Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney – Salon.com
By David Daley, salon.com

After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board

Rupert Mur­doch’s warn­ing tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hur­ri­cane Sandy cleanup that the New Jer­sey gov­er­no…

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Romney’s orca system caused campaign meltdown

Which consultants built Romney’s “Project Orca?” None of them
Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com

In the wake of Mitt Rom­ney’s Elec­tion Day defeat, frus­tra­tion with the Rom­ney cam­paign’s get-out-the-vote effort led to reports of an IT melt­down. Project Orca, the sys­tem the Rom­ney cam­paign used to con­nect to an army of vol­un­teer…

RT @arstechnica: Which consultants built Romney’s “Project Orca?” None of them http://flpbd.it/SDHym by @thepacketrat

Obama tech crippled Romney campaign

How Team Obama’s tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust
Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com

Despite run­ning a cam­paign with about twice the money and twice the staff of Gov­er­nor Mitt Rom­ney’s pres­i­den­tial bid, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s cam­paign under-spent Rom­ney’s on IT prod­ucts and ser­vices by $14.5 mil­lion, putting the…

Obama data geeks

Obama’s data geeks add up to four more years
John Naughton, guardian.co.uk

Mastery of the numbers game meant the president’s team was able to exploit its database more effectively than Romney, reeling in £1bn in donations

Some years ago I went to a lecture given by Professor David MacKay, who in addition to being a…

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Linguistic analysis decodes true messages of Obama and Romney

Gesture analysis reveals what Obama and Romney care about
By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk

Science

An analy­sis of the body ges­tures of Barack Obama and Mitt Rom­ney dur­ing the pres­i­den­tial debates sug­gests that how can­di­dates speak could reveal what they real­ly care about and affect whether or not vot­ers believe what they…

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Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate

Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate
by Lloyd Grove, thedailybeast.com

The pundits may be calling Denver a slam-dunk for Romney, but David B. Givens, who analyzed the candidates’ mannerisms, disagrees: the governor looked ‘aggressive and manic, simultaneously,’ while Obama was ‘cool.’

The gov­er­nor was manic and t…

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Fisker Automotive to Romney: Who Are You Calling ‘Loser’?

Fisker Automotive to Romney: Who Are You Calling ‘Loser’?
Damon Lavrinc, wired.com

Photo: AP

Pres­i­den­tial hope­ful Mitt Rom­ney may be a Michigan-bred entre­pre­neur with a suc­cess­ful career in busi­ness, but the man knows lit­tle about the elec­tric vehi­cle sec­tor.

Dur­ing his first debate with Pres­i­dent Bar…

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Mitt Romney: I believe in basic science

Mitt Romney: I believe in basic science, and by “basic science” I mean “cold fusion”
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net

I’m not entire­ly sure what to say about this excerpt from a Wash­ing­ton Exam­in­er inter­view other than, “*head­desk*”.

Mitt Romney: I do believe in basic science. I believe in participating in space. I believe in analysis of new sourc…

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