I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.--Phil Gramm, losing Presidential candidate, 1995So, this blog is just goin' ballistic over Gabrieli's declaration that essentially he will spend … [Read more...]
Cheating, and what one does about it
Here's a fascinating story about Allen Raymond, one of the guys who was convicted in the 2002 New Hampshire GOP phone-jamming scandal. He grew up in a liberal Democrat family, and sounds like an ex-Republican penitent, a la David Brock. … [Read more...]
As predicted, Gabrieli’s limit: “The Sky”
David said it first: The sky really is the limit for Chris Gabrieli's spending. He got to decide the campaign spending limit, since Reilly and Patrick opted for public financing. It's $15.36 million, but Gab might as well have said "A … [Read more...]
Health care: Germany vs. US (and me vs. Jay at the Herald)
Jay Fitzgerald at the Herald chortles that "All is not well in Utopia", since like many countries, Germany is indeed facing some serious problems in its health care system.And yet, and yet ... I'm just going to copy what I wrote at Jay's … [Read more...]
More raillery, please
Scot Lehigh reviews Stephen Miller's* book, "Conversation -- A History of a Declining Art":The enticements of the virtual world and a cornucopia of personal-entertainment diversions have pushed discourse to the side.Aided by the Internet, … [Read more...]
Net neutrality goes to the floor tonight?
Matt's got the story at MyDD:Last night in the Rules Committee, the Markey amendment was put on the floor and the Sensenbrenner-Conyers amendment was not. This was an explicit move by the telecom companies to induce partisanship in … [Read more...]
Of honey and vinegar
So, the convention's over, and it certainly seemed like a big success to me. Everybody came off well; we have three decent candidates; several excellent speeches; graciousness all around, including the gracious agreement of the Silbert camp … [Read more...]
Another “turning point” in Iraq
As everyone's heard, Zarqawi was killed in Iraq today. One less butchering maniac in the world is good, all things being equal. Bush's cautious announcement this morning is telling, of course; the insurgency's not going to disappear.Back on … [Read more...]
FMA Goes Down: Now watch the gay marriage polls
The Senate in its wisdom (really!) kicked the anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment to the curbtoday, with some alacrity, it would seem. Everybody got what they wanted: the anti-gay right got their election issue, and the rest of us got, … [Read more...]
Sound file: Patrick’s post-convention remarks to press
Deval Patrick came right to the press room after the convention ended. For the maniacal, here's my sound file from that: it's about seven minutes and 6.6MB. I apologize that it's so quiet at the beginning; one, he was speaking very quietly, … [Read more...]
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