Help me with my first NYC election

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Monday September 14, 2009 · 12:21 PM PDT

2009/09/14 · 12:21

Tomorrow, Sept. 15, is the primary for local elections in New York City. I have lived in NYC for three years now, and this will be my first time voting in a NYC municipal election.

According to the Board of Elections, there will be Democratic Party nominations for all of the following:

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Who do you support for public advocate?

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Who do you support for public advocate?

Bill de Blassio

4 votes

Eric Gioia

0 votes

Mark Green

8 votes

Norman Siegel

12 votes

Imtiaz Shabbir Syed

1 vote

March for the Public Option - September 13th

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Friday August 21, 2009 · 3:18 AM PDT

2009/08/21 · 03:18

Robert Reich has called for a 'march on Washington' in support of the public option on September 13th. This will be the day after the tea-baggers plan to astroturf the capital.

We need all who support the public option to get behind a nationwide rally to support it on September 13th, to show how much stronger our support is than the teabaggers. While the central element will be a march on Washington, we need similar demonstrations in cities across the country. Reich's proposed timing couldn't be any better - the weekend after Congress reconvenes, the day after the teabaggers rally, and two days before Baucus' imposed deadline.

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Will you rally for the public option on Sept. 13th?

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Will you rally for the public option on Sept. 13th?

Yes! I'm headed to Washington!

437 votes

Yes! I'm interested in participating in a rally in my city

940 votes

No, I will let the teabaggers have the spotlight

112 votes

Cindy McCain doesn't understand Roe v. Wade

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 7:38 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 07:38

According to Marc Ambinder, the following exchange occurred between Katie Couric and Cindy McCain

KATIE COURIC:

And-- and do you believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned?

CINDY MCCAIN:

No, no, no, no--

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 9:46 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 21:46

(Again, apologies if this has already been mentioned. I couldn't find it after a quick search.)

Where has Sarah Palin been for the last five days? We all know she hasn't been granting interviews - well except for a warm and fuzzy portrait of the Palins for People.

Turns out she has been preparing for the coming onslaught. Apparently being so close to Russia isn't enough, since the McCain campaign has assigned an entire team of staffers to prep her on foreign policy.

The interesting part is that they're a bunch of Bush staffers.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 11:41 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 11:41

I haven't seen this story mentioned yet. Apologies if it has already been diaried - this place has been very busy lately.

Sarah Palin claims that she "took on the corrupt politicians of her own party".

Yet the Washington Post reports that from 2003-2005 she served as a director on a 527 called "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service Inc."

Stevens has, of course, since been indicted for seven felony charges.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 12:42 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 12:42

Today, we are being told that McCain chose another 'maverick' - someone who would speak out about waste, pet projects and earmarks. McCain's campaign claims: "She put a stop to the 'bridge to nowhere' that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars," speaking about the Gravina Island Bridge.

Palin herself claimed as much in her speech, saying:

I told Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere.

Did she really?

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 11:42 PM PDT

2008/06/04 · 23:42

Everyone around here seems to talk about the need for party unity. That is why Hillary Clinton should have dropped out, after all. Yet, here we are, our candidate has won the presidential nomination. We are poised to obliterate Join McCain and the Republicans he defends. But what are we talking about?

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Wednesday May 28, 2008 · 1:07 PM PDT

2008/05/28 · 13:07

We are now beginning to hear it over and over. The desperate Clinton camp, clinging to any reason to stay in the race, has been repeatedly claiming that their candidate is much stronger in the general election than Barack Obama. She even went so far as to claim, falsely, that she is ahead in every poll.

Ostensibly, it is in fact true that Clinton is polling better than Barack Obama. Looking at an analysis, such as poblano's, it does appear as though the electoral map is more favorable to Clinton. This is because she is polling better in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, and, unlike Obama, she is able to put Arkansas and West Virginia into play. In fact, Clinton has even sent a letter to superdelegates claiming she is the stronger candidate, complete with an electoral map created by Karl Rove.

What's the matter with all this?

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 1:31 AM PDT

2008/03/10 · 01:31

The conventional wisdom is that Ohio is the best reference point for understanding Pennsylvania. In this diary I use this assumption to analyze the Pennsylvania primary in terms of what Ohio told us about voting tendencies. I go on to project the race on the basis of these voting tendencies. This is not a prediction, since alot may change in the campaign in five weeks - there is much that Obama probably wishes he could change about how the campaign took place in Ohio (e.g. the dominance of the Canada story). But it is still worthwhile projecting Pennsylvania on the basis of Ohio, as the results shed some light on what the battle ahead will look like.

What we see in Pennsylvania is that the demographics and the delegate math actually favor Clinton more strongly than they did in Ohio.

Resulting Pennsylvania projection
Clinton: 60.3% popular vote, 91 delegates
Obama: 39.7% popular vote, 67 delegates

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Help me with my first NYC election

March for the Public Option - September 13th

Cindy McCain doesn't understand Roe v. Wade

Palin being tutored on foreign policy by Bush staffers

Sarah Palin was a director for Ted Stevens 527

Sarah Palin, the bridge to nowhere, and another 'maverick' myth

Clinton this, Clinton that... move on!

The myth that Clinton is the stronger general election candidate

Demographic regression analysis - Pennsylvania vs. Ohio