Can you build a non-ideological online apparatus?
Matt Stoller says no. But he had a group to work with. What do we do? More on this later.
Online right: Solving problems versus getting headlines
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 Read more
The week of Ames, Romney is talking about abortion and Mormonism
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 Read more
Ethics
With illegitimate vote, Dems give GOP perfect political issue
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 Read more
Where’s the outrage?
An Iowa County Chair who is on retainer from the Romney campaign bans other candidates from speaking to his organization. That is shocking. Is that they way you want your government run?
California
Cole throws Doolittle under bus?
And, perhaps, well he should. From the Sac(ramento) Bee: But in a telephone news conference Monday, NRCC Chairman Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., indicated that the political ground has a way of shifting. "There’s a factor outside of normal politics that Read more
Club for Growth slams Huckabee
For the critical week of recruiting before the Ames straw poll, The Club for Growth is attacking Mike Huckabee. They have details here. I think that this is going to hurt a lot. People who are still undecided and just Read more
Ethics
McCain blogger conference call
McCain calls the ethics bill a "sham and a joke". "It is just the same as it was before." "There are some good things it" but "it was an opportunity because of the dissatisfaction of the American people… and I’m Read more
Romney: Peace candidate
I have been saying for a while that Mitt Romney’s campaign wants to run away from Iraq as fast as possible. Well, he said it again, according to Green Mountain Politics. Except this time, he said that he wants to Read more
Environment
Carbon tax versus cap-and-trade
Normally, I don’t go so policy-oriented on people, but I think that there is an important point to be made here. Today Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell wrote: A carbon tax or fee has been endorsed by President Read more