It is amusing to read the stories coming out of YearlyKos. You have Chris Bowers’ "Why the Progressive Movement has stalled." And you have Townhall’s Amanda Carpenter’s "Laptop Liberals Plan Takeover at YearlyKos." Both are realizations that the online left isn’t quite what they thought it was. The left thought Read more…
I have talked a bunch about the housing crunch and its impact on politics. Inevitably the question turns to something like, what can Republicans say or do now to get us out from underneath this issue. Frankly we struggle to find good answers. Well, Hillary Clinton is announcing her answers. Read more…
I just don’t believe this guy: Before: Federalism After: No Federalism No shame. Or integrity. Sam Brownback beats Mitt Romney up on abortion, so Romney flip-flops again. ABC has the full story. But here’s what Romney told Marc Ambinder back in February: NJ: You would favor a constitutional amendment banning Read more…
Romney called himself a perfect 10, according to Brendan Farrington: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney placed himself alongside President Reagan as the perfect conservative during a campaign event Monday. While answering questions at a luncheon, Romney was asked where he would rate himself as a conservative on a scale of Read more…
The Cleveland Plain Dealer blog is reporting that Zack Space flipped his vote on the motion to recommit on the Agriculture bill last Thursday: Either facing pressure from their party leaders or getting last-minute facts — accounts vary — several members of Congress from both parties, including Dover Democrat Zack Read more…
Cramer blew up on CNBC. It’s on Drudge. Blah blah blah. Read what he actually said. And think about what that will mean politically: No, we have Armageddon. We have Armageddon … Will somebody come on TV and tell people how bad it is. … We have thousands of people Read more…
Matt Stoller says no. But he had a group to work with. What do we do? More on this later.
Ultimately, politics comes done to winning two kinds of votes: elections and legislative votes. So when I see discussions about comparing the right and the left online, especially the current flavor du jour about a right’s YearlyKos, I want to make sure that a question is asked: what is it Read more…
I was at a family reunion this weekend. While the debate was showing, I was on the way to attend Stonewall Wesleyan Church in Lexington, KY, where my dad’s family attended church when he was growing up. I didn’t really see any news, other than the local paper, until I Read more…
I grew up in the city of Chicago. I have watched polls in Philadelphia. I have been threatened with physical violence by union goons for offering people a piece of GOP literature. Urban Republicans like me often have an acute sense of Democratic corruption, especially as it applies to the Read more…