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Roy Blunt, GOP’s 2 House Leader, Steps Down
The U.S. election has triggered a new generation of mini Barack Obamas with parents in Kenya and the United States naming their newborns after the new president-elect. At the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu, western Kenya, Barack’s ancestral homeland, several mothers were naming their babies after the U.S.’s first African-American president. The mothers told Reuters Television that they wanted their babies to grow up to have the same successful traits as Obama. ”I would like that by the time he is in his 40s he becomes the president of this country,” said Nancy Otieno proudly of her newborn son Barack Obama. Another new mother, Millicent Akoth, named her new daughter Michelle Obama after the soon-to-be first lady. ....South Florida couple Patrick and Sasha Hall were reported on Wednesday to be among the first since the election to bestow the name Obama on their child, Obama Hall, according to the Miami Herald. Keep reading. PHOTOS: An unidentified relative to Nancy Kijana, right, holds her newborn son, Barack Obama at New Nyanza Provinvincial Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. More than half of the babies born in a Kisumu Hospital on the day after the election were named either Barack or Michelle Obama. (AP) Lilian Osano, holds her newborn son, Barrack Jeremy Obama, at New Nyanza Provinvincial Hospital in Kisumu, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. (AP) Carolyn Anyano holds her newborn son, Barack Obama, at New Nyanza Provinvincial Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. (AP) Two baby girls named Michelle. (AFP) -ORRead about the Tennessee man who, without his wife’s permission, named his newborn daughter Sarah McCain Palin. -ORSee a slideshow of Obama holding babies or see other Obama slideshows. More on Barack Obama
WASHINGTON mdash; Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the No. 2 Republican in the House, announced Thursday that he is stepping aside after Democrats added to their numbers in Congress and captured the White House. Blunt said he had long ago decided that if Republicans did not reclaim the majority in Tuesday’s elections, he would step down from the difficult job of shepherding votes. ”Ten years of asking people to do some things they don’t want to do is a long time,” Blunt, 58, told reporters Thursday morning. ”I can tell you more problems about more members of Congress than you’ll ever want to hear; I can tell you more reasons not to do something than you’ll ever want to hear.” Blunt was elevated into leadership by former whip and majority leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and was schooled in the hardball tactics employed when DeLay was a driving force in running the House. Blunt’s move avoids a difficult intraparty battle with protege Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican who’s already campaigning for the job of Republican whip. Blunt says it’s time for a new generation of Republicans to assume leadership roles. Cantor is 45. ”We’re in a totally new environment now,” Blunt said. ”We need to find a new way forward.” Blunt also said he was impressed with the campaign of Barack Obama and that it would be a mistake for Republicans to assume that Democrats would overreach now that they will control both the White House and Congress for the first time in 16 years. Meanwhile, conservative Indiana Rep. Mike Pence has been recruited by GOP Leader John Boehner of Ohio to serve as chairman of the Republican conference, the No. 3 leadership post vacated by Florida Rep. Adam Putnam on election night. Boehner will remain as GOP leader despite the disappointing results on Election Day. He is also expected on Thursday to endorse Texas Rep. Pete Sessions to take over the GOP’s House campaign operation. Associated Press Writer Laurie Kellman contributed to this report.
Obama Victory Sparks Baby Naming Frenzy (PHOTOS)
Obama Presidency’s Chicago Impact
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Reese Schonfeld: Final Poll of Cable Television News Viewers – Comparison to Actual Results
IMMEDIATE IMPACT Tourism: The Land of Lincoln will enjoy another ”presidential halo effect” on its tourism industry, observers say. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau predicts increased interest in South Side areas tied to Obama and in Springfield, where he announced his candidacy. European tourist agencies are already making inquiries, said Mark Theis, executive vice president of the bureau. Still, the tourism bump may be smaller than it was for other recent presidents, said hospitality expert Bjorn Hanson of New York University’s Tisch Center. ”When President Bush Sr. went to Maine it had a significant boost to tourism because of scenes of him in his boat, fishing,” he said. ”I don’t foresee too much of Barack Obama water-skiing behind a boat on the lake.” More on Barack Obama
To start with the positive, the Cable Television News Viewer Poll (CTNVP) predicted all the results accurately, both overall and in all demographic groups. To state the negative, the poll predicted that Obama would do better than he did in every category. In the final overall vote, cable news viewers favored Obama by 11, he won by 6. The previous week, we had Obama ahead by 6, and would’ve been dead on, but last week’s numbers jumped. I did cover my butt by saying that the final numbers might’ve been a statistical fluke, and there were. In the demos, my comparisons are with the CNN ”Vote by Age” statistics and their demos do not match the Nielsen demos, so the comparisons are not exact. Nevertheless, here it goes: CTNVP predictions 18-34s- 75 Obama–25 McCain 18-49s- 66 Obama– 34 McCain 25-54s- 64 Obama–36 McCain Fogies for McCain–Over 50 CNN actuals 18-29s- 66 Obama–32 McCain 30-44s52 Obama–46 McCain 45-64s- 49 Obama–49 McCain Over 64- 49 Obama–53 McCain What have I learned from all this: Cable news viewing is at least indicative, if not perfectly predictive, of the way Americans will vote on Election Day. The comparisons between viewing and voting among 18-34s and 55s and over were reliable. It seems that the 35-54 year-olds watching cable news are not representative of the general population. Those voters split almost 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, while the viewers were overwhelmingly Democratic. Maybe conservative 35-54s have given up the media, especially TV, entirely. They’re not angry enough to watch Fox, but too fed up with the prattle to watch either CNN or MSNBC. Four years from now, I’ll keep this in mind and try again. As for myself, I am satisfied with the results of the 2008 election – one candidate had, during his campaign, clearly forfeited any claim to the Presidency; and while the other has yet to establish his claim; it’s time to give ”change” a chance. More on Election Results
