Second Look: What if they threw a Toque de Diana and nobody came?
Amid widespread anecdotal reports that the "Toque de Diana" just didn't happen this morning, this three week old post is looking better and better.
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The International Press Catches On
The setup pieces ahead of 6D are coming thick and fast now. Here's a sampler platter.
Shoot yourself in one foot. Reload. Shoot yourself in the other.
Dorothy Kronick's brilliant primer on just why a government that should be at least competitive ahead of tomorrow's election is 20 points behind instead.
#ADWARS: That was the campaign that was
Our final wrap-up of the Legislative Election campaign in TV-Spot form.
Pax Chavista
Chavismo really is committed to peace. It's just that when they say peace, they mean the state that results when we shut up and let them do what they want.
Tipping Point for 2/3rds: Miranda 5
The circuit most likely to bring us our 112th deputy is super-red Barlovento. Only a cataclysmic nationwide PSUV meltdown would put a place like this into play.
The Spectre of Violence Haunting 6D
How will the real chavista crazies react to bad news on Sunday night? And what, if anything, can the opposition do to defuse them?
Venezuela's Election: The Basics
On Sunday Venezuelans vote in the most momentous elections in recent memory. Here's a primer for people coming fresh to the story of 6D.
6D, meet the web. Web, this is 6D.
There are a ton of great online tools for tracking Sunday's legislative election. Here, we run through a few of the best.
Tipping Point Circuits: Yaracuy 3 and Sucre 1
Caldera's home base and the dirt poor Caribbean Beach Paradise that is Carúpano are the other circuits that could conceivably tip us over into a 3/5ths majority.
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