Daily Archives: October 22, 2004

Early voting watch: Consistency

The Chron covers the heavy early voting so far, and gives us some long-awaited but still estimated numbers on Harris County and statewide registrations. Early voting began Monday, and more than 63,000 Harris County voters cast early ballots through Wednesday, … Continue reading Continue reading

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DMN non-endorses Barton

Via Byron, the Morning News talks about, but doesn’t endorse Smoky Joe Barton. This year, however, we find ourselves in an awkward position. On the one hand, we continue to share common beliefs with him on several important issues, and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Are all their clocks running slow?

For the last two weeks, “Lost” has run past the hour it’s scheduled for. That was no big deal for me the first time as I was watching it live, but this time I missed the ending since the TiVo … Continue reading Continue reading

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The real estate divide

Kash points to this story about political considerations as a factor in determining where to buy a house. It’s some more empirical evidence for the Great Divide thesis that Bill Bishop has been writing about. Of course, yard signs during … Continue reading Continue reading

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To mock a bloggingbird

Ted Barlow is a national treasure. Is it time to start making Koufax Award nominations yet? Continue reading

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Congrats to the Cardinals

And congratulations to the Cardinals for winning another well-fought championship series. I may be 0 for 2 this October, but I’ve still got my silver linings: 1) Now I don’t have to feel compelled to stay up way past my … Continue reading Continue reading

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Ad wars

So I saw another one of those godawful NRCC anti-Lampson ads last night. It’s my fond hope that some day, demagoging about 9/11 will be seen as a form of violating Godwin’s Law. By the way, it’s awfully nice of … Continue reading Continue reading

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