First off, let me welcome you to my new blog The POTUS Heuristic. Heuristic is a term we use a bit in computer science, I'll quote Wikipedia's definition here:
"A heuristic is a method to help solve a problem, commonly informal. It is particularly used for a method that often rapidly leads to a solution that is usually reasonably close to the best possible answer. Heuristics are "rules of thumb", educated guesses, intuitive judgments or simply common sense."
Well, I've run my heuristic for POTUS in 2008, and it returned John McCain with a fitness score off the charts. In fact, I feel I'll likely never see another candidate for any office that I believe in as much as I do Senator John McCain. So now my goal is to convince as many people out there why we need John McCain.
I've been an active member of the McCainTalk.com and McCain08hq where I had a feature called "Scouring the Blogosphere for McCain". I will now run that feature on this blog.
"Scouring the Blogosphere for McCain" is a collection of posts from the grassroots blogs and overlooked blogs that are currently not a part of the McCain community. This is an effort to recognize the wide support that Senator McCain has and to hopefully connect some of these blogs into our McCain blogging community if possible. Occasionally, I'll include something from one of the bigger blogs (like GraniteGrok this week) if I feel its been overlooked. Sadly, I've been swamped with final projects at the end of the semester so many of these posts will not be as fresh as usual, but none should be older than 2 weeks.
Without further ado. . . .
Scouring the Blogosphere for McCain: 5th Edition
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Analysis and Insight in the Blogosphere re: McCain
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Hominid views, the latest on the electoral map between McCain and Clinton:
http://hominidviews.com/?p=1203
http://rosenthalswelt.blogspot.com/
McCain-Huckabee ticket discussed
http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/11/mccainhuckabee.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001788.html
http://larison.org/2007/12/01/mccain-huckabee/
Good post - the double standard applied to McCain, Thompson, and Huckabee by the right-wing media
http://thefdhlounge.blogspot.com/2007/12/huckabee-mccain-and-gop-double.html
Another blogger digs McCain, but points out that Huck is not entirely good news for McCain:
http://fconte.blogspot.com/2007/12/great-man-in-race-may-not-win.html
http://www.theseventen.com/2007/12/mccain-mccalculus.html
Oak Park HS (where one of my cousins went to school) American Studies analyzes McCain's website:
http://criticsandbuilders.typepad.com/amstudiesblog/2007/12/john-mccains--2.html
Republicans are ingrates for not supporting McCain
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/davidcorn/2007/11/why-not-john-mccain.html
Moderates like the plain McCain ad
http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/16270/mccain-unadorned/
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Bloggers Whose Heuristics Also Returned SELECTION="McCain"
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Luke Froeb, former Chief Economist of the Federal Trade Commission now professor at Vanderbilt, endorses McCain
http://managementrandd.blogspot.com/2007/12/economist-looks-at-john-mccain.html
California poli-sci professor's pro-mccain blog
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/
Blog dedicated to supporting mccain, let's sign 'em up
http://eldude.blogspot.com/
McCain convinced another blogger in the last debate:
http://adroed.blogspot.com/2007/12/john-mccain-for-president.html
Montana blog formerly for Thompson, says McCain is the guy to unite the GOP:
http://montanaheadlines.blogspot.com/2007/12/mccain-to-rescue.html
Curt Schilling is awesome:
http://38pitches.com/2007/12/06/mccain-in-08/
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Bloggers Moving Towards McCain
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Doug on Granite Grok is grokking McCain:
http://granitegrok.com/blog/2007/12/to_know_him_is_to_well_come_to_like_him.html
The Pink Flamingo likes what it sees in McCain and suggests not counting him out:
http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/12/17/3415905.html
Lutheran blogger (and expert Mongolia historian) won over by McCain:
http://threehierarchies.blogspot.com/2007/12/why-im-rooting-for-john-mccain.html
Conservative Catholics coming around to McCain:
http://dealwhudson.typepad.com/deal_w_hudson/2007/11/the-mccain-mome.html
http://dealwhudson.typepad.com/deal_w_hudson/2007/12/why-mccain-has.html
Retired journalist, Ken Reich, on Obama and McCain:
http://takebackthetimes.blogspot.com/2007/12/obama-mccain-gaining-respect-as.html
New Hampshire Republican reconsidering McCain:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932585/posts?page=1,50
Magazine editor, Robert Stein, likes McCain, Huckabee, and Obama:
http://ajliebling.blogspot.com/2007/12/mighty-are-falling-primarywise.html
Political moderate blog thinks this is McCain's moment for now. . .
http://awewonder.blogspot.com/2007/12/mccains-man-of-minute-at-least.html
Another political moderate blog rooting for McCain:
http://chasingthepresidency.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/john-mccain-has-some-criticism-for-bush/
Andrew Sullivan continues to talk up McCain:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/quote-for-the-d.html
Iraqi American says John McCain may be the first Republican he ever votes for. . .
http://iraqimojo.blogspot.com/2007/12/john-mccain.html
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Entertainment and News re: Election '08
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National Ledger article asks "Is John McCain the One Great Man in This Race?"
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272617498.shtml
h/t Vicki from MV'08, I love it when moonbats inadvertently prove our points for us (need evidence McCain understood the need for more troops and see how wrong the anti-war left was about the way to proceed):
http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2006/08/iraq-snapshot_04.html
Pure comedy - 9/11 Truther says spam sent supporting Ron Paul is a GOP dirty trick
http://feareffect.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/ron-paul-spambot-caper-political-sabotage-and-dirty-tricks/
