I happened to pick up a copy of the Boston Metro newspaper today - you know, the free one that you can get at any subway stop. Page 1 headline: family of kid who was expelled from Milton Academy and prosecuted for "receiving oral sex" … [Read more...]
What Kind of Candidate Should Democrats Nominate?
Harshbarger and O'Brien had constituencies working for them, but still couldn't pull it off, losing the suburban voters who are not fans AT ALL of political machines. O'Brien in particular was really hurt by this when Romney slammed … [Read more...]
HSAs and Orange Juice
In the baseball memoir Ball Four, Jim Bouton recalls when his team stopped providing orange juice in the clubhouse. "Well, you guys would just drink it all up anyway," says the clubhouse guy.Such is the stunning logic of health savings … [Read more...]
Reilly creates a fundraising problem for himself.
Now, it is true that Reilly can spend money to co-promote St. Fleurâs LG race. But the campaign finance laws are tricky and the Reilly and St. Fleur campaigns must share the costs of such co-promotion. So, if Reilly and St. … [Read more...]
Ineffective v. Effective
Meanwhile, on dailyKos, Kos writes, "While we obsessed over the cloture vote, that was not news to the rest of the country .... What was? Bob Woodruff almost getting killed and Jill Carroll pleading for her life .... This isn't meant to … [Read more...]
And now, the obligatory “I told you so” post
Way back when the worst we had to worry about on the Supreme Court was John Roberts, I wrote the following:The WORST POSSIBLE STRATEGY for the Democrats, in my view, is the one that they appear to be pursuing: everyone does what they feel … [Read more...]
State of the Union in 1941
Franklin Roosevelt, State of the Union Address, 1941:In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the … [Read more...]
Democrats for cloture
Here are the Senate Democrats who voted to invoke cloture, thereby guaranteeing that Samuel Alito will be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice tomorrow:Akaka (HI), Baucus (MT), Bingaman (NM), Byrd (WV), Cantwell (WA), Carper (DE), Conrad … [Read more...]