Recall energy slipping away

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Wednesday September 08, 2021 · 3:52 PM PDT

2021/09/08 · 15:52

Things are going well so far in California. More than half the votes thus far recorded are from Democrats. About a quarter are from Republicans. (LA Times, Sep 8). 538 now has Newsom ahead by 12+ points. The odds on Predictit are 9-1 that Newsom survives.

Claims by Fox and Trump that the election is “rigged” are unbelievable, yet some MAGA zealots do believe them, or at repeat them. The result of that will probably be to demoralize and suppress their own vote. If the “rigged” lie doesn’t do it, the polling will. The “rigged” lie itself reveals that the far right fears the fight is lost.

Here are the headlines today at the LA Times website. All of these are the first things you see:

Frenemies no more. Harris stumps for Newsom as the Californians’ political interests align

Vice President Harris joins Newsom in the Bay Area to fight recall effort

Larry Elder cuts short Venice homeless encampment tour after hostile reception

Why no one wants to talk about this hot-button election tool in the California recall

Democrats optimistic ahead of recall election; GOP divided over its front-runner

Review: Larry Elder complained we’d never reviewed his books. So we did, like it or not

It’s never over till it’s over. But the signs are positive.

Vote Castr TURNOUT TRACKER

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Tuesday November 08, 2016 · 12:23 PM PST

2016/11/08 · 12:23

The experimental Vote Castr Turnout Tracker site, based on extrapolations from available information about EV and election day votes cast, makes the following estimates (as of 12:01pm Pacific Time):

CO C 47-42 (+5) 72% vote in

FL C 49-45 (+4) 81% vote in

IA T 46-45 (-1) 63% vote in

NV C 47-44 (+3) 65% vote in

NH C 47-43 (+4) 55% vote in

OH C 46-45 (+ 1) 69% vote in

PA C 48-44 (+4) 57% vote in

WI C 49-43 (+ 5) 57% vote in

I don’t know how accurate or useful this experiment will prove to be, but it’s interesting and at this point hopeful. Sorry about the lack of link. GO HILLARY!

obama administration cowers

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Wednesday July 21, 2010 · 12:30 PM PDT

2010/07/21 · 12:30

Yes, Fox News, Breitbart, and their ilk are the bad guys in the Shirley Sherrod incident. But why does the Obama administration lack gumption? Would Ronald Reagan have cowered in this fashion? Do we want a leadership whose first impulse is to cower? Who then has to apologize for cowering?

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