Soft votes? Hard votes? Poll!
I've been hearing all kinds of narratives here. People here are the Obama cult. People here are thoughtful and intellectual. People here think both leading candidates would be great presidents. People...
View ArticleHistorical Coincidence?
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall made history by becoming the first black Supreme Court judge, and a very liberal one at that.24 years later, in 1991, Clarence Thomas, an arch-conservative black man (of...
View ArticleCA (congress): ick
Good news and bad news. The good news is national, and you've heard it if you're not deaf. In the congressional elections things have been surprisingly tight across the country. Three particularly...
View ArticleTwo thoughts on the election
I just had to get these off my chest. You just have to read them, because they are TRUE:
View ArticleHow to bargain
Apropos of the "cliff" negotiations. When someone makes you an unacceptable offer, do you cower? Or do you push back?
View ArticleFox News defends Obama—Thanks, Netanyahu! [updated]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu has scheduled a visit to the United States on March 3rd, two weeks before the Israeli elections. Its highlight would be a speech at a joint session of...
View ArticleOn Lions and cats
The African lion is a cat. A very large, strong cat. Some people like to kill lions for sport. One of them has recently been in the news for killing a lion in an illegal and unethical way; the lion was...
View ArticleProphetic words after 9/11, which bear repeating
Those many of us who were around for the attacks of 9/11/2001 may remember horror, grief, and quite a bit of confusion. What happened? Could it have been prevented? What happens next? The very day...
View ArticleHow much do you like your candidate? A fine-grained straw poll
There are Sanders fans and Clinton fans. There are Bernie fanatics and Hillary fanatics. Daily Kos periodically has a straw poll, which shows how many readers prefer which candidate. Reader diaries...
View ArticleWendy Davis burns Ted Cruz
Wendy Davis, a Texan who lost the race for Governor, gets to burn Ted Cruz, a Texan who lost the race for President. Because why shouldn’t she? I've been in your position, Ted Cruz. Here's some...
View ArticleKoch and Trump representatives to meet
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/koch-officials-agree-meet-donald-trump-s-campaign-n588426The Koch Domination Party are horrible people. They are also tougher and smarter than the GOP, and...
View ArticleHow do you ask kos to hire someone? I want Murfster35 to get a regular gig here.
As some of you have already read, Murfster35 is hanging up his diarying hat, at least for a while. Unfortunately he and his wife are poor, and will not have a roof over their head from under which he...
View ArticleMy favorite post-debate tweet, from Trump
An hour after the end of the debate:xNothing on emails. Nothing on the corrupt Clinton Foundation. And nothing on #Benghazi. #Debates2016#debatenightâ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September...
View ArticleTrump's bottom numbers? A revealing poll
A new poll just came out, from the Wall Street Journal (raw data here or here) The poll was conducted this past weekend, October 8-9, the weekend following Trump’s sexual assault recordings, and...
View ArticleNew CBS/YouGov Battleground Poll on Comey's emails. BREAKING: meh
A new CBS poll of 4500 likely voters, conducted Oct. 28-29 in the battleground states of AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, MI, NC, NH, NV, OH, PA, VA, and WI.The summary:Weighted ideology percentages: 24% liberal,...
View ArticleJoe Walsh defends Clinton (?!)
xLook, I think Comey should have said prosecute her back in July.But what he just did 11 days b4 the election is wrong & unfair to Hillary.â Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 31, 2016 When...
View ArticleWhich paper deserves my support?
The press, particularly newspapers, have been struggling for a while, and I expect them to have a harder time in the coming years. It’s easy these days to fall into the habit of reading the news for...
View ArticleThe cabinet confirmation votes, in one big picture
The senate has by now voted on all but two of the current cabinet appointments, and on some non-cabnet positions. I wanted to look for patterns: who was voted in easily? Who squeaked by? And more...
View ArticleWe have a spin! It's "Rotten Washington" that killed the AHCA
Office of Management and Budget director, Nick Mulvaney, on Meet the Press:There's "plenty of blame to go around," he said. "What happened is that Washington won. I think the one thing we learned this...
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