... in a handful of swing districts in a handful of swing states. Obama's chief strategist, David Plouffe, told the Los Angeles Times that he ignores the national polls almost entirely because the campaign's focus is on registration and turnout in the 18 states they identified as the battleground (which is now down to maybe 10). "We stay laser-focused on these two factors," he told the Times. That may have been a bit of bravado, but there's ...

... in a handful of swing districts in a handful of swing states. Obama's chief strategist, David Plouffe, told the Los Angeles Times that he ignores the national polls almost entirely because the campaign's focus is on registration and turnout in the 18 states they identified as the battleground (which is now down to maybe 10). "We stay laser-focused on these two factors," he told the Times. That may have been a bit of bravado, but there's ...

...the form of an image, ie a 2D barcode [1], which could then be read by a cheap little webcam sat next to the driver. tom [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode#2D_barcodes -- On Question Time last night, Tony Benn was saying that the way to solve the low turnout at elections was to make voting compulsory. I think the solution is for someone to start a political party that doesn't contain wall-to-wall bastards. -- John Rowland

... one goal: suppressing your political opponent's voters. In Wisconsin this past week, the Republican Attorney General, J.B. Van Hollen, filed a politically timed lawsuit that local election officials say will interfere with turnout for the presidential election on Nov. 4 and create a bureaucratic nightmare for election workers seeking to process a record number of new voter registrations before then. The AG's game plan is simple: create ...

... half of voters think Obama is going to raise taxes on them, not lower them. So, to progressive leaders, consider the math: Single women are the biggest voting bloc; they will vote for the Dems 2-1. Increasing their turnout in relation to the overall electorate by 3 points would increase the Democrats' vote by 2 points. In other words, single women would make up 24 percent of the vote share instead of 22 percent, and that could make a ...

... were very unhappy with the choice of McCain, an East Coast Republican they viewed as theologically untrustworthy, and far too liberal when it came to social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Without a heavy turnout by evangelical voters, McCain would not have a chance of winning. That's why his original favourite for VP, the smarmy Joe Lieberman from Connecticut, was dumped in favour of kill-a-polar-bear for Jesus Mrs. ...

...will feature my loft layout - if I can remember to take the camera up there! I have in mind to take photos of the installation of a Lenz 150 DCC auxiliary (point motor) decoder which will operate up to 6 turnouts at time. As I'm using this with Tortoise motors it did originally present me with a few problems which I've managed to solve and which may help others. Anyone interested in this? Where were the BC Rail ...

...> feature my loft layout - if I can remember to take the camera up there! I have in mind to take photos of the installation of a Lenz 150 DCC auxiliary (point motor) decoder which will operate up to 6 turnouts at a time. As I'm using this with Tortoise motors it did originally present me with a few problems which I've managed to solve and which may help others. Anyone interested in this? Where were the BC Rail photos...

... will feature my loft layout - if I can remember to take the camera up there! I have in mind to take photos of the installation of a Lenz 150 DCC auxiliary (point motor) decoder which will operate up to 6 turnouts at a time. As I'm using this with Tortoise motors it did originally present me with a few problems which I've managed to solve and which may help others. Anyone interested in this? -- Mike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed...

... - thats asking rather a lot for a pipe 7m wide. Asking a lot of volume, but there's no requirement for flow rate. I don't think they'll have any trouble filling it. tom -- On Question Time last night, Tony Benn was saying that the way to solve the low turnout at elections was to make voting compulsory. I think the solution is for someone to start a political party that doesn't contain wall-to-wall bastards. -- John Rowland