tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post7845283388023621816..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Claiming my own little personal victory: 64 to 69Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30700441471605985782010-09-28T04:42:25.845+02:002010-09-28T04:42:25.845+02:00Could be CNE stole your math and loaded it into th...Could be CNE stole your math and loaded it into their computer model!<br />Their on a tight budget you know.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-64552642818175931882010-09-28T03:14:57.036+02:002010-09-28T03:14:57.036+02:00Feather is alive!
Damn!
MiguelFeather is alive!<br /><br />Damn!<br /><br /><br /><br />MiguelMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531734875286475335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-762486824955142542010-09-27T23:58:46.396+02:002010-09-27T23:58:46.396+02:00Outstanding job, Daniel. I learned a lot from your...Outstanding job, Daniel. I learned a lot from your analysis, ty. <br /><br />Opposition to chavism losted more than just years with the 2006 Aventino, now is time to look forward. <br /><br />My best wishes to Venezuela.Asha Nairhttp://castrianism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-22134437140976917282010-09-27T22:32:07.668+02:002010-09-27T22:32:07.668+02:00What is he talking about?
"
Fidel Castro'...What is he talking about?<br /><br />"<br />Fidel Castro's Reflection: What They Want is Venezuela’s Oil <br />"<br /><br />http://www.escambray.cu/Eng/Special/fideloil1009271531979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-11756709613988600262010-09-27T21:41:20.695+02:002010-09-27T21:41:20.695+02:00"As such I do not know of any other predictio..."As such I do not know of any other prediction that got as close to the final number."<br /><br />Spare a thought to this fellow blogger of yours, who, without variometers, swing-o-meters, district analysis, poll analysis, or any of that, predicted that the opposition would get about a third of the assembly (that would be what Chavez would allow to cede to the opposition).<br /><br />So don't claim victory just yet. As per where I made my prediction, it was live, on a BBC World Service program.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014152460206926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-85086848974936385412010-09-27T21:28:52.432+02:002010-09-27T21:28:52.432+02:00Saludos mon ami Daniel.Saludos mon ami Daniel.FeathersMcGrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135660362823307298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-54370667163085676082010-09-27T21:13:09.974+02:002010-09-27T21:13:09.974+02:00You did damn well, Daniel, and tweak it as you may...You did damn well, Daniel, and tweak it as you may, although interesting, it won't make much difference. <br /><br />For me, the important things are (a) the PSUV got less than a majority of the votes, (b) the rampant gerrymandering is well known even outside Venezuela, (c) the PSUV lost its super majority and (d) Chavez' place on the world stage may well continue its decline. <br /><br />I was up until after 3:00 this morning awaiting the election results -- relying heavily on your analyses and blogging the election results and those of others -- and finished an article to be published, soon I hope, on the four points noted above. I think Chavez is nuts, and said this at the beginning of the article:<br /><br />Christopher Hitchens observed a few weeks ago that el Presidente Chávez, whom he had visited in 2008 along with Chávez' close friend Sean Penn and whose antics he still follows, is <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2262520/pagenum/all/" rel="nofollow">barking mad</a>. As Hitchens put it,<br><br><i>Chávez . . . is very close to the climactic moment when he will announce that he is a poached egg and that he requires a very large piece of buttered toast so that he can lie down and take a soothing nap.</i> <br /><br />Unfortunately, a nap is not what Chávez <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2619155220100926?feedType=RSS&feedName=bondsNews" rel="nofollow">has in mind</a>. Maybe he will have a greater opportunity to nap after the 2012 elections.<br /><br />That the PSUV got a simple majority may well defuse a lot of the finger pointing at the opposition during the 2012 election as might well occur if the Republicans get a majority in the U.S. Congress this year.<br /><br />Many thanks for your analyses and commentaries.Dan Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185618140549144706noreply@blogger.com