Rebecca Romijn On Pregnancy: ”I’m A Beached Whale!” In this week’s Page Six Magazine - Rebecca Romijn, pregnant with twin daughters on the way, opens up about fertility drugs, maternity sex appeal and her split from ex-husband John Stamos. On using medical intervention to get pregnant: ”We did not do IVF... A year ago, we tried [the fertility drug] Clomid for a couple of months unsuccessfully. But by the second month, I was like, ’Ahhh! I hate this!’ I think when you start messing with your own hormones, it’s crazy-making.” On her body during pregnancy: ”I can’t move anymore...I’m a beached whale! ...I have not been without a bra this entire pregnancy. I refuse. I’m not taking any chances. I’m determined to keep the puppies up!” On speculation that the cause of her 2004 divorce was that she did not want children: ”There is absolutely no truth to that. That [story] was completely made up. I desperately wanted kids. I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I’ve always dreamed about decorating my baby’s nursery.” On husband Jerry O’Connell’s fathering skills: I knew early on he would be a fantastic dad. He’s a pragmatic, smart, savvy, enthusiastic person. He really lives his life with tremendous integrity, and he’s a healthy person in every single way.” On parenting: ”I’ve just surrendered to the fact that [parenting] will be the hardest thing I’ll ever do. I know my life will never be the same - but in the best way possible.”
iPhone Transformed into Robot Thanks to Arduino Hack [IPhone] What is this? A video of a self-propelled iPhone robot that uses a small electrical engine and a Arduino board that is not tuned to Flight of the Conchords ”The Humans are Dead”? For shame. [Air-Nifty via Cult of Mac]
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Roy Blunt, GOP’s 2 House Leader, Steps Down
The U.S. election has triggered a new generation of mini Barack Obamas with parents in Kenya and the United States naming their newborns after the new president-elect. At the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu, western Kenya, Barack’s ancestral homeland, several mothers were naming their babies after the U.S.’s first African-American president. The mothers told Reuters Television that they wanted their babies to grow up to have the same successful traits as Obama. ”I would like that by the time he is in his 40s he becomes the president of this country,” said Nancy Otieno proudly of her newborn son Barack Obama. Another new mother, Millicent Akoth, named her new daughter Michelle Obama after the soon-to-be first lady. ....South Florida couple Patrick and Sasha Hall were reported on Wednesday to be among the first since the election to bestow the name Obama on their child, Obama Hall, according to the Miami Herald. Keep reading. PHOTOS: An unidentified relative to Nancy Kijana, right, holds her newborn son, Barack Obama at New Nyanza Provinvincial Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. More than half of the babies born in a Kisumu Hospital on the day after the election were named either Barack or Michelle Obama. (AP) Lilian Osano, holds her newborn son, Barrack Jeremy Obama, at New Nyanza Provinvincial Hospital in Kisumu, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. (AP) Carolyn Anyano holds her newborn son, Barack Obama, at New Nyanza Provinvincial Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. (AP) Two baby girls named Michelle. (AFP) -ORRead about the Tennessee man who, without his wife’s permission, named his newborn daughter Sarah McCain Palin. -ORSee a slideshow of Obama holding babies or see other Obama slideshows. More on Barack Obama
WASHINGTON mdash; Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the No. 2 Republican in the House, announced Thursday that he is stepping aside after Democrats added to their numbers in Congress and captured the White House. Blunt said he had long ago decided that if Republicans did not reclaim the majority in Tuesday’s elections, he would step down from the difficult job of shepherding votes. ”Ten years of asking people to do some things they don’t want to do is a long time,” Blunt, 58, told reporters Thursday morning. ”I can tell you more problems about more members of Congress than you’ll ever want to hear; I can tell you more reasons not to do something than you’ll ever want to hear.” Blunt was elevated into leadership by former whip and majority leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and was schooled in the hardball tactics employed when DeLay was a driving force in running the House. Blunt’s move avoids a difficult intraparty battle with protege Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican who’s already campaigning for the job of Republican whip. Blunt says it’s time for a new generation of Republicans to assume leadership roles. Cantor is 45. ”We’re in a totally new environment now,” Blunt said. ”We need to find a new way forward.” Blunt also said he was impressed with the campaign of Barack Obama and that it would be a mistake for Republicans to assume that Democrats would overreach now that they will control both the White House and Congress for the first time in 16 years. Meanwhile, conservative Indiana Rep. Mike Pence has been recruited by GOP Leader John Boehner of Ohio to serve as chairman of the Republican conference, the No. 3 leadership post vacated by Florida Rep. Adam Putnam on election night. Boehner will remain as GOP leader despite the disappointing results on Election Day. He is also expected on Thursday to endorse Texas Rep. Pete Sessions to take over the GOP’s House campaign operation. Associated Press Writer Laurie Kellman contributed to this report.
