First, you lose some nuclear weapons. Well, not really “lose” so much as “can’t account for their location for several hours while they’re moved unaccountably and without orders 2,000 miles away from where they’re supposed to be.” That’s not really… Continue Reading
Seems to me that he could pretty easily say to himself, “You know what, I’m sick of her shit. I do NOT need four (or worse yet, eight) more years of it coming from within my own Administration. Thanks but… Continue Reading
Six months ago, looking out at the world of politics, I knew a few things for sure: 1. The Republicans had a mess on their hands. No viable leader for the social conservative movement was stepping up to the plate… Continue Reading
Basically, after a day of wrangling at the Rules Committee, the compromise that got worked out today was this: Florida and Michigan will seat all of their delegates, but each delegate will count as one-half of a vote. This seems… Continue Reading
Here’s a not very far-fetched scenario for November: Obama carries these states: California (55), Colorado (9), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), District of Columbia (3), Hawaii (4), Illinois (21), Iowa (7), Maine (4), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12), Michigan (17), Minnesota (10),… Continue Reading
The Fish Wrapper can barely conceal its partisanship in the upcoming same-sex marriage initiative fight. You can tell that from reading the headline and the first paragraph of its article reporting on its findings in its poll about the issue.… Continue Reading
It’s time to take a serious look at running mates. The Democrats have effectively sorted out their nomination fight and John McCain knows he’ll be up against Barack Obama, not Hillary Clinton. As I’ve written before, there are several strategic… Continue Reading
Sufficient numbers of superdelegates, and sufficient stopgap proportional results from other states trickling in, and maybe even the Edwards endorsement, places the idea of BHO clinching the Democratic nomination before going in to the convention within the realm of realistic… Continue Reading
The constitutional amendment initiative to undo today’s ruling has been in circulation for some time now. The text of the proposed initiative may be found on the last page of this file, and it would add a new Section 7.5… Continue Reading
Mike Duncan, John Ensign, and Tom Cole need to sit up and take notice because this is bad news for them. When a Democrat wins in a traditionally Republican Congressional district in northern Mississippi, it’s not a sign of good… Continue Reading