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(Community Matters) Reading that efforts to overturn Oregon’s legislated domestic partnership and employment rights have failed. hooray

(Community Matters) of course . . . . it

(Community Matters) Nice trend:

538:

The relationship between the popular vote and the electoral vote is approximately linear, except at the endpoints. As a rule of thumb, a gain of one percentage point in a Obama’s popular vote share results in a gain of 25 electoral votes. This is also, you will note, a pretty steep slope. If Obama wins the election by 4 percentage points, he projects to win by approximately 100 electoral votes (319-219).

FiveThirtyEight.com

(Community Matters) Appears voters aren’t the only ones less than impressed with Cid. Talk flutters about the vendors he’s stiffed and slow paid.

(Community Matters) Refreshing to read the recent polls showing Hispanics breaking for Obama by 60%+. here

(Community Matters) to Alcatel-Lucent based in Paris for $67mm. Motive raised $50mm in its 2004 IPO.

(Community Matters) Biological, duh . . . .here

(Community Matters) It’s nice. Whether Al Gore’s endorsement will move undecideds may be a question; nevertheless, it’s great.

(Community Matters) Steven’s just arrived, called me from the cab. At one point he was conversing with the driver; I hadn’t heard him speak French in a long time. Traffic is heavy, which the driver blames on “your” Bush.

ST bonded with the driver and has engaged him for the return trip to airport on Thursday. Says he has to have a talk with the man since the driver kept correcting his French about his spouse, insisting on “wife” instead of “husband.”

“Our” room even has a view of the Eiffel Tower. Is there anything sexier than a tall, smart, good looking man who speaks French fluently?