…lost Margery Eagan, who’s voted for him for the last 30 years. No more. Oh, and even though Frank won re-election handily, he still lost—his chairmanship of the Financial Services committee. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. And John Kerry … Continue reading →
…how Republicans keep losing the squeakers? Glenn Reynolds wonders, as do I. Not that it’s necessarily a case of a Minnesota/Franken type of fix being in, although that’s certainly possible. It’s probably just a case of blue states being really … Continue reading →
…get ready to bite Pelosi. The ones that are still left, that is. Half of them were were defeated on Tuesday.
Continue reading →Busy day today! I’ve got a new piece up at RightNetwork, a little change of pace from the election. It’s about the TLC program “Sister Wives,” a reality show that features a Utah man and his four wives. To whet … Continue reading →
This is why. Obama is still president, and can veto anything they try to pass. Despite the huge scope of their House victory, the Democrats still control the Senate, albeit by a small margin. And Republicans are not popular with … Continue reading →
Here’s a funny comment at Althouse’s from “bagho20:” Out here in California, we have chosen to sacrifice ourselves. To continue with the experimental treatment even after it has made us seriously ill. We need to establish if the treatment is … Continue reading →
…but there may be more trouble ahead. I don’t pretend to have a truly informed opinion on what will actually happen. But I’ve heard a great many ominous rumblings about it.
Continue reading →Remember those Arthur Frommer travel guides that promised the reader a way to tour Europe and spend only $5 a day? I know inflation has made that a thing of my youth. But still, I find this figure hard to … Continue reading →
Shorter NY Times: it’s the tactics, stupid. Yes, the Republicans just had a better organization and attack machine, “careful plotting,” and a “torrent of corporate money from outside interests.” Ha! Somehow they managed to overcome mere “miscalculations” of Obama and … Continue reading →
More random reflections on looking at this map of House results: Quite a few states are either all red or all blue. But among those that are mixed, not too many are spotted. In other words, the red-blue divide within … Continue reading →
The results of this election represent a backlash against the machinations of President Obama and Congress. But it isn’t just backlash; it’s whiplash. Whiplash in the medical sense is caused not just by a sudden wrenching movement, but by a … Continue reading →
(1) It’s not enough for candidates to be conservative. They need to be good, as well. Surely such candidates can be found, but many of the Republican candidates who lost last night (especially in the senatorial races) were not among … Continue reading →