Quick: name all seventeen Republican contenders. Whom do you leave out? I leave out Gilmore, who barely has gotten in, as well as Graham and Pataki (yes, had to look them all up). Sorry Jindal; you’re a good man, but … Continue reading →
Claire McCaskill certainly remembers, because (as was strongly suspected even at the time) she helped engineer Akin’s win in the 2012 Republican primary for senator in Missouri, since she was well aware he’d be a weaker opponent against her than … Continue reading →
Perhaps a better question would be: how much trouble is she in? And: what difference will it make? The answer I would give right now to both questions is the same: not much (trouble, or difference). But perhaps some. As … Continue reading →
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the John Doe investigations, in which Democratic district attorneys used a vague law to go on an epic fishing expedition to intimidate and threaten Republican groups in their state, must end. It’s one … Continue reading →
Earlier this morning I wrote about the fact that even Nate Silver, pollster extraordinaire, got this one wrong, and by a significant amount. I was thinking as I wrote that post that pollsters had gotten the Israeli election wrong as … Continue reading →
The following came up recently, and I thought it important enough to merit its very own post. Remember this moment back in March of 2012?: Mr Medvedev, who steps down in May, said he would pass on Mr Obama’s message … Continue reading →
Regular readers of this blog know that I supported Mitt Romney heavily in the 2012 election. I think he’s a smart guy, and also more conservative that many other people believe. I’m not going to rehash those arguments; we did … Continue reading →
Commenter “Daniel in Brookline” writes about that seminal second debate of 2012, where Candy Crowley intervened to back up Obama’s claim that he had called the Benghazi attack “terrorism” in his Rose Garden speech the day after the attack had … Continue reading →
Sheryl Atkisson claims that, after the second 2012 presidential debate between Obama and Romney, where moderator Candy Crowley backed up Obama’s false assertion that he had called the Benghazi attack “terrorism” early on, CBS intentionally withheld an interview clip that … Continue reading →
And do we care? Those of you who couldn’t stand him in 2012 probably just wish he’d go away. The most important thing is this: he’s not running again. The only way he would run, IMHO, is if no other … Continue reading →
Just for fun, I randomly chose an election year from the past to compare to recent ones. Here’s the map for the presidential race of 1880: Fifteen years after the Civil War, you can see an exceptionally dramatic North/South polarization. … Continue reading →
Yes, the IRS illegally provided the liberal group Human Rights Watch with lists of conservative donors to its rivals the National Organization for Marriage. Those donors included one of Romney’s political committees, a fact publicized for Obama campaign purposes. Here’s … Continue reading →