Every Candidate Should Answer Questions At Google- January 10, 2008 Edit: I should have used Google before writing that title. Other candidates that have appeared at Google.I linked to a video of Barack Obama answering questions from Google employees in the last post that I have heard of but never watched. I finally watched it, both 25 min. parts. In the campaign, we hear stump speeches, pundits, and occasionally an informative debate, the best of which might allow each candidate to speak for a few minutes at a time. There is a lot of attention paid to each...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/every-candidate-should-answer-questions.html Search for America: A Presidential Campaign Website Review- January 10, 2008 I visited the web sites of the top nine Presidential candidates left in the race... Bill Richardson just dropped out. Okay. I visited the web sites of the top eight Presidential candidates left in the race to see which of them allowed users to search their sites. First thing I noticed: they all have a blue background. Except John McCain's web site, which has a black background, because he's a maverick. I resisted the temptation of fully reviewing each candidate's web site. While there is...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/search-for-america-presidential.html Idea for a New Primary System- January 6, 2008 Larry Sabato argues in his book, "A More Perfect Constitution", that many of the current problems with the American political system are structural and can only be remedied by updating the U.S. Constitution to handle issues the founding fathers were unable to anticipate.For example, once you get elected to Congress, getting reelected is almost automatic. The reelection rate for House members for the past 40 years has been 85% or higher, and it is often 95% or higher. The Senate is more...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/idea-for-new-primary-system.html NFL Picks 2007 Review- January 3, 2008 With the end of the NFL season last Sunday, now is a good time to review the results of some of professional football's most well-known prognosticators. How accurate were their predictions against the spreadStarting us off is ESPN's Bill Simmons. According to his Wikipedia entry, Bill has been a writer for ESPN's print magazine and web site for over five years. He is a prolific writer and shares his sports knowledge with readers on a near daily basis. His record after Week 16 is 102-114-9.Next..http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/nfl-picks-2007-review.html |