Obama Victory Sparks Baby Naming Frenzy (PHOTOS)
Obama Presidency’s Chicago Impact
1
Reese Schonfeld: Final Poll of Cable Television News Viewers – Comparison to Actual Results
IMMEDIATE IMPACT Tourism: The Land of Lincoln will enjoy another ”presidential halo effect” on its tourism industry, observers say. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau predicts increased interest in South Side areas tied to Obama and in Springfield, where he announced his candidacy. European tourist agencies are already making inquiries, said Mark Theis, executive vice president of the bureau. Still, the tourism bump may be smaller than it was for other recent presidents, said hospitality expert Bjorn Hanson of New York University’s Tisch Center. ”When President Bush Sr. went to Maine it had a significant boost to tourism because of scenes of him in his boat, fishing,” he said. ”I don’t foresee too much of Barack Obama water-skiing behind a boat on the lake.” More on Barack Obama
To start with the positive, the Cable Television News Viewer Poll (CTNVP) predicted all the results accurately, both overall and in all demographic groups. To state the negative, the poll predicted that Obama would do better than he did in every category. In the final overall vote, cable news viewers favored Obama by 11, he won by 6. The previous week, we had Obama ahead by 6, and would’ve been dead on, but last week’s numbers jumped. I did cover my butt by saying that the final numbers might’ve been a statistical fluke, and there were. In the demos, my comparisons are with the CNN ”Vote by Age” statistics and their demos do not match the Nielsen demos, so the comparisons are not exact. Nevertheless, here it goes: CTNVP predictions 18-34s- 75 Obama–25 McCain 18-49s- 66 Obama– 34 McCain 25-54s- 64 Obama–36 McCain Fogies for McCain–Over 50 CNN actuals 18-29s- 66 Obama–32 McCain 30-44s52 Obama–46 McCain 45-64s- 49 Obama–49 McCain Over 64- 49 Obama–53 McCain What have I learned from all this: Cable news viewing is at least indicative, if not perfectly predictive, of the way Americans will vote on Election Day. The comparisons between viewing and voting among 18-34s and 55s and over were reliable. It seems that the 35-54 year-olds watching cable news are not representative of the general population. Those voters split almost 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, while the viewers were overwhelmingly Democratic. Maybe conservative 35-54s have given up the media, especially TV, entirely. They’re not angry enough to watch Fox, but too fed up with the prattle to watch either CNN or MSNBC. Four years from now, I’ll keep this in mind and try again. As for myself, I am satisfied with the results of the 2008 election – one candidate had, during his campaign, clearly forfeited any claim to the Presidency; and while the other has yet to establish his claim; it’s time to give ”change” a chance. More on Election Results
Rebecca Romijn On Pregnancy: ”I’m A Beached Whale!” In this week’s Page Six Magazine - Rebecca Romijn, pregnant with twin daughters on the way, opens up about fertility drugs, maternity sex appeal and her split from ex-husband John Stamos. On using medical intervention to get pregnant: ”We did not do IVF... A year ago, we tried [the fertility drug] Clomid for a couple of months unsuccessfully. But by the second month, I was like, ’Ahhh! I hate this!’ I think when you start messing with your own hormones, it’s crazy-making.” On her body during pregnancy: ”I can’t move anymore...I’m a beached whale! ...I have not been without a bra this entire pregnancy. I refuse. I’m not taking any chances. I’m determined to keep the puppies up!” On speculation that the cause of her 2004 divorce was that she did not want children: ”There is absolutely no truth to that. That [story] was completely made up. I desperately wanted kids. I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I’ve always dreamed about decorating my baby’s nursery.” On husband Jerry O’Connell’s fathering skills: I knew early on he would be a fantastic dad. He’s a pragmatic, smart, savvy, enthusiastic person. He really lives his life with tremendous integrity, and he’s a healthy person in every single way.” On parenting: ”I’ve just surrendered to the fact that [parenting] will be the hardest thing I’ll ever do. I know my life will never be the same - but in the best way possible.”
iPhone Transformed into Robot Thanks to Arduino Hack [IPhone] What is this? A video of a self-propelled iPhone robot that uses a small electrical engine and a Arduino board that is not tuned to Flight of the Conchords ”The Humans are Dead”? For shame. [Air-Nifty via Cult of Mac]
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