http://vladglebov.com A blog about everything. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its coming... the intro is complete and a friend did the sound for it already. Stay tuned. In online terms it means keep refreshing the page every few hours!  I can tell you this much, the first vlog will contain something no one expected. I have big news! http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/09/video-blog/ Gallop poll shows Obama up by 11% over McCain. Thats an all time high. So is it over as James Carville suggested on CNN? Absolutely not. We still have about a month before voting. In Canada and England, the entire campaign period is about a month. Anything can happen and the ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/09/is-it-over-for-mccain/ I had fun watching the debate at an Irish Pub tonight, its the one place that political pollsters can't reach when they do post-debate polling and its also the one place where you are more likely to hear what people really think.  In short, Obama did well on domestic issues and ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/08/round-2-obama-vs-mccain/ What's happening politically in Canada? Well, for the most part, we are back to where we started. Conservatives and Liberals are close but Harper still has an edge of about 5 points with 34% of the poll. NDP is stuck in low 20's. Greens and Block are bellow 10%. So says ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/07/back-home-canadian-election-talk-cont/ There were some that said Obama needs to peck a little harder at McCain. Well, considering how well Obama is doing in the polls, this documentary goes for knock out. It was released today as a response to an attack that has yet to come on air tomorrow (debate day) from ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/06/obama-goes-for-knock-out/ This is interesting, apparently there are millions of people googling words during the debate, probably to seek more information or clarification. Here are the words that had the most traffic at different points in the debate:  - Clean Coal  - Nuclear - Maverick - Voter Retistration - Meaning of Theocracy - Windfall Profits Tax - Variations of ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/06/googling-during-biden-vs-palin-debate/ How has the economic crisis effected the presidential race? If the election was held today, Obama is much more likely to win. CNN estimates 250 electoral seats for Obama vs 189 for McCain right now. Gallop daily shows Obama in the lead by 8%. The trend is that all battle ground ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/04/obama-leads-30-days-to-go/ At 23, Elizabeth May was already taking on forestry officials. I don't know if she will beat Peter MacKay in the riding she is running for, if she does, the Green Party will be here to stay. Check out this clip: [youtube]cI0N_2urq_E[/youtube] H/T: CalgaryGrit http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/04/elizabeth-may-30-years-ago/ I am obviously talking about Biden vs Palin, was there something else on tonight? Just kidding, I was running between two different televisions all night (the repeat helped) but most of the political junkies that I know were glued to Palin and Biden, waiting for a train wreck from either ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/03/the-big-debates/ Lieberman, McCain's good friend and supporter, would have been VP if he was anti-choice, had this to say about tonight's debate between Palin and Biden :  “What she needs to do tonight is get this public consideration of her back to who she is and her strong points and, frankly, get it ... http://vladglebov.com/2008/10/02/should-palin-take-an-iq-test/