It’s Emily Litella time again
The WaPo says of the Mar-A-Lago raid: “never mind.” I guess post-election, Now It Can Be Told that there was no there there:
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What getting a majority in one branch of Congress actually means
The GOP seems to have taken the House, at least according to reports like this (see also this). The MSM keeps saying it’s “on track” to take it or “on the cusp” of taking it, but it does seem to … Continue reading →
All the voting fraud possibilities, categorized
As I’ve written before, there is no way to know – and no way to prove, which is far more important – that there was enough fraud to have determined the outcome of this election. That doesn’t mean there can’t … Continue reading →
Magical thinking on the right about fixing the voting rules
First, I want to say something about voting fraud. I have the same opinion about voting fraud in the 2022 election that I had in the 2020 election. It goes more or less like this: (1) The relaxed voting rules … Continue reading →
Voting in Italy
From commenter “Paolo Pagliaro, who lives in Italy: In Italy we are able to have uncontested elections – even by a left party adopting “Fascist alert!” as the leading slogan – because strict in person vote, on paper, in a … Continue reading →
Digesting the 2022 election further
Each day the election results have become more and more clear and more and more depressing. It looks to me as though it will take a great deal of luck and almost a miracle to get a Senate majority, or … Continue reading →
Why the red tsunami in Florida?
Here’s a discussion. An excerpt [emphasis mine]: Ron DeSantis, meanwhile, has surged to numbers never before reached in Florida. He and Rubio both won in Miami-Dade County, a huge liberal enclave in this state–where Rubio hails from, while not previously … Continue reading →
Election mechanics in a post-COVID world
Some thoughts to ponder, although this only applies to certain states (I’ve cued it up for just a few minutes that I want to call your attention to): Victor Davis Hanson also has thoughts on the election. As usual with … Continue reading →
Maricopa County has issues again
In Maricopa they say “trust us,” but do little to earn that trust. Au contraire. And trust must be earned. For example: Arizona’s Maricopa County is the state’s most populated county. Polling places had printer machine problems the second they … Continue reading →
Trump vs. DeSantis
A lot of people are blaming Trump for Tuesday’s extremely disappointing results. I haven’t done a systematic study of his “picks” and I’m not planning to do so, but of course a couple of high-profile ones didn’t win – I’m … Continue reading →
Great expectations
I was planning to write something on the order of this, but Schlicter did it for me [hat tip: AesopFan]: Our problem is that we set huge expectations, and they simply did not pan out. How realistic were our expectations? … Continue reading →
Next day ruminations on the 2022 midterms
I could go on and on and on. But for now, here are some of my thoughts: (1) On this blog you never saw any prediction of a red tsunami or even a red wavelet. There are several reasons for … Continue reading →