“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”— Winston S. Churchill Ben Smith at Politico proves Sir Winston right with an astonishing e-mail he got from his buddy, a GOP consultant who was watching… Continue Reading
You haven’t noticed it. You haven’t been paying attention. It doesn’t really concern you. But federal elections took place today in Canada. A friend in Quebec reported to me that the big issue was the environment, but that was before… Continue Reading
Republicans like me have to resign ourselves to the fact that, for at least two years and maybe four, we’re going to be out of power and in the minority at the Federal level. The question is what kind of… Continue Reading
When the rhetoric gets so bad that your own candidate has to endure boos from the party faithful to rein in the excesses of political dialogue, that’s a bad thing. But once again, as the campaign moves into the closing… Continue Reading
If you’re rooting for the McCain-Palin ticket, you don’t need me to tell you that you want a game-changer to enter the game. You need some good news, and you need it not much later than two weeks before the… Continue Reading
Cleverly, the proponents of Prop. 8 are saying nothing about the direct rights of gay people who want to marry. Rather, they make three claims based on Prof. Richard Peterson of Pepperdine Law School’s analysis of the Marriage Cases. All… Continue Reading
And I didn’t either, when I first read the transcript of the debate. But some people did. The debate took place in Nashville, which was called “The place where the Bible Belt has its buckle” by many Tennesseans. But not… Continue Reading
Today’s charts on fivethirtyeight.com look like this. That’s Obama winning somewhere close to 9 in 10 of the random simulations, and functionally all of the realistic ones. It’s hard to not be disheartened when numbers like this are out there.… Continue Reading
Eugene Volokh posts a reminder that polling on Proposition 8 is still volatile. A recent Survey USA poll shows Prop. 8 ahead; the Field Poll still says otherwise. Prof. Volokh wonders if the recent advertisement featuring Gavin Newsom making provocative… Continue Reading