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Who, me?

While doing some research Monday, I stumbled across a site called Newsmeat, which has a search engine for political contributions over $200 dating back to 1978. Out of curiosity, I plugged in my name. I was more than a little surprised when it indicated I contributed $353.35 in August 2004 to a political action committee […]

But will it change the Herseth searches?

This post initially started as a result of my review of search terms for the recent installment of search follies. But the public announcement that Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth is engaged makes it more timely.

I’ve always been suprised by how many people come here via Herseth web searches. As you’ll see, virtually all deal with […]

Tim Johnson and the media

My senior U.S. Senator is taken to a hospital from the Capitol building. He remains there in critical condition following late night surgery for a congenital problem late night surgery for a congenital condition that caused bleeding in his brain. What does it mean? An opportunity for the media vultures to feast.

The news of […]

Election Day

Several people have asked about my plans for Election Day. Whether it’s because I quickly revert to my cynical view of politics and elections or simply can’t wait to go back to the things I enjoy, my plans are very simple:

Leave work early to vote Finalize arrangements for and host the volleyball team meal […]

Accumulated (lengthy) political marginalia

As the election approaches, I am looking forward to there being far fewer lengthy posts dealing with political matters. In fact, I’m hoping political topics will soon be almost nonexistent here.

For example, you’re not going to be any info or comment on pagegate, gropegate or whatever -gate you want to use for the upcoming […]