Slog - Comments on Burn for Obama http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama The movie: Burn After Reading by the Coen Brothers. Burn After Reading is an astute, brutal comedy about infidelity, modern idiocy, paranoia, and the CIA. Set to thundering action-movie drums, the characters brew immense tempests over the most mundane nonsense. The price: $25 cash. The reason: Fundraiser for Obama's swing-state campaigns. In 2004, George W. Bush won both Florida and Virginia, beating John Kerry by 8 points in Virginia. That state has gone to the Republican Party in every election since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson won and carried all but six states. The amenities: Drinks, snacks, on-site childcare. The details:... Copyright 2008 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:41:07 -0800 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:03:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by stacy If Virginia has gone consistently Republican for 40 years, what exactly makes it a swing state?

]]> stacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama#c1165587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama#c1165587 2008 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:58:09 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley Because it's swinging for Obama this year—he has a chance to win it.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama#c1165724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama#c1165724 2008 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:26:11 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @1 - because it's 20 points for Obama, that's what.

Blue TIDAL Wave.

Feel it.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama#c1166963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/burn_for_obama#c1166963 2008 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:03:34 -0800