These only make sense in the context of the gen ed reform going on at Berry right now.
As the comments suggest, I now join Carl in thinking of TRUE GRIT as laying claim to be the great American novel—written from a southern and female point of view. The two proper Confederate common men in the story are ROOSTER and FRANK (Mattie’s father), who turn out to be much more alike than it seems at first. More soon on that.
To answer Brian on 2010, I was very early on very bullish on the Republican victory, while not going as crazy as some about impossibly huge gains. It’s true that the polling remained ambiguous for longer than early August.
To echo Kate, as long as Obama successfully takes the focus away from his record and puts it on Romney the man, he will remain ahead. This is a problem that can be remedied, but it remains to be seen whether it will be.
On the comment that some iron law of politics that the undecideds break for the challenger, consider 2004 or even 1976.
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