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April 2009
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Sorry for the absence, blog friends. Have to work on television side of things... but more photos will come tonight from the scene at Scholz's, where Obama's Austin grassroots gathered to watch the swearing-in. ...Just a quick look at the crowd at the official Travis County Democratic Party party for election night, as Obama begins his victory speech. (Was it just me or did he seem strangely unemotional?) ...The crowd went absolutely crazy in the Driskill the moment Obama was elected president... I saw lots of tears in the crowd, a lot of hugging, it was sort of like being at a massive New Year's Eve Party.... It's still so unbearably hot and sticky because of all the body heat - but no one seems to notice. ...Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, longtime Texan and the man dubbed "Bush's Brain" sees an Obama win tonight. The final Rove and Co electoral map predicts a 338-200 Obama victory, which would be the "largest electoral margin since 1996". In the Rove map, Obama wins Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. Maybe I'll talk to him about it next time I run into him at the airport. At my favorite poll aggregating site, FiveTh...
Obama's grandmother died today after a long battle of cancer. The senator left the campaign trail a few weeks ago to visit her in Hawaii. It's unclear how the passing will affect the candidate's schedule. ...A new poll out by the Texas Politics Project at UT shows that McCain leads Obama among Texas likely voters by a 50% to 41% margin. But 23% of respondents believe Obama - a Protestant - is Muslim. Senator John Cornyn holds a nine-point lead over Democratic challenger Rick Noriega, at 45% to 36%. The poll surveyed 550 registered voters in Texas Oct. 15-22 over the internet, (which has been a source of some criticism.) It has a margin of error of 4.2 percent. ...After famously not naming any newspapers or magazines she's currently reading, McCain running mate Sarah Palin told People magazine she's "not a bubblehead" and is currently reading "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11". That's the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by the Austin-based writer Lawrence Wright. For your convenience, I linked you to the Texas Monthly talks piece with Wright f... First, KVUE.com will stream the debate live. Meanwhile I'll be liveblogging mini-analysis here on this page with the help of Twitter. For anyone who's unfamiliar, Twitter enables people to microblog updates of whatever they're doing or thoughts that come across their minds with posts of 140 characters or less. Anyone on Twitter can communicate/comment on other people's observations with a simple tag. Twitter will enable me to liveblog tonight without having to constantly republishing the blog. Only the ten most recent "mini-post... You can enjoy the second of the three presidential debates tonight with friends. The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar will show the debate on its giant hi def movie screen and the full food/drink menu will be available. Doors open at 7:15. You can purchase your $5 ticket here. Meanwhile, Texans for Obama and other area Democratic groups will throw a watch party at the Long Performing Arts Center, in the Michael and Susan Dell Hall. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Austin-based bumper sticker company, Bumperactive, designed an Obama-themed bumper sticker for all fifty states. Then someone was willing to plaster them all over her ride.
More pictures of the car and the owner, Holly, are here. Speaking of Obama.. ouch m... |
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Elise Hu is KVUE's Political Reporter and your dedicated blogger. There's too much politics in Texas to fit into a newscast, so the fun continues here. Email your ideas and feedback to ehu@kvue.com.
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