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Exit polls are here! In proud Slate tradition, we bring you the exit polls bouncing around that they won't talk about on TV. The omnipresent disclaimer applies: These exit polls are 100 percent unreliable. They are not the real thing, nor are they guaranteed to bear any semblance to the real thing. With that in mind:
Ohio: Obama +8 New ...
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In the '80s, a basketball standout nicknamed ''Sarah Barracuda'' gamely stepped onto the court despite a stress fracture, determined to lead Wasilla High School to a state championship. That Barracuda was Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president (according to her Wikipedia page).
McCain's pick of Palin means a fifth ...
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In one of her earliest appearances in the Alaskan press, Sarah Palin described her glee at the chance to see the former Mrs. Donald Trump, who was visiting Alaska for the day to peddle purfume.
From the Anchorage Daily News:
''We want to see Ivana,'' said Palin, who admittedly smells like salmon for a large part of the summer, ...
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Most amazing of many amazing things about McCain running mate Sarah Palin: Her kids are named Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. She out Romneyed the Romneys!
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BHO, JSM advisers tweet-debating tech policy tonight. Useless—like Twitter. How debate with 140 char limit? http://tinyurl.com/6ypjh8 about 0 minutes ago from Trailhead
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It wasn’t in his prepared remarks, but John McCain couldn’t resist one of his favorite economic anecdotes today. A minute into his speech to the National Federation of Independent Businesses he paid his respects to Meg Whitman, his campaign co-chair and the former CEO of eBay. He thanked her for her contributions to the global economy, most ...
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In case you're still feeling a void in your heart where Hillary Clinton and the boys once lived, Slate humbly offers an eight-minute recap video of the entire Democratic race. Keep it handy; you may want to show it to your grandkids some day.
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In a Wednesday post at National Review Online, Larry Kudlow, he of CNBC fame, asserts that the stock market likes Hillary Clinton more than Barack Obama. How does he know this? Because on two occasions, the stock market went up after Clinton won a primary, and down after Obama won.
The clearest example was Hillary’s massive West Virginia ...
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Despite Hillary Clinton’s dominating win in Kentucky this evening, Barack Obama is still going to win enough pledged delegates to own the majority in that metric. He who holds the pledged-delegate majority holds the key to the kingdom, we’re told. But that doesn’t mean Clinton’s win will be for naught. Her queen-size victory may be enough to ...
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Another election night, another parsing of the exit polls. As usual, these numbers come from CNN and will probably evolve as the night goes on and the networks receive more waves of exit polls. The gist: As in West Virginia, it’s a sweep, no matter the demographic.
Nearly the same proportion of men (62 percent) voted for Hillary Clinton as ...