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Obama, the GOP and the Knobe Effect: Why Negative Messages Win Votes
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyAmerican politics has an August tradition: Incumbents and challengers fan through the nation claiming credit for the good they've done, blaming the other side for all manner of horribles -- then blaming each other for the "blame game." Guess which strategy generally catches the most traction with voters? Trying to cash an electoral check for credit based on accomplishments? Or tossing those thunderbolts of blame? Duh. Don't bother complaining that American politics seems to be all about negative campaigning. There's evidence that negative works because our brains are just wired that ...
Is Barack Obama Secretly a Zen Buddhist Master?
By Ken Layne - Politics DailyFrom the angry fringe right of America, we sometimes hear confused yelling about how Barack Obama is secretly a Kenyan, or a Muslim, or an intellectual, or an elitist, or a talented writer and speaker, or a very successful man with a seemingly happy family life, or a rich and powerful leader, or a thoughtful man or even the important fictional space alien, Mr. Spock -- basically, everything that the rapidly aging and increasingly isolated Republican voter is not.This is a tactic that says a lot more about the accuser than the accused, but there's no denying that in Barack Obama, the nation ...
Star Trek 2008: The Wrath of McKhain
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyJJ Abrams, producer of the best show on television, has breathed fresh life into Star Trek by using old characters with a new cast and a new attitude. If you watched the new trailer, and didn't feel the urge to rush giddily to the theater right now to line up for the May premier, then you must be some kind of emotionless, green-blooded freak. Still, the honeymoon for the new, old Trek franchise is likely to be short, so I've got a backup plan ready to go. Election 2008 was a historic event, epic in its sweep. I think that by combining it with the classic Trek characters, JJ and I will have an ...
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