decisiveness. After the final Presidential debate, voters are still undecided between the major candidates. C'mon, folks, fibber or fumbler?
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October 17, 2000 +
Apparently, outside nations are no more impressed with our candidates than we are. UK newspaper headline this morning: TV showdown pits fumbler against fibber.
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October 11, 2000 +
Republican Thomas Edwin Wesson, running for constable in a largely Hispanic district in Texas, has changed his name to Tomas Eduardo Wesson (second item).
From the article: "He insists he is not trying to deceive Hispanic voters by showing up on this year's ballot as Tomas Eduardo. 'That's my name,' he says."
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October 5, 2000 +
Seems the debate pulled in a small audience the other night. Well, what did they expect? "Dark Angel" was on.
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October 4, 2000 +
Let us pause for a moment to note that Messrs. Gore and Bush put on a lively and substantial, if maddening, debate last night.
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October 2, 2000 +
Paul Krugman reminds us that George W. Bush doesn't know the math behind his own tax plan.
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September 29, 2000 +
Just in time for the High Holy Days, Zipple.com is stlling a Lieberman Yarmulke. (Slightly off-topic but too priceless not to share.)
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September 28, 2000 +
This article's rubric says it all for me: "The day's big story, the newspapers all agree, was a maneuver by Al Gore, even though every reporter on the trail knew it was a political stunt that in all likelihood would amount to nothing."
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September 26, 2000 +
Following its rival's footsteps, Fox has decided not to bother broadcasting the Oct. 3 debate either.
I know we all want to watch "Dark Angel," and money rules all. But what is this country coming to?
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September 25, 2000 +
Guess I'm not the only one who sees the electoral process for what it is. NBC has decided to air a postseason baseball game instead of the October 3 Presidential debate. And I'll probably be watching the ballgame, too.
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September 22, 2000 +
America is so obsessed with front-runners that rather than report on issues, ideas or substance -- or even gosh-darn likeableness -- the media would rather feed us poll results on a daily basis informing us who's winning today. Pardon me, but who cares who's winning? It shouldn't matter whether Gore is ahead or not; it should matter whether Gore and Bush have good, strong thoughts on how to lead the country. Polls are a crutch.
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September 20, 2000 +
If you look closely, you can see George W. Bush thinking to himself, "Gee, I hope it helps me with the moderates when they see I'm not too squeamish to kiss a famous black woman."
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September 19, 2000 +
Ever accessible, or so it seems. Despite all his cozy media plays, Al Gore hasn't held an open, unscripted news conference in 63 days. Even his impromptu conversations are pre-planned (see last few paragraphs).
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Then again, perhaps voting Republican will do some good. Kim Basinger says Alec Baldwin will leave the United States if George W. Bush wins the election. (The issue here is not how much I want Alec Baldwin to flee the country but, as usual, why this qualifies as political news.) (via Metafilter)
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September 18, 2000 +
Why Does This Matter note for Monday: The wife of the Republican Presidential nominee for Vice-President criticized the Democratic Presidential nominee for attending a fund-raiser where "X-rated jokes" were told. (This was noteworthy enough for the Times to give it a 500-word spread this morning.)
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September 17, 2000 +
This one's just for fun: Salon gave Karenna Gore Schiff a Gen X quiz and she scored a D-minus. For what it's worth, your host, a child of pop culture himself, only did one question better. I'm willing to bet that the interviewer was a few years older than Karenna, who is 27 (like me), which skewed the questioning. To wit: Salon asked her about the 1970s Bubble Yum rumors, yet she was only seven years old in 1980. And I know I sure as hell can't sing 30 seconds of "Schoolhouse Rock" either. (via rc3.org)
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September 15, 2000 +
Since we all know that what matters in an election is really how much we gosh darn like a candidate, Al Gore and Joe Lieberman tried their hand at late-night-television humor last night, with Gore reading a David Letterman Top 10 List and Lieberman singing -- singing! -- on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."
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A great fuss was made about ending the "debate debate" yesterday, so the Presidential candidates can duke it out properly. But in reality, all that happened was George Bush's campaign managers gave up on their silly demands and agreed to all the terms the debate commission laid out -- and the Gore campaign accepted -- several months ago.
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September 14, 2000 +
I'm glad I live in New York, the de facto center of the United States, where I don't have to wonder why I'd be interested in seeing a nationally televised debate between two senatorial candidates from another state. Yes, of course, the First Lady made it a media lure, but still. Just think: No one in Texas can watch their governor debate Presidential issues, yet they all get a chance to see Rick "Who?" Lazio firsthand.
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September 13, 2000 +
Presidential candidate George Bush was outraged at the suggestion his latest campaign ad uses "subliminable" messages (audio available).
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Front-page New York Times headline today: Poll Shows Gore Overcoming Voter Concerns on Likability. Because who needs issues when everyone just gosh darn likes the guy?
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September 9, 2000 +
Well, now. It seems Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney has not voted in 14 of the last 16 elections held. Ladies and gentlemen, do as I beg, not as I do.
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