Understanding The American Election
“Two German illustrators have visualized the most important facts about the US presidential election using burgers and fries, the stereotypical American meal. The playful images are packed with both...
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Tonight's Election Coverage: Five Things To Watch
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (IFC): I think this is the one with the whales. Nanoo-nanoo! “The Cosby Show” (TV Land): They say the Obama presidency would not have been possible were it not for the...
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The New, Old Ground Game In New Hampshire
The New, Old Ground Game In New Hampshire by Ray LeMoine Ten days ago, in Nashua, New Hampshire, Barack Obama gave what had become his standard, sluggish 2012 appeal to a passive crowd of 8,000 voters....
View ArticleIn California, the Winners Aren't Apologizing To God For Being Liberal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY6-YVFvtFQ While Barack Obama celebrated his re-election with a wooden victory speech that was more about Christian American God than the human beings who stood in...
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Notes From Inside Obama's Election Night Party In Chicago
by Janet Potter 5:45 The 146 bus dropped me off in front of Soldier Field and I started walking across empty parking lots, heading toward McCormick Place. It was raining and dark and the lights of...
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And The Winner Of The Awl 2012 Electoral College Pool Is...
And The Winner Of The Awl 2012 Electoral College Pool Is… by Eric Spiegelman In order to become a wizard, you must first apprentice to a wizard, and the acolytes who followed Nate Silver’s lead did...
View ArticleStill Savoring Republican Defeat
Say this for Politico: using a giant picture of Pauline Kael to illustrate an article on the Republican media cocoon is pretty great. As is this: “In this reassuring conservative pocket universe,...
View ArticleLocal Wrestler Still Has That Mitt Romney Tattoo On His Face
“I’m a tattoo guy, and it was something fun. I was trying to make politics fun. I didn’t change no lives; I’m no hero. But I shed blood for this campaign, and I’m glad to know that I did all that I...
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The Delights Of 'Diamond Joe Biden: Vice Presidential Jams'
The Delights Of ‘Diamond Joe Biden: Vice Presidential Jams’ Show of hands for yes: did the internet turn on you this year? Oh thank God, I’m not the only one. What in the world happened to the internet...
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Obama Might Allow People To Smoke Marijuana In States Where It's Now Legal
Good news from the current “former marijuana smoker” in the White House: Barack Obama has finally (and vaguely) said that his administration will not make it a “priority” to prosecute people who...
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