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Day: January 24, 2008

Kucinich is Out

So much for his “I’m in this to the convention” rhetoric.

Democrat Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second, long-shot bid for the White House as he faces a tough fight to hold onto his other job — U.S. congressman.

In an interview with Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, the six-term House member said he was quitting the race and would make a formal announcement on Friday.

“I will be announcing that I’m transitioning out of the presidential campaign,” Kucinich said. “I’m making that announcement tomorrow about a new direction.”

Kucinich has received little support in his presidential bid; he got 1 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary and was shut out in the Iowa caucuses. He did have a devoted following.

This guy knows how to play to the eye of the camera, and he jumped in its view every chance he got. His policy positions are some of the wackiest out there, but you gotta give Kucinich a gold star for tenacity.

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2008 Election, Campaign, Dennis Kucinich, Politics

Feb. 5 Won’t Be Emancipation Day

There will be no clear nominee for either party after Super Tuesday.

Don’t look to crown any presidential nominees on Super Tuesday. The race for delegates is so close in both parties that it is mathematically impossible for any candidate to lock up the nomination on Feb. 5, according to an Associated Press analysis of the states in play that day.

“A lot of people were predicting that this presidential election on both sides was going to be this massive sprint that ended on Feb. 5,” said Jenny Backus, a Democratic consultant who is not affiliated with any candidate. Now it’s looking as if the primaries after Super Tuesday – including such big, delegate-rich states as Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania – could grow in importance.

“Maybe some states were better off waiting,” said Backus.

That doesn’t mean Super Tuesday won’t be super after all. Voters in more than 20 states will go to the polls on the biggest day of the primary campaign, and thousands of delegates will be at stake.

But it’s possible Feb. 5 might not even produce clear front-runners.

Oh boy, that means we’ll still have to deal with John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, and Mike (Jimmah Cawtah) Huckabee after the 5th. This is gonna be one long protracted primary cycle. Wake me when it’s over.

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2008 Election, Campaign, Huckabee, John Edwards, Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich

And Now For Something Completely Different

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I got an Apple TV for my birthday. It arrived last night. I love it. Here’s why:

— Installation took less than 5 minutes. I plugged the device into my Phillips 37″ LCD HDTV using the HDMI connection. For audio to my Denon 1801 AVR, I used an optical toslink cable. Apple TV found my wireless network immediately. After inputting my WEP password, I was connected.

— I paired Apple TV with an iMac located at the opposite end of my house. It’s furthest away from the device, but the streaming quality from my iTunes library was excellent. In no time at all I was watching movies and TV shows purchased from iTunes. Even the standard definition picture quality was great.

— I subscribed to a few of the free HD video podcasts offered from iTunes, and the picture quality was awesome. And there’s tons of these things, providing free content.

— And of course, there’s YouTube. I’ve often wished I could sit in my living room and browse YouTube and view video on my flat screen TV. Now, with Apple TV, I can.

I’m not an Apple employee, and I’m not a crazed fanboy. I’m a technology enthusiast and gadget freak. And let me tell you…this gadget is worth gettin’ freaky over.

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Apple, Apple TV, YouTube, Podcasting, Streaming