President Obama famously said he can’t personally fix the oil spill by sucking it up with a straw. But when the oil-sucking barges that Bobby Jindal had ordered to do just that (minus the straws) arrived and got to work, … Continue reading →
With not a hint of self-awareness or irony, Susan Estrich pens a column devoted to the idea that electing the politically inexperienced is dangerous—without acknowledging that, with some mild tweaking, her argument fits President Obama quite nicely. Now it’s true … Continue reading →
Yesterday was primary day in a great many states. It was widely billed as a challenge for incumbents, and as Michael Barone writes: …[O]ne way to look at the results is that no incumbent member of Congress lost his or … Continue reading →
If Republicans manage to gain control of the House in the 2010 election, and Nancy Pelosi loses her post as Speaker, Fred Barnes speculates that Obama may breathe a sigh of relief and pivot to the center, much as Clinton … Continue reading →
Note the following comment from someone called “SWJ,” written May 21 at 04:37 PM and appearing on this comment thread: We have to have a Carter-like fool get elected now and then to remind America why the left can’t be … Continue reading →
It may be that only political junkies are following it so far, but the Sestak flap has potential to grow, depending on what facts emerge as time goes on. Will the story get so dicey and spicey that the press … Continue reading →
…because it knows it can. I don’t know if there might be any fire behind the mild amount of smoke generated so far by Sestak’s allegations that he was offered a job by the Obama administration in exchange for not … Continue reading →
Here’s an excellent analysis by Jay Cost. And John Podhoretz has some observations (surprisingly, Joe Trippi says much the same thing): The era of political stability for incumbents and veteran political players has truly reached its end. The point is … Continue reading →
So, is Burns’ defeat in the Pennsylvania 12 special election a debacle for Republicans? Does it mean their prospects are much poorer than previously thought for 2010? To read the press and bloggers on the left, one might think so. … Continue reading →
Today is primary day in four states: Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oregon. It may not sound like much, but the results will tell us a lot about current electoral trends and anti-incumbent fever. Here’s the place to discuss it if … Continue reading →
…so goes the 2010 US election?: …[I]t does appear to many that within the Obama administration and the Democratic congressional leadership there is the sentiment that America would be a better place if it were more to resemble Western Europe… … Continue reading →
In the US, the direct election of the president usually leads to certainty as to the winner. It’s not perfect, however, as we learned in 2000, when it took months to make the decision and required the assistance of the … Continue reading →