My colleague, Dr. Sidicious Bonesparkle, had a bit of sport last week with a Global Language Monitor analysis showing that Sarah Palin spoke at a higher grade level in the VP “debate” than did Joe Biden. As it turns out, the GLM isn’t alone in examining the language used by the presidential and vice presidential candidates.
Read moreHey, America: are your politicians stupid or do they just think you are? Check this new analysis of Thursday night’s “debate”: An analysis carried out by a language monitoring service said Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at a more than ninth-grade level and Sen. Joseph Biden spoke at a nearly eighth-grade level in Thursday night’s debate between the vice
Read moreWell, well, well…. There’s been a spurt of 527 activity on behalf of Sen. John McCain, but Barack Obama campaign has suddenly gone silent on the subject.That’s because, after of year of telling donors not to contribute to 527 groups, of encouraging strategists not to form them and of suggesting that outside messaging efforts would not be welcome in Obama’s
Read moreWe’ve just wrapped our first S&R election reader poll, and here are the results. Q: Which candidate do you currently favor for the Democratic nomination? John Edwards (47) Dennis Kucinich (45) Barack Obama (36) Hillary Clinton (9) Christopher Dodd (6) Bill Richardson (2) Joe Biden (4) Other (3) Up now in the column to your right – same question, GOP
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