The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Blame Bush, You Fools

GAHANNA, Ohio Just now waking up to the post-American era. A longtime reader e-mailed me this data from the Ohio exit polls: An outright majority of Ohio voters (51%-40% margin) consider Bush “more to blame for current economic problems” than the man who has been president for the past four years. And among the Bush-blamers, […]

ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS HQ; UPDATE: OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION; AMERICA HOPELESSLY DOOMED

GAHANNA, Ohio UPDATE 10:35 p.m. ET: It’s over, folks: Obama wins Wisconsin, which invalidates any remaining alternative path to 27o for Mitt Romney. Florida looks very much like a loss for Romney, who will hang on to North Carolina and, maybe, Virginia, but that’s not enough if Florida is gone. The last time I looked […]

ELECTION DAY UPDATES

GAHANNA, Ohio Years of Election Day coverage have provided me with a traditional routine: Sleep late or get a nap and ignore as much of the inevitable panic as I can. Remember the absurd reaction to the 2004 exit polls? A leak of morning results gave Democrats a false hope of victory. That was followed (as […]

OHIO: ROMNEY AIRPORT RALLY — LOOKING LIKE A WINNER, MITT!

Jackie Romine of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, sends a message to the press corps at Romney’s rally Friday GAHANNA, Ohio Last night’s rally at the Columbus Airport was a wonderful experience. How many people attended? Just say “capacity crowd” and leave it at that. More importantly, further Ohio early-voting data continued to come in, reinforcing the conclusions […]

OHIO: IT’S MITT’S TO WIN

Volunteers make calls at Americans for Prosperity phone bank in Ohio BLUE ASH, Ohio We’re at the center of the storm — ground zero of the entire presidential campaign — and you’d think this might provide some special insight into the ultimate outcome of the election. Not so. Ali’s spent the morning pondering the Electoral […]

Monsters on the Internet: Sociopathic Sadism and Bill Schmalfeldt’s Madness

The Internet as “Cape Fear”: Demented sociopathic troll Bill Schmalfeldt now slinging Bible verses at me. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) November 4, 2012 BLUE ASH, Ohio In the laundry room of the motel today, a fellow let me borrow his detergent to save me the $1 it would cost to buy detergent from the […]

OHIO OR BOSTON?

BLUE ASH, Ohio Ali Akbar stayed up all night crunching numbers for an election analysis that’s going to blow some peoples’ minds later today. A few hints: 7:57 a.m. ET. After crunching more early-vote numbers, @ali says: “We’ve got Ohio.” — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) November 4, 2012 Analysis shows 40% increase in GOP early […]

WEST CHESTER, OHIO: MASSIVE CROWD FOR ROMNEY-RYAN RALLY

That tiny speck on the stage? Rudy Giuliani. BLUE ASH, Ohio I’ll have more photos later, but right now I just want to tell you how awesome tonight’s rally was. Rudy Giuliani’s speech was off the hook — the best takedown of the Obama administration I’ve heard this entire cycle, bar none. What Rudy said […]

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