European Ultra-Leftist Music Awards

I accidently watched parts of the MTV European Music Awards and I have to say, I got really surprised of the sudden interest in American politics. The hosts all wore Obama shirts and at one point a gigantic picture of the President elect appeared on the big screen above the stage. I also heare they gave him [...]

Thank You, John

I have not said it yet, so I think I should say it: all Republicans and Americans owe John McCain their gratitude.
John McCain was not my first choice – but after Mitt Romney he was my second. His personal history and record of political achievement made him more than qualified to be President. He broke [...]

The Spirit of Ronald Reagan Lives On

One of the most interesting exit polls had 43 % saying that the government is doing too much to solve problems (CNN).
That is an astonishing number. In Europe, 99 % of all voters would probably directly connect the existence of a problem to the lack of government action, i.e. if there is a problem it [...]

Two Props

Apart from voting for President, Senators, Congressmen and Governors, American voters also had the chance to express their opinion on a number of state propositions. I offer two examples.
In Massachusetts, a proposition sought to ban the state income tax, which accounts for roughly 40 % of the state budget. A radical, and sound, idea by [...]

Final Senate Tally

When I wrote about the Senate races a couple of weeks ago (The Zanzibar Gazette) I predicted that the Democrats would end up with 59 Senators, including independents Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). With three races (Minnesota, Alaska and Oregon) still slightly uncertain but leaning Republican, the final tally would be 56 – [...]

Close In Minnesota

As written about earlier (The Zanzibar Gazette), the probably most critical races of 2008 was (is!) Senator Norm Coleman vs Al Franken in Minnesota. The results are now extremely close – the unofficial tally has Coleman up by only 725 votes out of something like 2.7 million cast. The Independence Party candidate snatched 16 % [...]

Aftermath

Comments on last night, and the future that lies ahead.

So it happened

Did you survive JDR?
I hope Obama makes a good president and doesn’t bring to much change.
/G

The ZG Election Night Survival Guide

Lets face it, folks – it is not going to be a fun night for Republicans. Some of you might have the advantage of enduring this night with fellow Republicans, others – like me – will face defeat in the company of at least a couple of godless (and gloating) liberals. With both scenarios in [...]

Back From Vacation

Sorry for the lack of posting this week but I have been on holiday in Latvia. To make up for my absence, let me offer two seemingly unrelated comments on what is going on in the world.
First, Election Day is tomorrow. For candidates, journalists, bloggers and political operatives this marks the end of the longest [...]