The president will be in Annapolis next week to meet with Democratic lawmakers, according to The Baltimore Sun.
President Barack Obama will visit Annapolis on Wednesday, The Baltimore Sun is reporting. According to The Sun, Obama will speak with U.S. Democrats at the Westin Annapolis hotel next week. Democrats will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday for an annual retreat. The meeting is closed to the public. To read more of The Baltimore Sun's article, click here.
New analysis claims blinking is related to election success.
- GOVERNMENT
- Ben Gross
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Millions of people will have their television sets tuned to this evening’s presidential debate, hanging on every word spoken by President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt Romney, but maybe they should be paying closer attention to their eyes. According to Boston College psychophysiologist Joseph Tecce, with only one exception, the candidate who has blinked more during the debates has lost the election. (George W. Bush blinked more, but still beat Al Gore in 2000.) In a story first published on The Daily’s website, Tecce bases his claim on the relationship between eye movements and emotional state—that things like stress can cause a person to blink more often and that people see it as a sign of distress. Tecce believes that the audience may …
