US Electoral Vote map

Finally, Barack Obama has [clinched the Democratic nomination](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/election.democrats/index.html). At the start, he wasn’t expected to win. Hillary Clinton was viewed as the presumptive nominee. She had the Clinton name recognition and a popular former president as husband. This campaign was hers to lose, and short of appealing at Denver, it appears that she needs to…

I find it funny that US troops are now reportedly ‘indignant’ that Iraq is firing back at them – especially after firing a missile intending to kill Saddam himself. I knew the war was going to be fairly one-sided, but this is ridiculous. I find it funny that Blair’s speech touched on September 11, but…

Analysis from: Slate – Kerry takes Round 1 Washington Post – The Battle, If Not The War, To Kerry The Miami Herald – Perspectives on the first Presidential Debate International Herald Tribune / Boston Globe – Each side can say it won first presidential debate Newsweek – The Race is On More to be added…

To wrap up my French revision for the night, I went to [Lemonde.fr ](http://www.lemonde.fr/)to read a spot of news in the beautiful language. Not surprisingly, the home page had a photo of Barack Obama and his newly-announced running mate Joe Biden. What was more interesting was that the headline said, “[Biden, choix par défaut pour…

Good stuff! Even though McCain’s probably going to lose the election, he is able to carry off a lot of funny lines. Obama won’t get me roaring with laughter, but when McCain’s more his maverick self he can be likeable. This is a side of him that the electorate didn’t see enough of during this…

Until today, I didn’t know that you can drop off your packages to any 7-11 in Singapore, and they will be picked up by UPS and delivered within two working days. Which is good because I really need to rush those documents to USC by the end of this week.