Posts by Matthew Dickinson

 
 
 

Early Voting, National Polls, Bachmann, Biden and…er….Hard Wood

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Here’s what’s happening in the presidential race: First, within the next two days, half of all states will see residents begin casting their presidential ballot, through some combination of either early or absentee voting provisions. In 32 states and the … Continue reading

Rumors of Mitt’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

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I know. I know. “Where have you been?!”   I appreciate the email inquiries.  The short answer is I’ve been trapped in my office, fending off an onslaught of students.  Such is the life of a departmental chair at a nationally-ranked … Continue reading

Things That Go Bump In The Race

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I’ll be doing much shorter posts for the next several days as I begin a new semester of teaching, as well as taking on additional duties as departmental chair.   Once the new schedule settles down, I’ll try to resume the … Continue reading

Live Blogging the President’s Convention Speech

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Alright, I’ve been asked to live blog the President’s speech.  Hopefully it will be received better than last night’s blog about Clinton! As always, join in (that means you, students, who are at loose ends on campus!) It’s pretty clear … Continue reading

The DNC, True Lies And The Twitterverse

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My unscientific sampling of the twitterverse tweets during the Democratic National Convention’s first two nights of speechifying revealed what seemed like a distinctly lower frequency of instant fact-correcting than what I observed during the Republican convention.  That may be because … Continue reading

Live Blogging Clinton’s speech

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Ok, the Big Dog is on, but running late.  Let’s see him work his magic – and stick to the schedule! Hard to believe he left office more than a decade ago, and under a cloud of suspicion for his … Continue reading

Lies, Damn Lies and Nail Polish

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In what is likely the peak for his post-convention polling bump, Mitt Romney yesterday edged ahead of Barack Obama in the composite polling at the Pollster.com website by a scant half a percentage point, at 46.6% to 46.1%.  This is … Continue reading