Author Archives: mindless

Another set of fairly good predictions (and a great night for Dems/progressives): PA-12: I had Critz by +2, he won by 8. Major props to the Critz campaign and the DCCC — that was an impressive margin. KY-SEN GOP: I … Continue reading →

Here are my predictions for the races I can comment on: PA-12: Critz 50 – Burns 48 – Agoris 2 KY-SEN GOP: Paul 55 – Grayson 39 – Others 6 KY-SEN DEM: Conway 49 – Mongiardo 46 – Others 5 … Continue reading →

As the Americans and the Canadians face off today in Vancouver, I thought it would be fun looking back on their first meeting in 1920. The Olympics were held in Sweden, where they had never seen North Americans play hockey. … Continue reading →

The United States’ soccer team isn’t the best in the world, and–despite it being 2010 next year–not a championship threat. Given our position, a World Cup campaign is judged to be successful is we make it from the group state … Continue reading →

From Today’s Hotline (sub. req.): I originally wanted the winner to have to name six but apparently the Hotline staff does not have much faith in DC’s intelligentsia.

Well, that was a mostly depressing evening. I guess I can’t say it was unexpected as I went 4/4 in my predictions. Let’s go through the races: VA-Gov: No shocker here. In fact, I nailed the election results dead on. … Continue reading →

Happy Election Day everyone :) I’m sure if you’re reading this blog you’ve already voted. My predictions for NY-20 and the VA three-way primary were only a couple percentage points off, so let’s see how I can do this time: … Continue reading →

Following on our success last year, the Voting Information Project has again teamed up with Google to create a gadget for Virginia Voters: Right now it only has polling location, but by early next week it’ll have ballot info as … Continue reading →

Their first foray was great, but this one had me practically on the floor, especially the very end. Coincidentally, I was just talking about WaPo and this contest to folks at a dinner party last weekend at Dupont Darling‘s flat.